This is a rare view, according to Leonard.  Bernice “was always so scared those chickens were going to eat her up or something…Being born on the farm, but she was scared to death of animals…She wouldn't go down to the barnyard if there was a cow within a half a mile." 

The Thoresons used to keep the chickens in the Stone Barn, but it proved too cold so they converted a wood shed for them.  That building (seen here) eventually deteriorated and was torn down.  It stood where the outhouse is now.  Some cement from the foundation still marks the site.

The chicks were mail-ordered, and came parcel post.  Postmaster Glen Nash would feed them the evening before delivering them.