I’m a little embarrassed to show you how little I’ve gotten done on my Trek Along With Me socks, but oh well. I really should prove that I’ve done some knitting, even if it’s not very much. Besides, this is a great chance to take you on a trek around our farm. Today my sock and I decided to stay pretty close to home. We visited the chickens and ducks.

First I’ll give you a glance of our chicken coop from the outside. Didn’t my husband do a nice job of building our birds a little home? When I asked for window boxes and a planter, he didn’t say a word - not out loud anyhow. You know though, even he admits that they add a nice little homey touch to the yard and to the coop.

Notice my sock, or the ribbing of a future sock, sitting in the window box. I thought it would look nice with the begonias. You can also see the knitting bag that I bought from Café Crafty. Too cute!

Want to see some of our chickens? In the first picture you’ll see some of our baby chicks in their pen. Actually, they’re about three weeks old and more like preschool chicks at this point - they’re losing their fuzz and gaining their feathers. The other chickens are a bit older, about nine weeks old. It amazes me to see what a huge difference just a few weeks can make.

This is as close to the chickens as my sock is getting. Try as I might, the chickens just wouldn’t stand still long enough to actually wear the sock. It’s okay, I guess. I didn’t feel like picking straw out of my yarn anyhow.

You can’t visit our coop without meeting the ducks. Billy and The Girls, meet the public. Public, meet Billy and The Girls. The Girls have stripes around their eyes and they’re all a bit smaller than Billy. Billy, on the other hand, has a solid brown head and quite the macho attitude. You should see him tell off the chickens. It really is quite comical to see him strut his stuff. Like the chickens, these guys are also about 9 weeks old.

Sorry. There’s no socks in these pictures either. Why? Because ducks don’t wear socks, silly goose! I think it may have to do with that whole webbed feet thing. <shakes head> A duck in socks - that quacks me up!

I hope you liked your little visit to our chicken coop and I’m glad you had time to drop in and see how my sock is coming along. I know there’s not much done yet, but the school year is almost over. Once the kids are settled-in for the summer with a regular routine, my days should feel normal again. The next time I show off my sock progress, I’m sure you’ll see quite a difference.