Our latest additions to the farm arrived today...all 200 of them...some Cornish Crosses and a mix of other heavy breed chickens. It was an adventure getting them here and we are feeling extremely thankful for friends and neighbors right now. I woke up on Thursday morning to yet another flood-the biggest so far this year-and a phone call with the news that our chicks were happily waiting for us at the post office...there was no way we could get there. So our newest farm members had a sleepover at Chris's (a home full of fellow chicken appreciators) and then were ferried across the creek via Roseanne's truck with Caleb in the passenger's seat. We are a bit out of practice with this whole chick thing so it took some time getting things set up but all seems well. Huxley is extrememly excited and has already taken the job of giving them feed as his own. We are keeping them on the inside porch for a couple days since the weather is supposed to be cold the next day or so...plus I think that secretly we like to be able to watch them interact with eachother.
The flood did do a number on the recently planted garden but as soon as the sun shines we'll plant what we need to again...I guess if farming was easy, everyone would do it...
2 comments:
Great stuff! Sorry to hear about the flood. Sounds like a good time trapped in! See you on the other side of the water! HAHA
They are so cute! Did Hux stay up late supervising the chicks?
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