I’d like you to
meet Daisy:
and
her brothers (whatever gender they are…it’s still way too early to tell), Chib:
and Chub:
they are our four day old chicks, hatched while I was away
they have two moms
crazy, huh?
I’m home now, at The Farm
we got up with the rooster (almost, at least) this morning
and made our way to the hen house
MckDaddy wisely said, “we probably shouldn’t name them”
but it was too late, so we had the chicken talk
with our MSC
again
and proceeded to play with Chib, Chub and Daisy once more
One of the earliest memories I have is of picking eggs with my Pappy in their henhouse. I was wearing red sneakers, so the rooster went ballistic on my legs. I freaked out, dancing around trying to get away, and my Pappy just laughed his big belly laugh.
So I suggest keeping red shoes out of the henhouse.
Duly noted!!!
First – You know this already, but WOW! Small Fry just keeps getting prettier!! She’s BEAUTIFUL!
Second – My daughter is four and HATES haircuts. She also hates having her hair up and hates when we try to tuck it behind her ears. So it’s in her face most of the time. I didn’t realize leaving her hair alone made me a bad parent! It’s HAIR. Who is it hurting?? I choose my battles with my kids; that’s one I’m willing to let go.
First I’d like to say the kids and chicks are adorable and they will have a lot of fun with the chicks – but as many people said the chicks are certainly more that 4 days old – probably about a week….and because chicks take 21 days to hatch, it is unlikely that they were hatched at “The Farm”.
I say this because the McKinneys said they moved on the 5th of September and Jennifer stated that the chicks hatched on the 16th. I’m guessing that the chicks and their moms were recently delivered to “The Farm”. Does it matter ? No, remember this is just entertainment and poetic license is certainly allowed. Enjoy the chickens and if you are looking for something other than laying/soup hens – ask for “meat birds” (Cornish cross).
No poetic license needed! They truly are a week old today.
well. this’ll teach you to photograph your children on a windy day and post them to the blog! how dare you! damn wind.
I’m sorry I haven’t been commenting much lately (it seems like maybe you could use some positive ones). I’m still reading though! My new favorite thing is to read the post and then try to guess what people will criticize you for. I have to say, I did not see all of the hair comments coming…I guess I need to start looking through the windows of my glass house more…
There is plenty mckmama does that I personally don’t agree with, but Lisa! Seriously! She can do what she likes with her own kids hair. I wouldn’t tell my best friend how to style her kids hair!
Since it’s been brought up, this is the time and place to agree that please give your kids haircuts. Especially your oldest!! The pictures are great but the haircuts are a long time in coming and do detract from the focus of the pictures.
One just wants to see them without hair stragling in their eyes!
Is this some sort of mean joke or something? Wow.. just wow!
Who do you think you are?
Don’t I have a right to express the opinion that I honestly think her oldest needs a haircut?
I totally agree with you Lisa. Big Mac needs a haircut! He is adorable except for the hair!
No. What gives you the right? Because you read her blog? That hardly gives you the right.
I think he has amazing hair! it suits him!
Truly?
Petty, Lisa.
I disagree. Their long hair is adorable! I love it.
So I am assuming that you are raising your chickens for meat and probably the eggs. I have nothing against that just curious if that is what you will be using them for?
She answered this in her chat.. yes, meat and eggs!
Our 1st chick that was born (amist the perfect temp. and moisture of a styrafoam incubator) was VERY exciting to my three sons. Who also had “Ol’McDonnald’s” egg incubator IN THEIR ROOM!!!
(did I mention we were SO novices?) Oh…you already guessed hmmm.
They burst into our room around 4a.m. to say the “egg is cracked up and I think there’s a chicken coming out!” Yup that was the birth of our first born chick! All cute like. A real fuz ball. The name? The boys named “it” CHIClet. Their Grammy Brown always had a small box of the very small square gum in her purse at ALL times. (except after the boyz raided it!) Her kind of gum was CHICLET GUM.
It was a fun time! We ALL learned alot. The boys named most of the hens and roosters and NO one got hurt in the process. (the chickens, I was told, didn’t feel a thing) When we moved, they were all taken to a large farm with roaming chickens, geese, lyons, tigers and bears, oh my; (kidding about the last 3) where ALL the people happily ate bologna!
when/if you butcher, please warn me so i don’t visit the blog for a few days. i really don’t want to read/see it.
thanks. =)
These people on here clucking about the kids’ hair…they sound like old hens themselves! Whose kids are perfectly coiffed at all times? Talk about miserable. Lay OFF.
I guess Melissa it would be the “uptight” and “what will people think” mothers who would wet down their kids hair………..put Small Fry in pigtails…………all before heading to the barn right after they rolled out of bed…………..so that their family would look “perfect” for the pics.
Yikes!
I am definitely not an uptight mother….thanks for the judgement call! I do believe it is a great thing to be able to see my kid’s eyes and to have them be able to see without having hair in their face. Excuse me for having a different opinion than yours!
Your excused.
That is just it, it is a personal preference and not important enough, in the scheme of things, for everyone to be nit-picking about.
Give those poor kids a bath, comb their hair, and maybe cut it so they can see. Quit lying about the baby chicks. They are not four days old and they most likely not even yours. Quit worrying about getting attention from strangers and take care of those poor kids before cps is knocking at your door.
Eiley are you the one that started the rumor that “Kitty” wasn’t pregnant too?
“Bed hair” doesn’t mean her kids don’t get baths? You mwop’s already called cps on them. What a mean spirited individual you are?
I bet you drink vinigar right out of the bottle.
It just amazes me that someone would want to call CPS on parents because their childrens hair is messy and maybe their nails are dirty. For one thing it was terribly windy this morning in the area and the kids just woke up! I used to be a teacher and there were plenty of kids that would come to school with messy hair and the occasional dirty nails. I guess I should have called CPS and had them taken away from their terrible parents.
I don’t think she said she is going to call cps. They are going to show up if Jennifer doesn’t start taking care of her children, posting naked pictures, etc. It has nothing to do with the messy hair. That is only a side effect of the neglect. No one can possibly believe that Jennifer is taking care of these kids properly when first and foremost, she is never home!!!! She dumps them on her husband and prances all over the place while he is at home doing all of the work while she sits in hotels taking pictures of herself.
Plus, as much time as she spends on the computer, Iphone, twitter, Facebook, blog, blog frog… do you really think she has enough time to focus on the needs of five children. She isn’t on there occasionally, she is online constantly in one form or another.
Jen’s kids are very, very low priority for her. Her priority as soon as she gets home from a trip is to figure out how fast she can get out of there again and be alone in a hotel with her true loves… herself, her computer, and her Iphone. How fast she can get away so she can eat all of her meals in restaurants without the bother of lugging along five kids and having to pay for their meals also.
No one is picking on the kids. It is the parents who are responsible to make sure their kids are clean, taken care of, and can SEE without their hair hanging in their little faces. IIt has nothing to do with picking on the kids. How is it their fault that their parents refuse to take care of them? How would any of you like it if you had no choice but to have your hair hanging in your eyes constantly so you cannot see properly? And no one would let you do anything about it? And you had to wear the same dirty clothes for days… would that feel good to you? And constantly take pictures of you either naked or in underwear and you had NO CHOICE about them being taken and posted for the entire world to see? Do all of you who are so supportive of Jen want to live with the things she puts her kids through and have no way to stop it from happening to you?
I am sure this post will disappear into nowhere but whatever… nothing anyone says will convince Jen that she needs help so she can get healthy for the sake of her children.
Have you worked with CYS on neglect cases?
WOW Jenna ! When did the kids share all this with you? If I recall Big Mac loves to have his hair longer. Bedhead, wind blowing, etc. can all contribute to messy hair, so can playing childish games. I don’t think this is neglect at all. I have 13 nieces and nephews and 21 great nieces and great nephews and every single one of them would have gladly worn the same clothes day after day if they could. Most kids just don’t care what they wear, how they look etc. at that age. It’s only when adults like you start telling them its wrong that they are suddenly aware of it.
I don’t know Jennifer or her husband personally – but I don’t think he would ever for a moment thing of it as ‘dumping’ the kids off on him. Where is it written that mommies must be the ones to care for their kids? Jennifer is working to help support her family. It’s not like she is spending 24/7 sitting in hotels and getting spa treatments.
Please, tell us more about your perfect life so that we can nit pick everything you do and say apart. Whats that? Not a chance you say. I figured as much.
Jenna, by the way you describe Jen’s life and the way she takes care of her children you make it sound as if you know her personally. Work is work and if this is how she chooses to support her family, so be it. You wouldn’t be saying anything if IM was out working all the time and it was Jen at home all day. Also, you make it sound as if you are jealous of her nights away with no kids and nice meals in restaurants. Let’s call CPS on all the working mothers who travel for their work! GEESH! Give me a break!
Jenna, I’m going to address some of your statements:
*”No one can possibly believe that Jennifer is taking care of these kids properly when first and foremost, she is never home!!!! ”
-Really? So any woman that travels for her career or is in the military is a neglectful parent? These children always have one of their parents with them, that is more than I can say for most children in America. How is her providing for her family neglecting them when they have a proper caregiver. Just because that isn’t the way YOU would do things does not mean she doesn’t love her children as much as you do!
*”How is it their fault that their parents refuse to take care of them? How would any of you like it if you had no choice but to have your hair hanging in your eyes constantly so you cannot see properly? And no one would let you do anything about it? And you had to wear the same dirty clothes for days… would that feel good to you? ”
–Again, really? They were playing outside, the wind was blowing! My long hair gets in my eyes when the wind blows! How do you know that their clothes are dirty just because there may be a series of pictures posted with them in the same clothes. For all you know they could have been washed the night before, there could be more than one set, or more than likely the pictures could be from the same day just used in different posts. Again, how do you know for certain that they wear dirty clothes for days?
You seem to like the word constantly. You are speculating and exaggerating to the point of being absolutely ridiculous!
You may possibly have legitimate gripes about her finances, but her parenting style is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!
Leaving kids with their father is neglect? Sheesh.
Wow! You sound like a real peach. I find it really sad that a grown women would pick on these kids. So what if they have some bed head and long hair. Do you always look awesome when you get out of bed, doubt it! Just because someone doesn’t look the way you think they should, doesn’t mean you have to be rude. I just wonder if you stop homeless people or people who don’t really bathe their kids, and say things like this to them? Do you threaten them with CPS?
Megan, the comments are directed at their parents, as they should be. I am sure that you will find that even the most strident “naysayers” (to which group I freely admit I am part of) want nothing but the best for the MckChildren.
Keeping their hair cut to YOUR standards is what’s best for the MCKChildren? Please tell me where YOU fit in there..
Do you know how many kids keep their hair long now days?
I am SO glad I don’t live my life worrying about petty things like this and especially about other people!
Kara, not sure what you mean here. I made no comment regarding the children’s hair, only that the comments were directed at the parents and not to the children.
But as you brought it up…
As it happens I love long hair on boys, my son, now 15, has longer hair, it has been collar length but is a little shorter now. It’s how he likes it but the same “rules” apply to him as for my daughter…it needs to be kept clean, relatively neat and styled…he needs to have it trimmed regularly to stop it becoming feral. He plays football three times a week and wears a headband to keep it out of his eyes.
I notice frequently that the boys with longer hair are tilting their heads in photos, it appears that they are doing this so as they can see properly.
You said the naysayers whom are currently nit picking about HAIR of all things (which you admitted to being a part of) only wants the best for the MCKChildren.
Do you comprehend?
Whether or not the comments are meant for the parents, you are still making comments about the kids. Picky on something so irrelevant as their hair. Seriously, I don’t for a minute believe you MWOPers or “naysayers” want anything more then to dig up dirt, and tear this family apart which for you also includes the children. Glad I don’t live in a glass house.
All the “haters” should read this and do some serious thinking about their behaviour.
Oh, I doubt she would get close to a homeless person…………probably carries around a can of deodorizer if something so awful were to come across her path. But the good news is…………that without any hair covering her or her children’s eyes……….they are usually able to see such an “undesireable” from afar…………and can do an about face right quick and get out of that dangerous situation most times…………..after all “bed head” is an abomination.
(I actually threw that ad lib into a play I did at Church….I was “Joy” the Church secretary who pulled out a can of deodarizer when a homeless person came into the office for help).
Are you not able to disagree without calling someone names? Not nice.
Barb, Your comments are by far the nastiest ones on here! The meanness you accuse others of -you have perfected! Why are YOU so insulated that some of us believe adorable Big Mac would look better with a haircut? Why not take up a real cause to use your passion and energy for?
So, CPS will come if children are playing on a farm early in the morning because they haven’t had their hair brushed? Really? You are a pathetic individual. I’m not sure how MWOP has any credibility at all. Yes, unfortunately I’ve been there. It is nothing but a bunch of foul mouthed woman who speculate, gossip, downright lie, and then turn around and believe that what they say is true, just because they want to believe it so much. They are a disgusting and despicable lot and you lead the pack, (of wolves)!
Robin=genious
i like to think of them as goats. because we are referred to as sheeple. and then theres that Cake song that always floats through my head. =)
I agree with this. Any woman who particpates in the nitpicking and gossip at that site, needs to take a good look at why she can act like that……and justify it. There is no justification at ALL, none whatsoever!! We have rules set in place so middle school and high school kids cannot bully and yet, adults can malicously rip and tear apart another woman and her family while conveniently hiding behind an anonymous name or fake facebook profile.
If these comments about the appearance are indeed for Jennifer them email her privatly. It’s never appropriate discussing the kids on the Internet. I have no idea if the chicks were born yesterday (I was certainly not), today or the cat hatched them but talking about the kids should just be an unwritten rule. Kids are off-limits. I’m stunned it’s not, that other woman would even go there.
Eiley; They are CHILDREN! Most kids I know don’t have perfectly groomed hair all the time. There are many “hollywood types” that spend $100s on their hair and look much worse. Grown women walk around with bangs hanging in their eyes…
These are children. Leave them alone. If I recall at lest one of the kids has a very strong preference for long hair. Should that be taken from them simply because the likes of you don’t think it is right or acceptable? I think NOT.
And for those who have called, are thinking of calling CPS. Can you not find someone else’ children, children that are really in danger to bring to the attention of CPS? I don’t know about where y’all live but in my area CPS would laugh in your ear if you called them and told them children were being neglected and your proof was messy hair and dirt under their nails.
For the really mean spirited people who post here – GET A LIFE. Your obsession with trying to prove everything Jennifer says is a lie is pathetic. You know who you are.
As a foster care mom, I have seen some horrific things. Uncombed hair/dirty fingernails do not even begin to register on CYS scales. That’s just normal kids!! My foster/ adoptive kids would be only too glad to have had uncombed hair/dirty fingernails to deal with instead of the trauma effects they have to live with for the rest of their lives.
I so agree!!!! These people who have called CPS prior are just sad. I commend you for your fostering of children who really have true needs. I know a family who does the same and it is admirable.
To bad these ladies at MWOP spend so much time focusing on stupid stuff, and trying to find the next piece of dirt (or what they deem dirt). They want to be the first one to claim “I called CPS, I sat outside their house and took a picture, I requested documents, I spent hours looking up financial records, license expirations, Craig List posts, etc.” as if they are going to receive some award…they are one sad bunch of people.
The complaining about hair and clothing is absurd. These children obviously just awakened and wanted ro show off the chicks. The wind was blowing, you can see the sleep in their eyes. Frankly I think it is adorable.
What I do not think is appropriate is claiming these children aren’t cared for. If it was the reverse, and israel was the one traveling for his job, would any of you say a thing? I think not. Jennifer is one of two parents supporting this family. When she travels, she is dedicated to her work as photographer.
When she is at home, she is dedicated to her work as mother.
I do however, also have a problem with the people here calling everyone names. Both supporters a d non-supporters of Jen.
Name calling is hurtful. Name calling does nothing but insult both the name caller and the one being called names.
We readers, supporters and those that pray for Jen are far better. We can defend her name, her family and her livelihood without stooping or covering ourselves in the dirt of a name caller, an insulter.
When faced with hate, we should never fight back with hate. We should either explain why we support what we do or simply walk away. It makes us the better person, and shows that we will not become a name caller, insulter or hurtful individual ourselves.
We can always defend without pain.
OH MY! They are beautiful those kids of yours, and the chicks too
I would love to scrapbook some of your photos!
Looks like a windy day! There’s nothing like the time just before fall.
The kids look right at home, must be awesome to have so much space. I had baby chickens in my kindergarten class. I kissed them all the time and never died once
I love the “simplify” theme that you’ve had lately. The more you say it, the more it reminds me that I should think about it, too. Baby steps! I’m sure that you’ll get there.
I am happy you didn’t die from the kissing, but that doesn’t make it a good idea. Just because your chicks were healthy . . .
Francesca.
I wonder how on earth all those farm kids (myself included) managed to come off the farm alive.
We held and kissed animals, probably didn’t wash our hands afterward either, maybe even put our dirty hands in our mouths and we survived. Going through life being afraid of every little thing that MIGHT happen isn’t living. Many generations have survived just fine and even lived to tell about it.
If you CHOOSE to raise your kids a different way that is your CHOICE – just like Jennifer has the right to CHOOSE how SHE wants to raise hers. They look mighty happy, and healthy even without a bottle of hand sanitizer in their hands.
Excuse me. I am not a mother who sanitizes everything or anything. My children grew up around horses, dogs and cats. However, salmonella has recently been increasing and we have been warned about it in chickens. Salmonella is not a trivial illness either. I am of the opinion that when we know of an increasing danger to our children, it is our responsibility to protect them from it. That seems like an innocent opinion to me. On a personal note, I had an acquaintance who contracted salmonella and spent several weeks in the hospital.
You guys come up with the cutest names!!
I know it sounds crazy but our girls named some of our first veggies that sprouted in our garden. So we had to have the “tomato talk”, the “cucumber talk”, the “watermelon talk” and the “carrot talk”. 
Too funny!
Oh. My. Gosh. What’s cuter than baby chicks? I’ll tell you: SMALL FRY!!! Oh how cute is M with her pink nails and her adorable hair?! Love her!!!
Layoff the kids, you may not like the mother but keep the kid comments to yourself. She’s a grown women who can defend herself but commenting about the kids appearance/hair/etc should be off limits.
The kids are adorable…just desperately in need of haircuts! How is that picking on the kids when Mamma is responsible for hygiene/grooming decisions?
It’s just wrong. It’s nothing more than what I stated, commenting publicly (criticizing) about children should be an unwritten rule. Commenting about Jennifers appearance is up to you, she can defend herself. It seems cruel to me to speak of children in that way.
So it’s wrong just because you say so. Hmmm. I have noticed that there are women here who attack anyone who has a different opinion or who simply presents facts. Attacking the person is a poor way to have a discussion. Disagreeing with someone’s opinion is fine; attacking someone in a personal way is not fine. It is immature.
Funny that you mention that seeing how you have been guilty of just what you mentioned. I guess you are also amongst the immature?
I did not attack you at all, no name calling etc. I thought I was rather civil. I am just stunned any one would say something in a public forum about children. I was thinking about face to face interaction and if someone said this about my daughter? How would I react? I don’t think anyone would say that face to face. Is it because it’s the Internet and anonymous it’s ok? I was truly stunned to read anything said about the kids appearance.
wow, you must be amazingly powerful that the wind doesn’t dare blow the hair of you or your children around. I’m in awe.
sorry, this wasn’t intended for you.
Perhaps Sue wraps her kids heads in turbans at night?
; )
Perhaps Sue cares that her children can see and are clean and kept out of the public eye! Seriously, I am sure that Mckmamma can take the HONEST opinion of someone else about her kid’s hair. Does she really need you “friends” to rise to her defense?
I’ve never met Jennifer. I’ve never talked to Jennifer………..so ie………..”friend”………I don’t think that applies.
I also don’t like a band of a couple hundred bullies with a lynch mob mentality going after someone with a CIA mentality…………..given that………..I don’t see it as an “honest opinion”…………I see it as a MckWhopper doing what they do. Judging, hating, nit picking, spreading rumors, etc. In this day and age “cyber bullying” is a real issue. What has been done and is being done to the McKinney’s is beyond cruel.
If I was walking down the street and I saw a gang of bullies beating someone up, I would do something. Same thing here.
I think people just recognize pettiness and lack of good-will when they see it.
Gotta say I feel sorry for your kids when their hair is in front of their eyes. That must feel awful! I loved the picture of Nuggey a few days ago with his eyes so big and bright…..it was great to be able to see them in all their beauty!
Looks like it was windy. Probably why their hair was blowing around…
Gotta say I feel sorry for someone who thinks they must judge others. Maybe he likes his hair that way, and why should she not let him embrace that part of who he is?
Gotta say you sound pretty judgemental yourself!
How was that judgemental? Asking you why she shouldn’t embrace what he likes? That wasn’t judgemental at all, it was asking you to explain your judgement. So nice try but try again!
Maybe he is the child and she is the adult. Who gets to decide what is appropriate?
Who gets to decide what is appropriate? I guess not his momma……….the blog readers should.
Holy cow.
The child is 6 or 7 years old. He really doesn’t get to decide anything much except what to wear. The mother and father are in charge of personal hygiene, haircuts, etc. Long hair is inappropriate if the child cannot see out or if he looks unkempt. That is not on him; it is on his parents.
Francesca…………..the kid just got up………….what don’t you understand about that? Several people from the area commented that it was windy that morning.
You really think that it’s your place to call Jennifer out on bed head? Is bed head a battle line issue for you? Does it really affect you that much that you feel the need to make it an issue and call someone out about it?
Seems way out there to me and audacious.
Wow! I don’t think a child with bedhead can be labeled as “unkept.” Holy cow, I sure would hate for someone to see my curly haired child in the morning because…God forbid she looks unkept and closer to Medusa. I would love to see a pic of your lovely hair because obviously what you think as kept/unkept might not be the same to me, and I might think you look “unkept.” It is all a matter of opinion on what one likes or when someone can’t get it that it was windy and they had bed head.
There is nothing inappropriate about having long hair. Her letting him have long hair because he wants it is not inappropriate, nor does it make her being less an adult.
Bed-head is pretty darn cute too and should be savored; At some point kids become far too aware of others’ standards for them; let them be at this stage as long as you can.
I love a cute kid with shaggy hair.
Kids with “bed hair” first thing in the morning………..are beautiful.
Live chicks can pass salmonella to people, I hope they aren’t really kissing them.
http://www.cdc.gov/features/salmonellababybirds/
I love small fry’s hair cut! In the hen house picture, doesn’t it look like 3 of the boys are peeing? HAHA
the pure cuteness.
Super cute! Congrats!
p.s. I love all the bedheads!
Did you leave your scissors back at your house you moved out of? You cant see your kids faces from the hair hanging in it.
Does being mean somehow make you feel better? Don’t say anything if you can’t be nice! So unnecessary!
I agree! They are so cute….but the hair is AWFUL!
Kathy do your kids hair look perfectly in place first thing in the morning when they roll out of bed?
The fact that Jennifer didn’t brush all of her kids hair before they went down to the the hen house first thing in the morning when they were up with the roosters tells me……….she’s being real.
Hi!
I grew up and now live on a working farm. I’m just wondering if you are shwoing the chicks from where you got your chickens.
Chicks don’t get feathers(you can see them in the picture with Small Fry) like that until at least a week after they are hatched.
Since four day old chicks are very vulnerable, I just wondered if these are “stand in’s” until you can show the real ones!
Take care of those baby chicks, when they start to feather, you should take a real picture of them!
Good luck with all your adventures.
We hatch chicks in an incubator and ours come out with feathers just like that! What kind of chickens are you hatching that don’t come out with feathers?
Alopecia chicks.
She was talking about the adult feathers on the wings. Chicks usually come out fuzzy but not with those adult feathers. Those come generally when they are older than four days. We raised many chicks when I was growing up and I don’t remember them getting their adult feathers that soon.
There is a difference in the fluff they’re all born with opposed to the actual feathers that appear a few days or week later.
Well yes, all chicks come with ‘fuzz’ which can be called feathers if you want. But Keira is referring to the actual “feathered” feathers that you can see with the yellow chick Small Fry is holding. On the wings.
That change never happens at four days old. A week or longer is when that type of “feathering” happens.
Perhaps Mckmama was simply mistaken. Four day old chicks have just reached the period where they will befin feeding on water and feed. At four days old the yolk they’ve absorbed from the egg is gone so they will be hungry! It’s too early–no matyer what breed–for feathering to begin at four days old.
Mckmama could have misheard, or as I said the kids wanted to “show off” chicks and since…well…they look alike pictures of the older ones were taken.
I don’t know Keira’s intentions, but I do know that Mckmama should know that you can easily tell the age of a chick by looking at it.
Fuzz, feathering, beak structure, “feet” all of it is simple to learn and important to learn for the best care of the animals.
Mackmama is new to this. And I certainly don’t expect her to know everything at the drop of a hat.
I’m just here to echo keira’s knowledge. As I said, I have no idea of keira’s intentions but I would tell anyone–yes, even strangers or friends, how to care for and look for certain tings in animals you are responsible for.
Feathering is the best indicatior of age. The yellow chick in the picture is far older than four days old.
No snark, no hatred, no…whatever. Just trying to help here so she can know in the future for the next chicks that hatch and hiw to identify and care for them.
Good grief…………..ummmmm…………what to say, what to say? “Stand in chicks”…………hmmm……….sounds kind of like when she was accused of “faking” kitty’s pregnancy.
Wow.
I don’t know a thing about chickens. .. . What I do know is that every year we go to the fair 4H show and there are NUMEROUS kinds of chickens at the same age with different looks. I am so thrilled that all of Jennifer’s “fans” are chicken experts and are certain these little beauties are not the age she says. In the exhibit I saw, some had no feathers and others were quite fluffy at the same age but I guess you arrogant reader’s know it all! Amen!
WOW!!! You haters have some serious time on your hands! Your children are probably scaling the walls of your home with markers. Go! Trust me when I say, you have other work to do!
I have never posted a comment like this but it just get’s old and today I was just in the mood!
Kimberly,
Please do not lump me with the ‘haters’ I am someone that has never commented but always read. Jennifer is a very good blogger, a wonderful mother and wife and a true believer and follower of God.
However, she and her family have taken a leap into something very new with this farm. No one has expert knowledge when they begin something new. It takes practice, research and, well, just doing.
4h may well have had several chicks. Heck, my brother would hold ontonfor dear life to the sheep he would show.
Yet please know, I am not and never will be a hater or naysayer or whatever.
I am though someone that comes from literal generations of farmers. I love what my life is. My heritage.
I honestly cannot tell you how many chickens we have raised. It’s impossible!
But I can tell you this. For all the different breeds of Chickens(and some beautiful ones exiat). Not one will ever feather at four days old. Ever.
I don’t understand why I am in some way being accused of being a ‘hater’ or trying to stir something up when I am honestly trying to help.
I would inform anyone of the proper age of a chick, of how to care for it.
A four day old chick requires different care and handling than one that has feathered.
Perhaps the yellow chick was hiding. And brooding ol’ mom just hid it far enough that the family thought ot was only four days old. I honestly don’t know.
Perhaps they knew the black chicks were old enough bjt small fry wanted to hold the yellow one and jen said “okay…but hold this one”
That doesn’t matter. What does matter however is having the knowledge. Of being able to tell at a glance the age of a chick. As I’ve said before, four day old chicks require different care from chicks that have feathered.
I don’t expect jen to know everything about farming. About everything about chicks.
I don’t understand why my passing on my knowledge is seen as offensive and hateful.
I am trying to help. Aging chicks is important. It is something that people who’ve never owned chicks don’t know. Heck, some who’ve owned chicks for a while might not grasp all the hints.
But the clearest and most accurate way to tell the age of a chick is by it’s feathering(or lack of).
I am someone whose cared for more dang chickens than I’ve hairs on my head.
Much like mckmama has passed on her natural washing soap, her parenting tips and her valuabke photography hints…I am passing on what I know of chickens.
It will be an important “tip” to know. And it is an easy one to remember once you’ve learned it.
I don’t understand how helping a fellow mother, Christian and upcoming farmer is seen as hateful.
Thanks, but it isn’t helping me to call me a liar. These chickens hatched on Friday. They all three are already getting feathered tips to their wings. Whether you think that’s possible or not doesn’t matter, since they are four days old and are getting feathered tips! My own research has told me this is far from “impossible” and is in fact rather normal, though. Sounds like in your experience it’s not. But it also sounds like we have normal chicks who are four days old. We definitely don’t know a lot about chickens and will take any advice we can get! But my husband does know how to count how many days it’s been since they hatched. And, as I said, it’s been four.
Jamie – I appreciate your knowledge and your willingness to pass it along. Some of the others have not done as well as you have. They have called her a liar and accused her of deliberately setting the reader up and trying to be dishonest.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge succinctly and without name calling or accusations.
@mckmamama
Ive never called you Or your husband. Liars. i’ve indicated that you
May have misunderstood.
Brooding chicks can easily hide extra chicks that no one will be aware of it until mom lets them free. Or, eggs can lay await and hatch earlier or later than you
would ever expect.
I know that you believe these chicks to be just four days old. But the yellow one, at the very least, is not.
I don’t knw why my pointing this out is horrible.
Or makes me a hater. Or makes me one who wants you to lie. None of the latter is true.
What is true is that I am trying to help, as I would any new Chicken owner. Aging a chick is very important. The yellow one is at least a week old.
There is nothing wrong in mis-aging an animal. Nothing! Certainly when you are new to this.
Momma Chick may have more eggs and the yellow one hatced earlier but she was brooding too much to let you get at ot. And, at that point the other chicks(which were perhaps four days old) could be grabbed.
I know chickens. I know breeds, ages, diseases and the likes. I admit myself that I too am wrong on some things. However, a four day old chick cannot have feathered wings.
My pointing this out is not calling you a liar. Or a cheat. Or whatever names those who–for some disturbing reason–seek to hurt you.
I am honestly trying to help. To inform you so you know how to safely and heathily run this new place of your simplicity.
Chicks can hide. Brooding mothers can have an extra egg against any others you are counting.
But just some things are certain…it is certain that the yellow chick is older than four days.
You are not a liar(duh) or trying to “wordsmith” or whatever these people are saying. And even excusing me of.
Every new owner of every new animal has things they need to learn. Things that shock them!
I am a reader and a supporter. No matter how little I comment.
Aging chicks is very, very important in their care. And I thought it was important to inform you of certain things.
Hidden under a broody mom, an extra egg, excitement.
Any of it.
The chick is at a week old in that picture. And thats great! She can be an older sister to the rest of the group.
Nothing is wrong with getting bthe age wrong.
You are not a liar. I would never accuse you of that. You are just a new owner who doesn’t yet know how tonage a chick. I expect a broody chicken mom.
You know how we mothers call ourselves “bears” well Mommy chickens are “broody” and they can hide all sort of things against a human hand.
Thanks for re-explaining! The yellow chick hatched on Friday. I’m on a big learning curve, you’re right! Thankfully, the chicks’ mamas are caring for their babies’ needs almost 24 hours a day. Makes that part easier on me!
I’ve no idea of Keiras intentions barb. However, as many here-like keira and myself–have extensive knowledge of raising chickens I can tell you that the feathers you see at the tips of thw yellowmchicks wings are not from a chick that is four days old.
I’ve no clue what you are referring to in regards to the cats. But perhaps since the kids wantes to show off the chicks, mckama had them hold some older ones. Chicks look pretty much the same to most people. Or, perhaps they pulled out an older chick by mistake.
I have no idea why you are saying “good grief” but, since this family will
Be caring for these chickens they need to learn the basics. As I said above. I can understand that they mkght not know these basics right now.
However, learning how to tell the age of any breed of chicken is very easy. Feathering being the most apparent.
Thus, people like keira, myself and others telling her the fact that a four day old chick would never have feathered.
I don’t see any problem in trying to share knowledge to someone new. To aid in the care of the animals. To make this simple life even simpler.
It so good to see all the chicken experts here but really who cares if someone said they were 4 days old but were really 6 days old??? OMG you’ve caught her in the most horrible lie EVER…… Who died and made you God? Are you the internet police, the moral police, the neener neener your a big liar police? what it is???
Truth matters. It seems to me that these women who know chickens are trying to pass along their knowledge in order to help. Why many of you women cannot accept something so simple is a mystery. There is no need to attack someone who is merely sharing her knowledge. These women have chicken knowledge; most of you don’t have that. Live with it.
What matters is the care. Care of a four day old chick is different than a one who has feathered. Certainly if the mother doesn’t care for them.
I have no idea why you assume I am out to hurt or demean mckmama.
I’ve never called her a liar and I never will. I’ve never called her(or anyone for that matter) names. Name calling is cruel.
I do know what I am talking about when it comes to chickens. As I have stated more than once. The mom could have been extremely broody. Thus, she could have had more than four chicks. Of those more than one was yellow.
When the family went to grab the chicks mom could have hidden the younger, yellow chick. Thus, the picture of a yellow chick that is most certainly older than four days.
I am not calling jen a liar for saying the chick is four daya old. She certainly belived it. And with a broody hen that can hide a great deal of things from a human, it makes sense that Jen-who doesn’t know the age markers for a chick-would think the yellow one was among the four day old ones.
I am trying to help. To pass on knowledge I would to anyone.
I fail to see why this makes me the target of slander, name calling and hatred.
I despise what some do to Jen. It doesn’t help to do it to others.
To Jen, and those that have understood my intent: thank you.
I guess when I read all of the “stand in chicks”………..”impossible” type comments……..I immediatley call to mind all of the nasty & pit nicky attacks that have gone on against the McKinney’s for several years now.
I find it audacious that people who don’t live on this particular farm, or even know what particular kind of chicks these are………would come to a conclusion based on their own experience, with the types of chicks that they have raised would call into question someone else’s honesty.
So as a reader what do I think? Well if you follow the “rumors” (ie gossip and tongue lashing) that is going on out there about this very subject……….I mean over 1,000 comments alone………..calling into question Jennifer’s honesty………..ie…………perhaps she found “stand in chicks” etc…………what did a mother of five run down the road, borrow some older chicks……..run back to her place………..get the kids out of bed………run down to the barn and stage “fake stage pics of chicks”…………I mean who is being absurd here?
I guess we would have to call that scenario: “feathergate”.
Consider this mwop post:
MCK: Hey kids, do you want to name the farmer’s baby chickens?
MSC: Yes, mama!
MCK: What should we name them? Remember, the names should go together like Pippin and Poppy.
MSC 1: What about Popcicle?
MSC 2: Naw, we should call ‘em Poofy Chicken Fluff.
MCK: No, no, I mean nice names. Like the kittens have. What about Chib and Chub?
MSC: No!
MSC 2: I don’t like those names, mama. I like Poofy Chicken Fluff.
MSC 3: Call him Kitty!
MSC 2: No, sissy, we can’t call a chicken Kitty. We hafta call ‘im somethin’ a chicken would be called. Like Spaghetti.
MCK: We are NOT naming chickens Kitty, Spaghetti, or Poofy Fluffy…whatever. We’re going to call them Chib and Chub.
MSC: *collective whine*
MCK: Come on, those are better chicken names. You like those names, don’t pretend you don’t. Now everyone smile and hold the chickens!
MSC 1: Mama? What do you think the farmer wants to name his chickens?
…to be continued…
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Looks to me like the MckWhoppers are resembling a bunch of chickens running around with their heads cut off.
This is sooo funny! Glad someone can see that this whole issue is NO BIG DEAL!
I understand that many people, for some disturbed reason, like to attack Jen.
I am not attacking Jen. I did not and will never call Jennifer a liar. Ever.
I will however, try and pass on my knowledge. I have lived on a working farm my entire life. Just as generations of my family has.
Just as Jen knows the best for her children. I know chickens. Yeah, you can laugh.
As I have explained. Broody mother’s can very easily hide an extra egg. And even an extra chick. More than four might have hatched. A determined Broody mom will hide chicks against the most deretmined human hand.
I am trying to help here. Aging is vital in the care of a chick. For instance. A 2-3 day old chick can be offered water and feed but may eat nothing for a few days because of the final nutriants they’ve absorbed from their own yolk.
I cannot understand how helping, how informing a new owner of important facts that make caring easier and more safe is a horrible, terrible thing.
I will never call mckmama a liar. And I don’t get why I am suddenly your villian for helping Jen become a more informed owner, and in the end a better one.
Someone stating that these were “stand in chicks”…………is accusing Jennifer of lying. That’s what I was responding to.
I think the real pressing question is:
“Why did the chicken cross the Road”:
Why did the chicken cross the road? (Really REALLY funny joke)?
(No offense to anybody, just laugh and be happy! and star!)
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road.; This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure — right from Day One! — that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me..
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…
ANDERSON COOPER – CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.
EMO CHILD:
To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth?’ That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON (wrote the song “imagine”):
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#@&&^(C%< reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken!!!! …
What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?
DICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?
REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT:
Why are all the chickens white? … We need some black chickens! That is what is wrong with this accursed country of slavery and betrayal! Yes, Whitey is keeping the black chickens down, with the help of all the Uncle Tom chickens stooping to betray themselves…
I laughed. I hope you did too. I got this from:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091125111816AAhyrnC
Wow, Small Fry looks so different/grown up in the first photo. Very cute
yay for real pictures!!!
I own a farm. Those chicks are NOT four days old. They don’t have WING Feathers at four days old.
Gosh Boobii……………….(totally mis-spelled that on purpose)……………with that kind of knowledge about a few chicks that you don’t even know what breed they are…………I think you should go and buy a lottery ticket………….I’m sure you know what the numbers will be before the pick.
Seriously, with that kind of knowledge you should use it……..maybe give all the winnings to Unicef or something.
A second thought – on the first photo – are you sure your little girl doesn’t actually belong to Meg Ryan?
She so looks like Meg Ryan. She is so pretty
I thought the same thing! So cute.
I completely agree on the Meg Ryan resemblance – I think the long hair goes with the farm somehow. The chicks are too cute!
Growing up we always had free roaming chickens but I had a tendency to love the baby chicks to death. I always wanted to pick them up and hold them constantly and while I was always gentle with them it did kill them. One year we had 21 babys hatch out in the winter and my dad had to use his old wood heater in the shop to keep them warm bc my mom wouldnt allow them in the house.
Maybe this is a good time to read (reread?) “Charlotte’s Web” with your children! It’s not wise to name farm animals unless you have a Charlotte in your barn.
We had friends that named their farm animals. Once. When it came time for slaughter the kids had a really hard time. Now they just number them. The cow we raised with them was named 13.
It almost looks like Stellan has a chicken on his head in that second to last picture
The more you talk about chickens, the more I think I should get some. Maybe one day
We raised chickens when our children were young also. We named a few of them, and then sometimes when we were at the table eating one of our chickens, the kids would ask if we were eating a particular chicken. It made the meal, well, interesting.
Love these pictures!
Loving all the hairdos!
I know you post pictures of the MSC often, but it seems forever.
Thank you! They are all getting so big. I wanted to comment about Stellaan’s hair, but many beat me to it. He is so cute. My granddaughter wakes with that kind of hair. LOL Your Maisy is SO beautiful. They are all just precious Jen. Please keep the farm pics coming. What fun for your kids. My daughter, SIL and two grandbabes live in the city, but are allowed chickens. They have two, the kids love gathering the eggs, feeding the chickens each day. Great life for kids!!! 
It looks like the MSC are loving The Farm! Those chicks sure are cute.
So, when shall we expect to see them added to their own link on the right hand side of your page! haha
Is Big Mac in his underwear? Yeah, I’m pretty sure he is.
Seeing all of the chickens and the feeders and the coops and the barn brings back SUCH good memories of being a kid and playing on my grandparents farm. I think every child should experience a farm in their life, to smell the smells and see the sights and learn where food really comes from. Thaks for jogging my memory and giving me the warm and fuzzy feelings this morning (the clock says it’s afternoon, but it still feels like morning to me).
Fun!
I love it! And in the pic of the hen house it almost looks like there is a chicken sitting on Stellan’s head–so funny!
Yup, go ahead and name them. Name them: Fried, Baked, Noodle Soup, and Gumbo. Tee hee! Sorry, I just couldn’t help it.
I love the picture of the msc IN the chicken house (coop) …it looks like a chicken (or two) is sitting on Stellan’s wild bedhead! Haha….love that wild hair!
I can’t get past the kids hair to see the chicks.
Try.
Stretch yourself.
How fun!
I am loving reading about your new adventures on the farm and living vicariously through you! 
(I’ve always said I would LOVE to live on a farm as long as I didn’t have to do any of the work, because, well, I’m lazy like that 
)
I imagine Nuggey may have the hardest time when the time comes for the chickens. But maybe not. I like the pattern of how you name them
How cute! I LOVE Stellan’s hair!!
I don’t.
I love when kids have crazy bedhead! My youngest daughter always wakes up with crazy hair.
Their bedhead was all pretty bad today…but then it was super windy to boot. Funny stuff!
We have one that has always been prone to the largest dreadlock in the back of her head by the end of the day no matter how much brushing we do. She is my girl who loves pretty dresses too; she sort of reminds me of Mogli the jungle child but in pink.
I think that comment was so rude and unnecessary! If you don’t have something nice to say…don’t say anything at all!!! Would you flat out tell someone you don’t like their child’s hair in real life? I sure hope not!
I look ok in the morning, thank you. At least I can see out. My opinion is that the children should be able to see the world clearly, not through a forest of hair hanging in their faces. It is not a matter of combing; it is a matter of cuts. They are darling children – not their fault at all. No need to get so defensive, for heaven’s sake.
I apologize if my comment seemed defensive. I was simply sharing with you that I thought your comment was rude and unnecessary.
Marsha, you really have such a good point here. Sometimes I feel really sad that there are so many people out there who take such glee in being hurtful to a person they have NEVER EVEN MET!!!
In answer to your question, there is NO WAY they would ever say this kind of stuff to someone in real life. Can you imagine if they were out in public somewhere, maybe at a Starbucks, and saw a woman showing pictures of her children to a friend… Would they walk up and say “Your children really need haircuts. You must be a bad mother. Someone should call CPS. And you are obviously lying about the age of those chicks in your photos….”? No, of course not. It is depressing and a little bit scary that so many people use the anonymity of the Internet to be unkind to others. I’d like to think that the majority of people have good intentions, but the comments on this site prove me wrong almost every day.
Cyber bullies can only hide for so long. Things happen for a reason. This thing will come full circle.
They hide behind their keyboards thinking that they can remain anonymous?
When God’s ready to move on this, it will happen. Can’t hide from God. When the Holy Spirit starts moving………….can’t stop him. What’s done in secret will be brought to light.
Surely they must know that there are ways to track someone down through the internet? I hope God uses this to highlight cyber bullies. I wonder what will be going through their minds if they are “outed” and had to face a Court of law one day? Do they not see this possibility? How ashamed would they be walking into their own Churches when everyone knows what they have been doing in the dark?
I pray for that day so that it stops. I do this not only for peace for the McKinney’s but so that these cyber bullies can perhaps turn their own lives around.
I didn’t mean to be rude and I don’t think I was rude. I was just making an observation as a mother and as teacher that the children cannot really see things clearly with all that hair hanging in their faces. Now, that darling pic of Nuggey the other day showed the contrast. Such an adorable face with bright, shining eyes taking in everything around him. Surely, you can see what I mean, now.
Wow, I sure hope people aren’t so rude when they don’t like your hair. I guess you look fabulous in the morning, and never have a case of bed head like Stellan is sporting. If we could all be so lucky.
Isn’t it interesting how you think a personal attack on me is conducive to having a mature discussion? I was expressing my opinion as a mother and a teacher that children should be able to see the world without looking through a thicket of hair. That is MY OPINION. A personal attack is totally unwarranted.
Wow I’d hate to see what you thought because my daughters’ hair has never been cut. There are days they don’t want anything in their hair and the hair is in their face.
Seriously why is it any different for boys than it is for girls?
I think the point is, it’s not polite to tell someone you don’t know that you don’t like their hair, or their children’s hair. I think as a point of reference, if you want to know whether or not you are being rude, pretending you are talking to someone in real life could help you see things more clearly. For instance, just imagine you are standing behind two women in line at the grocery store:
First woman to second woman: Oh, your son’s hair is so cute! I just love it!
You: I don’t.
Rude? Or not? You be the judge.
I love everyones bedhead! Especially Stellan’s. I’m sure they are loving these fluffy little chicks.
Wow you have a lighted house, wonderful!! I can’t believe they have wing feathers already.
That’s what I was going to say! I wonder what kind of chicken that is. I’ve never seen one get feathers like that until at least a week, sometimes longer. Maybe I have never seen that breed before though.
I agree, that yellow chick is not a four day old chick…more like 6-7 at the LEAST! Maybe it hatched out a couple days before the others and stayed hidden under the hen.
Ah yes… the “chicken talk”. We bought a house w/ some acreage last year, and have discussed (and re-discussed) getting cows & chickens. Our biggest hesitation? The subject behind “the talks”. My head knows it’s a great idea, my heart… I mean, how can you not name a COW?
I’ll be interested to see how everything goes on your new endeavour, since it sounds a lot like a fast-tracked version of our new endeavour. Especially w/ how both you and the kids adjust. Thanks for posting!
At the dinner table, after my husband proudly said, “Yeah. Mabel tastes really good, doesn’t she?” , that did me in. (I had no idea!) Many tears later, the next cows were named Hamburger and Casserole and that’s how we had to think of them. Cows are so lovely, warm, and enduring with cute forelocks and melty eyes…. anyway… I am thrilled for your new lifestyle. Enjoy it completely – which you will because you do things with abandon and joy!!! ! Love and prayers.
Small Fry is so beautiful and nurturing. Love all the bedheads!! Precious MSC.
How sweet! I’m sure the kids are soaking everything in.
Love the new additions! Keep an eye on Roobii…..We have a lab and she is the sweetest dog EVER….. Until she finds some baby bunnies or other small animal. My girls have learned the lessons of life and thankfully are not “messed up” because my sweet dog has eaten bunnies in front of them:)
Very cute!
very cute!
awwwwwwhhhh.
I thought McDaddy would say we should call them breakfast, lunch and dinner
Great names!!! Makes me laugh!
I am still loving your Farm and it looks like so are your msc. love the new babes.
Love Stellan’s hair! hee hee
Cute!!! I love Stellan’s crazy bed head!!!
Adorable!
does this mean you will be eating those chickens somday ? :-/
It’s not unkind to raise and eat your own animals. As a matter of fact, if those are mainly roosters…it’s best to “thin the herd” once in awhile. Having too many roosters together is a big no-no as they will literally leave the hens backs bloody and gory by all the scratching and will often fight each other to the death.
I’m loving Stellan’s hair!!! And M is so sweet, what a pretty girl she is!
We name our chickens… no harm, no foul. And that is a fancy smancy chicken house… LOVE it!
So sweet! I love the pictures, please post some more of farm life. Also, having grown up on a farm, I would invest in a pair of muck-a-lucks, galoshes, rain boots, wellies, or whatever you would like to call them (similar to what Stellan is wearing). Chicken, bird, feces carries a lot of bacteria, which you do NOT want tracked into your home with a baby crawling around. Plus, you just hose them off and they are ready to wear again. Welcome home!! (Posting under my daughter’s email).
So cute!