Update

So a few weeks ago my chicken and I moved in with my parents. After living in Bellingham for the last 4 years I am sad to go- but also very excited for what lies ahead. I just got a job teaching English at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Bremerton. School starts on September 5th, so I have been very busy getting everything ready. Please keep me and my students in your prayers.

Dymphna has been keeping me very entertained -- just yesterday, my mom fed the cats what we call "the good stuff" which is the canned cat food. Dymphna just marched right up to the dish and started eating with the cats. And guess what--it was chicken and gravy! She seemed to really like it too. Now we have to put the cat food bowls out of reach because she goes in to clean up after the cats are done... I can't believe her.

Here is a video that I took today...

My pet chicken

I have a pet chicken. She has turned out to be a wonderful pet...

"Why do you have a chicken?"

Good question, I thought you might ask me that. Well- a few years ago my grandparents introduced me to a documentary called "The Natural History of the Chicken." It was very interesting and uncovered many injustices of the chicken industry in the US. Aside from that- there was a woman featured in the movie who had a chicken for a pet. It was a beautiful white Silkie Bantam and she dressed her pet in a diaper so that it was able to walk freely around the house. This tickled my interest. Ever since I watched this movie, I thought that it would be fun to have a pet chicken.

So last spring my desire to have a chicken grew and grew. I found myself going to farm stores on my lunch breaks in search of a Silkie chicken. I told Andrew that I wanted a chicken. He didn't get it and looked at me as though I were crazy. "Where are you going to keep it?" he asked. I then pitched the idea of the chicken wearing a diaper and living inside the house with me. Then I knew he thought I was crazy. So that was were my dream ended... or so I thought.

To my surprise, on our one-year anniversary, Andrew had two little chicks waiting for me in my room after we got home from our dinner. I freaked out!! That was the best present! I was so shocked that he got me chickens... I still am. The chickens lived in a box for a while- then Andrew and I built them an indoor chicken coop. Then I discovered a wonderful place called chickendiapers.com This website is awesome! You send in the measurements of your chicken and this lady sews a diaper for you. And the diaper works SO well. With this diaper your chicken can roam freely and their poop falls in this little sack.

In June of 2006, one of my chickies was taken from this world. While grazing in my yard, a hawk took the life of little Agatha = (

Ever since that day, I took the other chicken (Dymphna) under my wing and we have grown so close. She is now almost a year old and lives with Andrew's parents. She comes to my house sometimes for slumber parties though =)

Here is some videos of her: