Chickens in My Backyard

Chickens in My Backyard, written by Savannah Duclo.

《我家后院的小鸡》，作者：萨凡纳·杜克洛。

My name is Savannah and I live in Tucson, Arizona.

我叫萨凡纳，住在亚利桑那州的图森市。

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.

虽然我家住在城里，可我们的后院就像一个小农场。 我们养了一只狗，还有三只小鸡。 小鸡们住在鸡舍里，鸡舍是我们用巷子里捡来的木头搭的。

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.

我们在饲料店买它们的时候，它们还是毛茸茸的鸡崽。 我们给它们取名叫瞌睡虫、闪闪星， 还有小斯科特。瞌睡虫得这个名字是因为她总在我们手心里睡着。 一开始，小鸡崽得住在装了暖灯的箱子里保暖。 没过多久它们就长大了，可以搬到外面的鸡舍去住啦。

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.

我们的狗狗特里克茜对小鸡们特别友好， 她甚至还让小鸡啃她的狗骨头。 有一次我们家后面的巷子里来了一只郊狼， 特里克茜大叫着把它赶跑，保护了小鸡们。

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.

小鸡们靠我们来好好照顾它们。 我们会把鸡舍打扫干净，在它们的产蛋箱里铺上软软的垫料。 夏天的时候，我们会在鸡舍外挂一张遮阳网，挡住火辣辣的太阳。