The chickens and a better supper tonight

Of course I had a little bit of running around tonight after work to do,  but I was able to get home at a better time to make a good supper. I also wanted to hang out with my chickens for awhile. OK, so that sounds either kind of sad or kind of creepy, but either way it’s the truth. I haven’t been in the chicken coop for some time now and I really wanted to check on them tonight to make sure that everyone was doing OK. As you know we were in this terrible weather pattern and the news people are calling it the Polar Vortex. What I would actually call it would be that it was Cold! After checking in on the chickens I found out that they were doing just fine. This one chicken did take me by surprise though. Now when it gets cold outside, it’s normal for the farm animals (cows, dogs, cats…) to have a thick fur coat. But when I saw this chicken I was wondering if maybe he picked up some extra feathers while we were having this Polar Vortex thing going on and was using it to stay warm. Check it out. He looks a little mean, but he’s really not a bad chicken. After hanging with the chickens for a little while,  it was time to get serious about supper. We ended up having grilled steak, buttered onions and mushrooms, smashed garlic potatoes, peas, and warm brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup. And then the kids made some white chocolate cookies to snack on after supper. I was wondering why I just dread to go swim suit shopping but I’m getting a much better idea lately just what could be the cause of that!