Chickens. On a bus.
You know that feeling when you're in grade school and you see your teacher in the grocery store? That slightly giddy, slightly uncomfortable feeling? I mean, you know your teacher doesn't live at school but she actually lives in the real world with the rest of us?
That's how I felt on Sunday when we went to a farm that had chickens. Chickens that lived in a bus. Slightly giddy and slightly uncomfortable. It was almost a scene from an end-of-the-world movie where all structures have been abandoned and taken over by these survivor chickens that serve as food for the hot badass (Milla Jovovich comes to mind) that has avoided being eaten by a zombie.
Are you wondering what we were doing on a farm with a bus full of chickens? We were invited by a local foodie friend to join a chowdown on a farm about an hour's drive away. A very local lunch was being served, buffet style on the farmhouse porch, as we arrived (a little late due to a scheduling mishap on my part). We paid our $20 and were asked if we brought our plates and utensils. Uhhh... No. We did not. And this is where I internally start to hate myself for being so unprepared (and late). Fortunately, we had some friends with us that happened to have extra plates (for unprepared jerks like us). We filled our plates-borrowed-from-friends with delicious local food and sat on the lawn to eat and share stories. After we were done eating a big dog came and licked our plates-borrowed-from-friends clean and we took a tour of the farm full of goats, chickens and one llama. And not one person didn't smile when we happened across that surreal bus full of chickens. And I can't help but wonder if I was the only one dreaming up an end of the world zombie scenario...
I think I need some chickens.
Haha...I love it! There's a small farm I pass every day where chickens live in an old RV. They move it every so often to fertalize the fields. So funny and so innovative!
Friends like to help friends, don't worry about borrowing plates! :-)
My mom raises chickens in her small yard - you don't need a bus (or a bus-sized space) to do so. You just need a coop, a fenced in area, some food and water (they love compost!), and to be able to shut them in at night and let them out in the morning. The eggs are so tasty...
Reagan - Who knew chicken mobiles were so popular!
Casey - I think I was just super self-conscious because they're new friends and I was intimidated by the whole farm situation to begin with. But you're right, I'm sure they didn't mind. :)
I want some chickens so bad! Just 2 or 3 but they're illegal in OKC. I would hate to have them taken away.
GET CHICKENS!! I will name them for you and come play with them when you're out of town.
my backyard neighbors have chickens. no roosters, though. they make a pleasant clucking noise.
"but she actually lives in the real world with the rest of us": So true.
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