Today’s Run:  3.56 miles (Watson Rd)

I am interested in getting chickens.  Not roosters but hens.  For the eggs.  And because I want some chickens.  It seems a shame that we live in the country and do not have any chickens.  It is not like I want a goat, or a pig or anything, just a few hens would suffice.

Because I am interested in chickens, I have been doing a little reading online about having them and housing them.  I think the way I want to go is with a chicken tractor.  This is very similar to a coop except that it has no bottom, is portable and your chickens can “scratch”, eat insects, grass, table scraps, etc.

In my research on chickens I have run across some interesting things.  There are a great variety of chickens.  You can have “mixed breed” chickens aka: mutts and of course your real chickens (not to be confused with rubber chickens).

(As a side note:  I entered a rubber chicken throwing contest at the Iowa State Fair this Summer~received a yellow participation ribbon!)

By far, the most unusual thing I found on the internet pertaining to chickens is, well, rather embarrassing.  At least I would hope the person who made this video is embarrassed:  The Yodeling Chicken Herder…