We got an egg!

My kids (Maren especially) love pets. They have been asking for various types of pets for most of their lives. We have a few small pets but they still want more. Jon and I thought we would see what it was like to have chickens. Why not have a pet that gives back to you. So these chickens have entered our lives. We have Tweeters (Ancona), Blackberry (Plymouth Rock), Pineapple (Buff Orpington), Peanut (Auraucana) and Cookie Dough (Rhode Island Red). They came into our lives in May and yesterday we found our first egg. Yay! Now we just need to figure out how to get them to lay them in the nesting box. :)

This coop Jon and I made ourselves. We had a youtube.com instructional video we followed and made some adjustments as needed. We also received some feedback from a few friends. Many thanks to all who encouraged us. :)

Peanut on the left, Pineapple in the back and Tweeters in front of Pineapple. Blackberry and Cookie Dough were not in the picture.

Maren was quite pleased to show off our first egg. Now we will have to see what they taste like.