Chicken Fever

Well, it's that time of year again.  The one were I start thinking about getting chickens.  This is the third year in a row I've caught chicken fever and still, no chickens.  I spent the better part of the morning the other day looking at chicken coops and runs.  I've researched and researched, but I still don't feel like I have a hold on how to really DO it.  I also feel like we're not ready yet in this new house.  There's still so much work I need to do outside before I should start thinking about adding something like livestock.  Yet, the kids are still young enough to really enjoy them.  The dogs are still young enough to train to leave them alone.  My yard is still pretty crappy in the back and it might be a good time to just throw a coop out there and landscape and patio and clean up around it.  Chicken fever is a very serious illness, clearly causing delusions.  Ellie already has her chicken named.  We talked about predators and how they might get the chickens.  She rolled her eyes and told me that she'd keep her chicken in the house and take it outside and stay with it to protect it from predators.  Apparently we're getting the kind of chickens that are really more like dogs.



I talked to Evan about it last night, and he's not on board.  Yet another obstacle.  He's also thinking rationally since he hasn't caught Chicken Fever so maybe I should listen to him.  I'm sure this post sounds as wishy washy as I feel.  Here's the thing, I don't really care about the eggs so much.  I just really want them as pets.  Everything I read about keeping chickens mentions how much fun they are to have.  "Chicken TV" is what they call it.  OK, I've got to stop blogging.  I need to look at more chicken coops online and do more research about chicken runs.  This cold weather needs to break so I can start doing things outside and stop sitting here thinking about chickens!