I have had some wonderful, thoughtful Christmas presents this Christmas. I am only going to show the chicken related gifts that I have received this year and will list them in the order that I received them.
Before Christmas, Jackie and I met up and exchanged gifts. We exchanged two gifts each but I am just showing the chicken shaped one.
Chicken bottle stopper
On Christmas day my husband and I exchanged several small gifts throughout the day. He said that he had to include just one chicken shaped gift.
Egg holder
Recently only Butterscotch has been laying and I always leave her egg on the kitchen counter to cool before putting it in the fridge. My husband said that in the summer when I could have up to eight eggs waiting in the kitchen this would give me somewhere safe to store them.
Christmas chicken
This was from my youngest son and his partner. He said that in keeping with my theme of descriptive names it is to be called “black spots on a white background”!
Chicken coasters
These beautiful coasters were from my eldest son and his wife. She had made a lovely job of painting all my chickens from the start of my chicken keeping journey. The first tile is Poppy ( who turned out to be a cockerel and was returned to the farm) and Pepper and Dotty (re-homed on a farm because of the feather plucking problem)
The second tile is Treacle who we sadly lost and Bluebell who I re-homed with Jackie.
The third tile is of Honey and Amber, who we sadly lost last spring at two years old. She is depicted with the bump on her back which we always felt was the slight deformity that probably led to her short life.
The fourth tile is Topaz and Sparkle who we also sadly lost last summer.
The fifth tile is Toffee and Emerald. The sixth tile is Barley and Peaches and the seventh tile is Butterscotch and Speckles.
They also gave me a house number which was going to be part of their last house number but didn’t get used as they moved. This was for the chickens’ shed door so I am adding it to the chicken related gifts.
The chicken’s door now has a number
It was so lovely spending time together and there was much food and drink consumed and games played and laughter. The gifts are just a small part and spending time together has been lovely but the gifts were so special and thoughtful that I just had to record them.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
Thoughtful gifts, Carol. I got a lovely wrought iron bootscraper and wellies-hanger and a lovely calendar of my own girls and chicks, which my wife had done for me at a local photo shop, as well as a lovely little egg house. 🙂
They are lovely gifts. I had a wrought iron boot scraper a few Christmases back which lives in the run. The calender is lovely as it is so personal like my coasters. It warms our hearts when we get lovely chicken gifts.
I love those coasters! Did she do them herself or get them professionally done?
I love the other gifts too, all so cute! My favorites are the coasters though…;)
The coasters are my favourite too. She did them herself. She said that she is not an artist but she used the “history of the flock” to refer to for the pictures. I think she made a really good job and it makes them so personal. I liked that she included the past girls (and boy) too.
My favourites are the coasters .. They are so personal . I will take a look in person when I next see you .
I agree. I am looking forward to showing you them in the flesh when you next visit.