...the chicken chapel at the cottage farmhouse

...the chicken chapel

(part three)

hello!!

~ this,

dear readers,

 is the

chicken chapel!!!

it still needs the cedar shingle sides put on

and

a tumbled stone paver floor will be going in the rest of this chapel area

but

isn't it lovely??!!

 see all the pretty roses planted around it

...rose trees

and when the rose petals drop

and cover the ground

and fresh laundry is hanging on the clothes line

~ it is a romantic farmhouse picture!!!

what chicken wouldn't love living here I ask you?!

oh...

the chickens

right...

you would like to see the chickens,

yes?

well then,

the oh-so-lovely Julianna

will give us the tour!

...good morning lovely ones...

hello Lily!

she

 is

ALWAYS

the first to hop out!!!

she just loves her chicken garden!!!

but

Pitch on the other hand...

needs

a little coaxing!

here Pitchy, Pitchy!!!

she never wants to leave her eggs

...eeerrrr

well

~

what I mean to say

is

EGG

early on,

it seems as though there was some type of chicken competition about the

" sitting of the eggs "

curious really

but my mothers solution was to give Pitch a fake one

HA!!

so whenever you visit them for eggs

there will always be two under Pitch!!

that is why we always have to coax her out!!

and then

shut the door really fast ~

or she will just run right back in to sit on her eggs!!

geesh ~

such a mother hen!!!

(tee,hee)

aaahhhhh...

 perfect in your hand

warm,

smooth,

beautiful egg...

truely a gift from these silkie chickens!!

  

...now it's time for breakfast

yyuuuuuummmmmmm!!

my mom desires her beloved chickens to lay organic eggs

so

organic practices were adopted from top to bottom

at this cottage farmhouse

~ inside and out ~

so naturally speaking

 everything fed to the chickens

is

 organic!

whhheeewww!!

did you get all that?!

...now Pitch is off for a bath!

she does love her dirt baths!!

and that scalloped brick edged square behind her

is their spot for just that!

it is sooo much fun to watch them

as they cover themselves in dirt

and you're thinking thing like

oh, what a mess!!

and

how is all that dirt ever going to come off?!

but then

they shake it all off

and magically deliciously,

they are beautiful and shiny again!!

...oh how very lovely you both look!!

: )

this is Julie's favorite part...

holding them and telling them just how beautiful they are

they really,really enjoy being adored!!

...don't we all???!!!

mother has held and kissed them

and told them this

 from the very start

because she wanted happy, healthy chickens

and they love and adore her right back!!

...I find myself missing the chicken chapel

and as I post these pictures

I relish the quiet, peaceful moments spent with these very loving new friends!!

...it makes me desire a chicken chapel of my own

hhhhhmmmmmm

I wonder!

do you think they could stand the dry, desert heat??

probably

NOT!!

(so says Jim!!)

HA!!!!

..................

the next,

and final part to this series

is

a laundry day fete!!

until then ~

I hope you enjoyed your visit today

at the chicken chapel!!