Harriet and Faith
Hiya Sants, I’m Harriet and this is my best friend Faith!
We’re pretty new here. Why, we were just born a few months ago and yes, it’s true, we are already kind of big as tubs now (we made a promise we would not refer to your weight, Santa, so we won’t compare our big bellies to your big belly. Whew glad we got that out of the way).
The deal is: we are Cornish hen crosses, AKA “Broilers”. People breed us because they want us to get very fat, very fast, so they can eat us just as soon as possible. It’s our experience that most people are very impatient and like to eat too much to think about the plight of us chickens. It’s seriously a catastrophe, (but we won’t talk about that anymore, will we Faith?) We are the lucky ones, because here the chefs understand our need for low calorie meals. Oh sure, we’d really like to eat pasta and cake every day (seriously, who wouldn’t?). But we are happy to have our peas, carrots, kale, lettuce, and a few grapes or a banana for a bit of sweet taste because everyone loves a sweet, I think so anyhow!
Santsers, a lot of people haven’t made friends with a chicken before, so we are going to ask right up front: please send us a sponsor. https://shop.stargazingfarm.org/product//sponsor-harriet-faith/ You can’t imagine how sweet tempered we are. Our feathers are so soft and we just love being stroked down the back of our necks. We make nice little noises, and we are also quite decorative. In fact, we have just the right coloring for Christmas, now don’t we!
Santa, we are just so happy to have a clean place to live, fresh water, good food, and good company. We don’t lack for anything, but our good friend Susan who takes care of our waters could surely use extra shut-off valves for the hoses (they have a tendency to either get run over by the tractor or disappear into thin air): https://tinyurl.com/hose-thingie-for-harriet-faith
We think it would be ok if we had a healthy treat once in a while: these treats are good for our immune system! https://tinyurl.com/treats-for-harriet-faith
Believe it or not, we lay eggs once a while, and sometimes the shells are not as hard as they could be. This means we are missing a key nutrient: Calcium. This would help us a lot: https://tinyurl.com/calcium-for-harriet-faith
And that’s it! We have written our first letter – well mostly me, Harriet, but Faith made some pretty good suggestions, especially about the treats. Faith also told me I’m suppose to call you Mr. Santa Claus, so I apologize for any informality. Oops.
Seeya soon! Love,
Harriet and Faith
