Why I made this blog:

A little more than a year ago I didn't know anything about Chickens. I didn't even know about the different breeds! Then I picked up my mom's issue of Wonder Time, and there was an intriguing story about a family who raised chickens. Something about it caught my eye and that evening my dad and I talked about them for hours while he did some plumbing. So, when mom tucked me in bed that night I asked her the question, "Mommy, I know this sounds kinda weird but...can we get chickens?" We were living in a duplex at the time but my mom said that someday we could. I was trilled, I became the chicken expert. If there was a library book about them I had read it 4 times. I looked at every word on every chicken website, if I saw ANYTHING with an egg or a chick/chicken on the cover I devoured it. After a while I got caught up in other things. But when this school year started I was obsessed more than ever. In my class I am the chicken kid. Jokes are pointed toward me frequently, I don't mind at all. Once again though I slumped off my obsession. We were in a new house with a barn and acreage, and even though I was still the chicken girl, my family got a new puppy and I felt my parents forgot their last year promise. Finally, yesterday, girl in my class(who we will call Sara) and her mom brought in 12 chick eggs an incubator and 3 duckling eggs.A brooder too. They caused a distraction in the class but I loved watching the delicate squirmy things peck out of their eggs. One problem-they found a farm to take 9 chicks, but that left 3 homeless. i got home and talked to my parents earnestly, I was on my hands and knees. Dad had always wanted them, but mom said, "No more than 2, also, I'm not gonna have anything to do with them" so she e-mailed my teacher. Today my teacher said that the other chick needed a home, so she e-mailed my mom and gave her a guilt trip. My mom agreed. I'm ecstatic! My dream is coming true. Sara said I get first dibs, and on Friday I'm choosing them all and they're coming home! This blog will tell of my first experience with poultry.