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Le Tour de Coup






Cody has been loving his new job at Old Mill Feed and Garden. Since he has started working there, we have been more aware of the social happenings in the farming community. We were very excited to hear that last weekend was the 2013 Monmouth/Independence Chicken Coup Tour. What an adventure!

For those of you that have never experienced a coup tour, it is a wonderful way to spend a morning. You not only get to gawk at the creativity and ingenuity put into these chicken homes, but it is also a very social event. The people you will meet are no typical chicken owners...they take it to another level. For example: Level-'I sleep with my chickens.' Don't believe me? In the pictures below you will see the personally designed cloth chicken diapers she uses to make her chicks more hygiene friendly.








One of our favorite stops was the farthest out of town at Dancing Oaks Nursery. 




After a hot day of Coup exploring we talked about the chance of getting our own layers. Before we knew it, we began spending our evenings gutting out a shed and transforming it into our very own coup!!! 









A coworker of Codys happen to have some hens that he was graciously willing to gift us! When our coup was complete, we brought home the girls! 










Unexpectedly, the next day, we welcomed our seventh member...Quazie. Poor little Haunch-Back isn't very popular with the others, it is a situation worthy of being a childrens book.




The next day believe it or not, we had not one, not two, but THREE eggs!! We have continued to get three to four a day ever since. 







We love having Chickens...but they wont be sleeping with us anytime soon!




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  1. UnknownAugust 10, 2013 at 7:41 PM

    Who knew about the Coup day??? OMG YOU have CHICKENS????? IM SO JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!! I Cant wait to meet them!!!!!!!!!!

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