Post 6: My Pets (Deadline: 19-07)

 For our last post, we'll talk about our pets.

Cover the following topics:
- How did you get it and what is it?
- What Characteristics does it have?
- What importance does it have in your life?
* In case you do not have a pet, let us know about someone you love who owns a pet.

- Comments: Leave a comment on the Teacher's post + 3 of your classmates posts
- Word Count: 240 words

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Years ago I got Dulce, and I guess a many of my former and current students already know about her. I also guess time has gone by and since the Covid crisis began things have changed in many aspects, or well, so I guess.

One of the big changes of life in the times of Covid-19 has been that along with Dulce we came to live down the countryside in the Bio Bio region. A lovely, though quite cold place. Quite green as well, yet the growth of the forestry industry has done its thing, 

As I came here I needed to improve the quality of soil because it was rather dry and "sandy" so nothing was growing, I needed to give the soil organic matter, add nutrients and so and so. That's why, by looking into theory and practice about farming and biodynamics I found out that chicken manure was the best product to do it. And obviously instead of buying it I decided to have some chicken pets selected from cute varieties, hopefully all of them from a mapuche chicken origin. (hipster alert?!) LOL!!.

That same afternoon, decision made, I set myself up for building up a chicken shelter and went to get my chicken from a local family who sells "country eggs" (In Chile these eggs are produced in family farms, eggs tend to be blueish  and the egg yolks tend to be a bit "orangey" in colour, they are really popular but not mass-produced). 

And that's how I got my new Chickens. I named them with vernacular names and the rooster is called Coyán which in Mapudungun means beech tree (for its strength), the eldest hen  is called Ayelén which means "joyfulness" and the youngest hen is Suyay which comes from Quechua and it means "hope". I think they are very beautiful! 

They are a very funny bunch, they make me laugh a lot and when I observe the social dynamics they have, it blows my mind! they actually take good care of each other, they share their food, and if they find anything yummy they call each other and they share. If one of them cackles in alarm, they rush to see if they are alright!. 

Now my Pet "family" is bigger and a lot more exciting everyday, now I have eggs daily, natural eggs yummy. Also, the soil in my yard has improved so much that now I have grass and lots of invasive grass or also called bad weed, which is both funny but positive because before there was only sand and now it's all green.