So we made a momentous and difficult decision -- we decided to get rid of our chickens.
We've had laying hens for several years and they are many positive things about them. We got fresh eggs. We had a great place to use our food scraps. We enjoyed watching them peck and jump around and do silly things. We had some extra chores for our kids and they learned responsibility by caring for the hens.
But...we have a new baby, and we're starting homeschooling soon, and Kevin has a new, exciting, more challenging job at work starting in a few weeks. We felt it was wise to simplify our lives. A local friend was interested in taking the hens and her husband came by and took them away in 2 batches this week.
It is kind of sad to look out at the coop and the chicken yards and see both unoccupied.
I find it hard to stop doing "good" things. Chickens are good in some ways. I've come up with several positives about owning them. But sometimes it is wise to drop a "good" thing in favor of something better -- in this case, less stress and more time to relax instead of dealing with our chicken hobby.
Chickens may be in our future someday. We still have the coop, though the fences will come down (which will allow for easy access for mowing.) But for now, this is a wise decision.
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