Ha. The projects one can “create”.

I’ve shown my chickens a few times before here and in my videos. I have one chicken in particular that is very close to me. She likes to be held and cuddled and will “ask” for that. Her name is Miss Piggy Lou and she is an 3 year old Easter Egger chicken.

Piggy is the youngest from my original flock of chickens, I don’t count Gonzo Paul - my rooster in that. He’s special because he’s a boy and I had to do extra steps into integrating him into the established flock.

While I had experience going up around chickens in a rural island town, it’s a different game when you are raising your own. My husband John and I now have a 20 acre homestead, but when we first got chickens we were on an acre plot in the Seattle suburbs. There were rules and limits we had to abide by. We were also fairly close to our next door neighbors in the backyard area where John built our coop. And we have one hen in particular that is very loud when she sings her egg song. I’d often rush outside to thank /hush her up when the neighborhood was quiet. Needless to say, we’re very close to our first flock. I didn’t think it would be like that. Most chickens I’ve experienced just exist out on their own on a farm. Even now, my chickens do not get to free range unsupervised. I’m always outside walking around and watching them. Which has been great to have an afternoon break everyday outside. (I work from home - so it’s a nice reprieve routine.) Piggy Lou does see that as her opportunity for cuddle time of course. She will pull my pant leg or skirt to let me know she wants “up”.

So I’m toting Piggy around a lot. She’s a medium sized hen and isn’t heavy at all. But restoring a homestead and building a big garden, I need both hands free to use. I’ve joked about making a sling to carry her around in. Similar to a baby sling. However, I follow a “chicken influencer” (yes - and there are many of them out there) Purely Chickens /Nikki Husted - and she posted that she purchased a sweater that was designed to carry around a cat or a small dog. She toted around one of her chickens in it. I priced it out and decided that I could make my own. That’s what my most current video is all about. I know it’s not my typical video, but like I said it was a real project I had on my list. I did use two of my vintage sewing machines for the project.

xo-Thea

Upcycled Sweater To Tote My Chicken Around In

Vintage Singer Center Ad/Pamphlet (1965)