Our family has taken the next step toward organic free range eggs and becoming an unofficial petting zoo. Let me introduce you to the ladies; a family album of sorts.

Here they are newly arrived in July and super cute. Like their human counterparts, they spent their days eating, sleeping, and pooping. We even had family come visit from out of town to hold a handful of fluff.

Next came the awkward teen weeks with the loud music, testing of boundaries, and punk hairstyles. When they started eating the ants in the garden, I told them I loved them.

Fully plumed and adjusted to the fenced backyard, these five ladies now  have full time jobs scratching and fertilizing the yard and gardens.

If you need some inspiration for your workout, try the We’ve-already-eaten-the-bottom-leaves Bean Jump!

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for…an egg, will give him a scorpion?  If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:11-13