Carolynn : Thanks for making this newsletter available. I am a new "chicken mom". My husband and I are both retired and I had been playing with the idea of getting a few hens to raise for fun and fresh eggs when we went to the local farmers market one Saturday and, what do you know, there was a gentleman there with the cutest baby chicks! Well, my husband wanted them right then and there, so we bought 5 while the man assured us we would have 3 weeks to get a coop ready, as the babys would need to be kept indoors that long. Luckily, our son is pretty handy and built us this hen house, which we named "La Poulailler" and gave all the "girls" names: Ruby, Lulu, Collette, Olivia, and Zoe.