Never have I met anyone who has had a love for chickens as much as Luke
Samuel Kraft. Since he was just one year old, he developed this love
for chickens and eggs. He started collecting the eggs from his four
hens daily to be a little helper to his Mommy. It’s a favorite thing
for him to do. During the ¬summer of 2012 his Pop (grandpa) took him to
get a bantam pair of chickens for himself. He was so excited to have
his own set of chickens. Little ones, just for him. He helped his
daddy make a special coop for them too. He named the boy “Rooster” and
the hen “Girl”. He loves his girl the most. Luke can’t wait until she
starts laying some eggs. Luke goes outside every day to check her and
let them out of the coop to roam for the day. Often he will bring Girl
inside for a short time. There he holds her and they read stories
together, watch cartoons, he talks to her and cares for her. When they
are outside he will play in the sandbox with her and follower her around
the yard. In the fall when Luke went to choose his pumpkin he insisted
that Girl needed a pumpkin too. For Christmas he found a nest for her
and was excited to give it to her as a gift. He will often push her in
his little shopping cart and go down the street to his grandparent’s
house to visit and share his girl. For his third Birthday he requested
to have a “chicken party” and he wanted a cake that looked just like his
“girl”. So off we went looking for the perfect cake topper and he
found one! Of course, it looked just like girl too. Occasionally he
gets to bring her in the car if we are running quick errands. This
little hen is the sweetest thing. She won’t run or fly away from him.
Sometimes she will just look up at him with the sweetest look. She
seems to love Luke Samuel just as much as he loves her.