...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!!
