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WHAT IS A ROVING
CHICKEN STORY-TELLER? 
Chickadoo Suz shares stories with children (and adults) that teach about
natural diversity, connectedness of all living things, some hows and whys
of the food we eat, where it comes from, and OF COURSE, the curious and silly antics of our precious animal children. A Roving Chicken Story-Teller is egg-ceptional fun!
A Roving Chicken Story-Teller is egg-citing educational.
A Roving Chicken Story-Teller is egg-centrically entertaining. Chickadoo Suz, Roving Chicken Story-Teller will come, in costume, to your group or event with pictures, props (often live props -chickens, if in the Houston Area) and a gallery of stories to share from years of experiences and adventures raising chickens for fun and eggs. Every story-telling session is unique. The stories told are created based on the age of the audience, the length of time for the gathering, as well as any special interests of the group. Stories always vary because something new happens in the chicken yard every day. During a story-telling session,audience participation, from "kids" of all ages, is strongly encouraged. We dance, sing, listen, touch and feel. There's plenty of time for questions and answers as well as a little story swapping. Nearly everyone has a chicken story or experience to share. My Chicken Diaries is a No-Kill farm. Only story of Chickens and their friends, fun and eggs are told. We do not tell stories about harvesting or eating animals. Length: Storytelling session range from 45 min - 1.5 hours Cost: Chickadoo Suz, Roving Chicken Story-Telling and her feathers ambassadors, travel within the greater Houston area. Storytelling sessions range from $95 - $150 per session depending on location. travel time, size of group and length of session.
Several Opportunities for Your Group or Family
to Eggs-perience Chicken Story Time with Chickadoo Suz
What's included in a story-telling session? Chickadoo Suz and sometimes, Rooster Ron, will entertain your group for 1 to1.5 hours. 1. We warm up with a little song and dance for 5 - 10 minutes get our wiggles out. 2. Next, spend 30 minutes for the heart of the story-telling session. Real photos of our chickens and farm life are used for this educational, entertaining and interactive experience. Questions and answer times are welcome throughout the story-telling. (During parts 3 & 4, Chickadoo Suz's Roving Chicken Story-Telling picture book is available to the kids to read, independently.) 3. After story-telling, comes the hands-on fun. Chickadoo Suz brings eggs (hard boiled) and an assortment of feathers for the group to touch and hold. For older groups and when the setting allows, an raw egg is cracked into a bowl and the egg parts identified with a brief discussion of baby chick development. 4*. Combined with part 3, it's time to meet Chickadoo Suz's live "Chicken Ambassadors" who have been waiting quietly in a covered cage away from the story-telling area. We identify chicken anatomy, pointing out similarities and differences to our bodies. (* Only for story-telling sessions are in the Houston metropolitan area and when the group requests it.) 5. If the story-telling location is indoors and in a contained area such as in a room, we give a live demonstration of how to hold and care for the Chicken Ambassador. Kids may be invited to touch or hold the "Chicken Ambassador." On this issue, the welfare of the Chicken Ambassador is considered as what approach is the most suitable match for the group and session. Allow15 -30 minutes depending upon the size and setting of the group, 6. Closing is time for last questions and answers, gathering the eggs and feathers, saying d\good-bye to the Chicken Ambassadors. Chickadoo Suz's closing signals time to transition to whatever subsequent events you have planned for your group. Every kid is given a souvenoir game, or hand out activity to take home and share with parents. Educationally your group will learn about science, history, nutrition, anatomy and animal care to name a few of topics included in the stories and session activities. We bring a everything needed for your group to gather on the floor for the session, all equipment and story-telling supplies and props. Pretty much you provide the location, safe, clean setting and engaging audience. How much does a story-telling session cost?
A story-telling session with Chickadoo Suz and her feathered ambassadors lasts from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. Cost ranges from $95 - $150 depending upon session length, your location and group size. To inquire about a story-telling session for your group, please email chickadoosuz@mychickendiaries.com. or call 281.756.0616 x4 A flock of thanks.  |  |  | Storytelling with Daisy Scouts | Hiram and Chickadoo Suz | Chickadoo at Library Story Time |
About Chickadoo Suz,
The Roving Chicken Story-Teller Chickadoo Suz began story-telling sessions as a guest at a birthday party in 2007. Kids as well as their parents loved the stories and learning about chickens and eggs and about life on their farm. Chickadoo Suz has been raising chickens with her husband, Rooster Ron, since 2001. Together they care and feed more than 100 animals. Their farm menagerie and stories include chickens, goats, ducks, turkeys, guineas, and an occasional dog or cat. Chickadoo Suz and Rooster Ron have three children and five grandchildren. They have careers in education,have served as leaders in Boy and Girls Scouts as well as Houston Special Olympics. They have been actively involved in foster parenting. They currently volunteer in community and faith-based children's activities in the Houston metropolitan area.
In addition to Roving Chicken Story-Telling sessions, we offer Farm Tours for Kids. For More Info: 
People are like eggs -
on the outside, we come in different sizes, shapes and colors.
But, on the inside, we all have a heart of gold.
~~chickadoo suz
ON A PERSONAL NOTE A personal message from Chickadoo Suz: Since 2004, I've been trying to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing with my "new" life. So let me introduce you to my secret formula:
kids + chickens + stories + libraries + sitting on the floor = Chickadoo Suz Kids are so very magical, in a very spiritual, cosmic way. I love children! I am a kid magnet. I inherited this gift from my family and most especially from my father, Robert King, Sr. He taught me, through his example, When how to become the age of whatever child I'm with and to make playing with the most important thing in the world. As a result, kids I've never seen before come up to me in stores and start talking to me or wave to me as they walk past with their parents. While harmless, it's surprising to everyone but the kids and me. We understand it. From the beginning of our Chicken Experience in 2001, I started sharing my chicken stories with friends and family. It was a really win-win, entertaining both of us. Then came the opportunities to share our farm with others and share my stories with them. I've always wanted to write a childrens' book. What I didn't realize was that I was already writing them, sort of. As a 2006 Christmas present for our granddaughter, Peyton, we gave her a My Chicken Diaries calendar. Along with each monthly chicken photo, we include a brief vignette, like a short story, about the monthly celebrity. Peyton called the calendar her "chicken storybook!" Amazingly, through the calendars, in my own way, I'd already created a storybook.
My 9th birthday
I love libraries! I love seeing kids in libraries. When I was a child in Lincoln, NE in the 50's and 60's, the South Branch Library was one of my favorite get-away places. The six blocks between our home and the library were a just a quick bike ride. In fact. during the summer between second and third grades, I even won a summer poetry writing contest sponsored by the library. (I no longer have nor remember the poetry I wrote, but do still have the ribbon, somewhere.) I prefer to sit on the floor. Telling stories to kids is the perfect venue for sitting on the floor and it's easy to become just another kid sitting on the floor. So there you have it, the ingredients in my magic formula and the story of how I came to call myself Chickadoo Suz, The Roving Chicken Story-Teller. To have Chickadoo Suz visit your favorite library, story time or group activity, email Chickadoo Suz ChickadooSuz@MyChickenDiaries.com or call 281.756.0616 x4
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| Chickadoo Suz,
Roving Chicken Story-Teller
comes to you to entertain and
educate your group  | Chickadoo Suz comes in costume ready to entertain and educate with her tales from more than a decade of chicken raising.
|  | With one gentle touch, it's easy to discover that chicken feathers are very soft, even the ones on top of Yozer Dozer's crested head.
|  | A few chicken "ambassadors" come with Chickadoo Suz, Roving Chicken Story-Teller to sessions in the greater Houston area.
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| Our chickens lay eggs in many sizes and colors. This curious kid was sure he could hear either the ocean or a baby chick peeping inside. Creative hearing indeed! All storytelling eggs are boiled to prevent accidents.
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| Riley Grace learns how to gently hold and pet Yasmina when she came to Riley 's Daisy Scout troop as Chickadoo Suz' Feathered Ambassador.
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| Storyelling sessions are very interactive with lots of time for questions & answers, and touching & feeling. There are no age limits for storytelling audiences; we simply customize the stories to the age of the audience.
|  | Storytime includes talking about how chickens are different from people and watching how chickens eat.
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| Chicken story telling is a great match for library story time. And, our stories have some to make everyone think and smile, even the adults.
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| Professor Chickadoo, substituting for the Instructor for the Care of Magical Creatures brings her "Magical Creatures" - chickens who can turn their heads almost 360 degrees.
|  | How does it feel to have a chick walk on your arm? Kind of prickly and kind of fun.
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| Veline, Sweet Veline, a Norwegian Jaerhon hen intrigues her audience with her beautiful feathers. It's fun to learn that chickens come in a lot more styles and colors than plain white.
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| Chickadoo Suz and Houdini, a Silkie bantam rooster, telling chicken stories at Armand Bayou Nature Center
|  | And, who knows, maybe sharing chicken stories will bring out the storyteller in you, too!
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Chickadoo Suz, Roving Chicken Story-teller may be swapping chicken tales at a location near you.
Chick out these future engagements:
Currently, all future storytelling sessions are private groups. If you have suggestions for public events, do contact us with your suggestions. We'll see what we can hatch.
You can also follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/mychickendiaries) for future events and happenings.
To invite Chickadoo Suz to your story time or group activity, email Chickadoo Suz chickadoosuz@mychickendiaries.com or call 281.756.0616 x4 Thank a Flock!
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