something for everyone

Sonrisa is constantly curled up outside.

Champ is happier than a pig in sh--.

Lelu found a nap.

Peaches and Champ wore themselves out.

Pookie and her grandkids would love to run the lot... soon.

Daisy is just happy with all the grazing.

Under the cloak of darkness...

We piled all 22 hens into the back of the car. They woke up in their familiar coop. Later that day a crew helped us set up the chicken run and they were back to their dust baths and scratching in no time. No break in egg production!!!

Poor Copper had free rein roam the quarter acre a couple of nights on his own, clearing the garden greens left behind. He was our very last load and our farewell to Portland Street!

Annie Oakley's first freshening

And one short month later...

Annie Oakley gave us her first set of twins, both boys! The white and tan one is "Harley" and has been sponsored to stay with our herd. His gorgeous outlaw brother is "Buffalo Bill".

Earlier this spring...

The Wish We Had Acres herd gave us our first girls!! Born in the ides of March...

Meet "Tootsie"(left) and "Phoenix Rose" (right).

After 5 long months...

We packed our ugly boxes... and WAITED.

House papers!!!

Wish We Had Acres has MOVED to South Mountain.

5 days later... KEYS!!

5 hours later... we discovered first of 5 scorpions.

Holy Goat! We moved the farm!

Our successful transfer to the trailer!

A HUGE and humble thank you for everyone who spent a half day or more helping us relocate our farm and gardens. We have successfully, and in record time, moved our entire downtown Wish We Had Acres farm to our new home near South Mountain. The hens were moved so smoothly, they appear to show no signs of stress and egg production remains at its peak!! In the words of our keystone coop levitator, Wade Taylor, "Viva la omelette."

The Coop with a Stoop now resides under a shady Jacaranda.

 We hope our new farm will be sanctuary to all of our friends in time.

A special thanks to the Chicken Coop levitation team; Chris, Wade, Rubin, Alex,  Jeremy, Dave and Laura; and our camera crew: Wilson Taylor, Rachel and Christopher Alston. Many thanks to Wilson, Kat and Kendall for uprooting our gardens; Bree for battling the IRS to help us close on our house and for stepping in to watch the farm along the way; Ginger and Stu for the relief and staying power on our 4th day; Chris, Rachel and Christopher for the trailer that hauled the Coop with the Stoop down 7th street; and most importantly, Jeremy Prescott for the endless treks with truck and trailer for 3 full days!! We couldn't have done it without all of you. Collectively you all made child's play of an otherwise impossible situation. You made our dream a reality. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Wish We Had Acres would love to thank everyone who came out for Tour de Coops this year!  We estimated that 400+ people came by and took a peak at what we were up to and of course many of you had questions about goats.  We were honored with so many intelligent questions and the enthusiasm all of you showed about urban farming and animal husbandry :) 

For those of you who signed our guest book and left your email we will add you to our blog mailing list so you can keep up with what's going on here on the farm...and please post any comments or questions on the blog.  We will do our best to answer any questions promptly as we are glad to offer our advice to budding or seasoned chicken keepers. 

We hope all is well with everyone and wish you a Merry Happy Holiday season!

Farmers Dave and Laura 

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