Checkered Coat or Chicken Coop

When Michael and I were young we would often "invent" lyrics to songs if we didn't know them. One particular bit of silliness was in the song "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" (Don Henley).Part of the song:
The people all said sit down 
Sit down you're rockin the boat 
Cause the devil will drag you under 
By the sharp lapels of your checkered coat 
Sit down Sit down 
Sit down you're rockin the boat 

Well we would sing it as "Cause the devil will drag you under..the sharp edges of your chicken coop." You know because that's what that devil does! 

As grown ups we have laughed about this great song and we still sing it the same way. Well now we have our very own chicken coop! Michael is all about making the Smith house self -sustaining so he came and helped us build it. We used mostly materials we already had and it was lots of fun building together. Our "baby chicks" have arrived: 2 Buff Orbingtons "Sunshine" and "Deliliah"; 2 Golden Reds "Henrietta" and "Harvetta"; 2 Black Sex Link "Foxy" and "Beyonce"; 2 Barred Rock "Pat Pat" and "Miss Kimmy"! I love them! Some are older so they already live in the coop and should lay eggs in about 5 weeks. 4 of them are living in my garage! Every day of adulthood it seems something happens that I never imagined! Now let's just hope that the devil does not drag me under our chicken coop! 

This picture does not do justice to how dirty Juel was...they both looked like they were one of the lost boys. But oh boy did they have fun! 

Farm-life babies!