In which we become Chicken farmers...

By Wyatt Hacking

Once upon a time, there was a super fun Kindergarten teacher named Mrs. Necak that belonged to Wyatt.
His class did a unit on Chicks in the spring. His teacher got some eggs and put them in the incubator...

The kids turned them and watched them...and watched them...and watched them....and wa-t-ch-ed them ...until one day--March 21st--They started to hatch!!

"Ya-hoo!!" Wyatt and his friends said, as the precious li'l chick pecked it's way out of it's egg in his little anxious hands.

These baby chicks needed a place to stay...

The kids in the kinder class made them a hotel...which was quite nice...for awhile...
but they were needing something more permanent, so Wyatt said, "I will take them home!!"

So home they came!...all seven of them!

Let me introduce you:

Zeus

Pie Guy

Hope

Parrot

...and "the triplets" ...the three yellow ones that look the same...named Nugget, Goldie and Kelly.
The kids had so much fun holding them and loving on them...
Wyatt and his "Pie Guy"
Lauren and her "Parrot"

Conor and his "Hope"

The dog wanted to love on them too...but in a different way. Mom said "No dog!" and out the chickies went to the garage...."For their own safety" said mom...but I think it's also because she said, "They stink!"

After a couple of months in the garage...the chicks finally outgrew their house again, so Dad made a "Chicken Tractor" for them

...it's basically a hen house with a dog-run attached so the chicks can come out and run around in there without getting eaten by anything like snakes, coyotes or raccoons

They LOVE their new house!
They go in their little house every night and then come out every morning to eat.
And THAT'S how we became chicken farmers.....we've got LOTS of chicken stories, so stay tuned....