My Chickens

I named my blog, "Karen's World" and the address is "georgiabooksandmore.blogspot.com" so here is a blog about something not book related...chickens!  I decided about 6 months ago I would like to have chickens in my backyard so I could have fresh eggs.  I finally got some on May 7th from my son as a Mother's Day present.  Only problem was that we don't have the coop built yet, so they lived for a week and a half in a large plastic tub.  This was sufficient until my son and husband said they intended all along to have more than 3 chickens.  So my son built a larger brooder to accommodate 2 more chickens which we bought on May 16th.

First chicks I received as Mother's Day gift on May 7th.

Here are the original 3 plus 2 more purchased May 16th.  See how much the original 3 have grown!

I asked at our second purchase at the feed store exactly what kind of chickens I had.  The red one is a New Hampshire Red (named Rosie), the pale yellow ones are Buff Orpingtons (I originally named the 1st Buff Henny Penny) and the black one is a Black Sex Link (named Nugget by my son).  The other 2 Buffs I haven'

t named.  For one thing I can't tell them apart.  We are spending Memorial Day weekend building the permanent coop.  I'll post a photo when it's completed.

National Library Week Activity

I know it's a little late, but school is officially out and I might have time to catch up on some blogging!  I repeated my activity from last year called "Guess Who's Reading!".  I photographed volunteer staff with one of their favorite books, with only the top of their head and hands showing, adding the "Guess Who's Reading!" at the top.  I laminated them and posted them around the school with a small number in the corner

Here is the original photo (of me) to which I add the "Guess Who's Reading!".  I hold a contest and if the students guess a certain number of staff correctly, their name is entered into a drawing for a prize.  I then post the names later.  It's been a fun activity, with the students getting really excited and going around with clipboards and discussing who is behind the books.  We celebrate NLW a week later than ALA, as we are testing during the official ALA week.  So it comes at good time when the students could use a fun activity!

 

I got the idea from a blog I follow called "Library Displays" and changed it up a little.