Aiyana's essay on what farmlife is like for her

My Cats and Chickens

My name is Aiyana.  I am 7 years old.  I live on a farm.  I am responsible for my chickens and cats.  I have four chickens and four cats.

In the winter the cats mostly sleep. They go out only at night time.  Since they don’t go out a lot, they grow fat.  We have four of them.  Their names are: Snowflake, Cookie, Midnight, and L.T.  The cat who is named L.T. is the mother of Snowflake and Cookie.  Snowflake is very loving.  Midnight is huge, but that is okay.  In the summer, they hunt voles and mice.  Sometimes they get chipmunks and birds.  We got them to hunt voles and mice.

We have four chickens. Their names are Cutiepie, Pegleg, Thankful, and Protector.  Protector is a rooster.  Pegleg’s name stands for her leg.  Pegleg has a leg that got turned over and it makes her so she cannot walk.  We don’t know, but we think that she was born like that, but, however, that’s okay.  There are some dangers for the chickens. The good thing is that we keep them in coops.  The dangers are: foxes, raccoons, hawks, and a lot of other stuff.  We move my chickens once a week.  In the winter we have to bring in the water at nighttime so that it does not freeze.  In the summer, we gather eggs from them.  Every day, in all seasons, my sister and I bring water to them and when their food runs out, we bring more food to them.

I saved my chickens because my Dad was going to butcher them.  Now I am responsible for taking care of them.  I really love my chickens and cats.

Aiyana Mocanu Wazer

February 7, 2013