Chicken Envy

OK 

So I want chickens

I have neighbors with chickens

I have blog friends with chickens

Like my friend Brooke,

who takes her chickens with her when she travels

and Andrea

who loves her chickens like children

In fact many bloggers I love...

like Heather

 have wonderful coops too,
 like this one here,
 only better...

I now have coop envy too...
clearly this is becoming a problem...

 Me ....I got nothin'! 

 

no coop

no chicken's 

 Nada   

 Zip    

Zero

 OK...moving right along...

What should I do about this?
I mean this is serious

Lets review the facts:

Am I a capable chicken farmer?
yes...at least I think so

I mean I have a dog

She's pretty easy to please,
so it couldn't be all that hard
could it? 

Maybe I should hire a chicken wrangler?
That sounds good!
I give him total control.

I wonder what they charge?
Hmmm..... could get expensive

I know!
 I'll ask my neighbor Christine,
She likes animals

Guess what she said?


"Take care of your own frickin chickens"

Oh
 and then she added

"Get a life Kelley!"

OK
we're back to the chicken wrangler

 My chosen chicken personnel 

will be the following:

him

He will teach me...this chicken wrangler guy

Maybe we will fall madly in  love, 

the chicken guy and I...

It will be a weird relationship

 Because he probably likes this:

And I like this:

OK

this will never work

I don't really know any chicken guys any way... 

And what is with the goofy hat Mister?
And where is your shirt?

But, as you may have guessed.....

I still want chickens 

yep

but

I'm over it...

chicken's can wait
CHICKEN MAN
is goofy anyway

sorry

never mind

~k~

then again...I wonder if you can have chickens in a Condo?
Hmmm?

I feel like an Omlet

The chicken House of my dreams:I have been thinking of a raising some chickens at our house in Ojai.  What I have discovered is that I am not the only one.  I stumbled onto a web sight; Backyard Chickens, which boasts over 35,000 followers!
Here are some of there examples of little chicken houses.
This is the chicken "coop-de-villa"   I love the bumper sticker!

How about a chicken village?  

 What is up with all this chicken stuff and what do chickens actually do in there?

What happens is you start with the little cutie above and you end up with Fog Horn Leg Horn below.
  Who doesn't remember Martha Stewart and her love affair with her Arauncana chickens.  She created the most amazing fan deck of paint colors from the eggs of her chickens.

  I cannot believe the variety and creativity of some of these little houses. Next thing you know, we will be seeing HGTV's "rate my chicken coop"! 

It also seems there is quite a bit  of work involved in the keeping of chickens, in order for them to be happy and to actually lay. Sort of like "The Real Housewives of Rural America" a new reality series...I am so cracking myself up. 

Most are designed like little play houses with a few walls and a sleeping loft for laying.  Am I experiencing Chicken porn? Quite a few are movable in order to utilize the chicken droppings as fertilizer to keep the pecking areas clean.  I'm not even going there....

I love how the one above has a ramp from the bunk/barn house to the play/pecking area below.  A pretty simple design and is cute also.  Chicken nirvana at last!

The real gem of a chicken house was Martha's Palais de Poulet seen below.  Just beautiful.  Thanks Martha, for the chicken house of my dreams. 

    ~*~kelley