Chickens in My Backyard

Chickens in My Backyard

My name is Savannah, and I live in Tucson (TOO-sawn), Arizona.

Even though my family lives in the city, our backyard is like a farm. We have a dog and three chickens. The chickens live in a coop we made with wood we found in the alley.

We bought our chickens at a feed store when they were chicks. We named them Sleepy, Twinkle, and Scott Jr. (Sleepy got her name because she always fell asleep in our hands. ) At first, the chicks had to live in a box with a heat lamp to keep warm. Soon they were ready to move out to their coop.

Our dog, Trixie, is kind to the chickens. She even lets them eat her dog bones! Once a coyote showed up in the alley behind our house. Trixie barked to keep the chickens safe.

Our chickens depend on us to take good care of them. We keep their coop clean and fill their nesting boxes with soft bedding. In the summer, we hang a screen on their coop to keep out the hot sun.