We jumped on the backyard chicken bandwagon about six months ago when we bought a chicken to put in our neighbor's coop. (They had two laying hens already.)
Within a month, we'd set up our own hutch for two chickens. Julia, a Rhode Island Red, came back to live with us and Cotton, a light Brahma with feathered feet. Con Can Broyles Ann is her real name, but Julian lets us call her Cotton for short.
We've been keeping track of the 62 eggs we've collection. All but two are from Julia.
Julian loves picking up Julia, who is half the size of her finicky half sister. They've started laying fewer eggs now that it's almost 100 degrees every day, but even if we aren't getting the 5-6 eggs a week it seemed we were getting this spring, it's still fun to have them around.
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