Miley's miles

So Miley is a year and 4 months old.
Here is what she is up to...
Words she says
---Mom----Daddy---Hi--- --Bye-bye---- Go-go-go------ Ohhh
---Cat---- -Cow -----Moo---Woof--------Fish------------Chicken
---Cheese -Please---Baby---Bubble------Betty (her best friend)
---Book ---Guava---Honu---Pool--------Baba (for drink)
Words she signs
---more---eat---up---bye-bye---potty---rain---wind---sleep---fish (she also points)
She loves
-playing "bucking bronco" with dad

-the chickens

-bead necklaces

-to eat. (guava, berries, cheese, salmon, and chicken top the list)

-her blanket. it is a must have for naps and bed time

-twirling and dancing

-Betty Jo. She is an 11 month old friend.

-the book How do I Love You?... and will always turn to the page with the bear.

-looking from side to side in her car seat so much that she gets rats nests in her hair.

-dogs and cats

-to play on mommy and daddy's bed. She'll flop down in the pillows. She takes everything off our night-stands. She'll do downward dog and then roll over summer-salt style.

-swimming! She enjoys pool and ocean time and is getting really good at kicking and moving her arms.

Cluck Cluck

We just bought 6 hens and thier coop/run set up. We love these gals! These ladies are about a year old and are laying eggs like magic. We get an average of five eggs a day.
We came into this chicken raising in the easiest way possible. Our friend Julia just started grad school on Ohau (different island). She had two flocks of hens at her place here on the Big I. Her house sitters didn't need that many eggs, so she decided to sell a flock and their abode to us. It is a portable coup and run: aka chicken tractor. Sounds glam right...well it is mostly just functional. The coup is made a 3'x3'x'4' hut with a set of wheels on one side so we can tilt it and roll it around. It has two nesting boxes and space for the gals to roost at night. The run is 10'x3' pvc and wood structure covered in chicken wire. It is open on the bottom so the gals can peck and scratch. They love to rip up the grass, so we move the thing daily.
We make about 4 trips out to see the gals each day. Partly because Miley LOVES the birds. (Partly because Timber and I love 'em too.) Miley calls them CHEGEE and stubbornly points outside for us to got for a visit.
I'm reading up on chicken care, so hopefully the ladies have a long and productive life here with us.