Peter and I knew that this was the year of the chickens for our little homestead. We planned and prepared over the winter and early spring, ordering the baby chicks, building the coop and run, and learning all that we could... except we thought we could "bend the rules" of everything we were learning to push the boundaries of what it looks like as part-time homesteaders to add chickens to the mix. Looking back and knowing what we know now, it was a silly notion to think we co