"Children do not need to be made to learn about the world, or shown how. They want to, and they know how." -John Holt
Meet our new girls!
"Pic", named and owned by Simone, is a Rhode Island Red hen. One of the most famous and popular "heavy" breeds, she'll lay brown eggs for us. Though she is the least distinctive chick, Simone thinks she's the cutest!
"Stripey", an Araucana is Gabriel's pick. These girls lay beautiful colored eggs of blue-green shades from turquoise to deep olive. Can't wait!
"Paloma" is my personal favorite. She's a Black Australorp (originating from Australia), another "heavy" breed and will get the biggest at 5-7 pounds. When returning her back to her flock-mates, she'll happily remain seated in your hand instead of jumping away.
"Poppy" is the smallest chick and is a Buttercup, considered a rare and unusual breed. Like the others, this breed is known for being friendly and the least photogenic.
Right now they're living indoors, in a plastic bin under a heat lamp until they grow all their feathers which will take about 6 weeks. By then, Rich will have built a fantastic coop and run for them right next to/with the goats that will have GOT to be here in six weeks!
"By nature people are learning animals. Birds fly; fish swim; humans think and learn. Therefore, we do not need to motivate children into learning by wheedling, bribing, or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do - and all we need to do - is to give children as much help and guidance as they need and ask for, listen respectfully when they feel like talking, and then get out of the way. We can trust them to do the rest."
John Holt
"In the end, the secret to learning is so simple: Think only about whatever you love. Follow it, do it, dream about it...and it will hit you: learning was there all the time, happening by itself." -Grace Llewellyn
"What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child."
George Bernard Shaw
Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the loving, the JOY. It's in the joy. ~Anne Ohman
"How could youth better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?" -Henry D. Thoreau
"Poppy" is the smallest chick and is a Buttercup, considered a rare and unusual breed. Like the others, this breed is known for being friendly and the least photogenic.
2 comments:
Jess, this is going to be a great experience for the kids. I am impressed seeing I can hardly keep the dog alive!
I came over here from Jamie's blog, and I'm wondering what you're planning for a coop. I'm thinking about getting a few chickens for our yard next summer, but I don't know how big a house they need.
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