I realize once again, it has been almost a month since I have posted anything here. I guess other than doing a lot of canning and putting up veggies in the freezer, there really wasn’t any eggciting news to report. All of that changed this morning.
At 8:30 this morning, the phone rang and the gal at the post office said, “good morning, I wanted to call and tell you that your baby chicks are here.” My first thought was, this early? I could hear their little chirps in background. I knew we had to get moving quickly and get down there and get them.
Papaw quickly jumped into the shower. I ran to the barn and turned on the heat lamp in the brooder, grabbed the car and came back to get Papaw and off to the post office we went. Papaw said, he walked up to the counter at the post office, he could hear them. He told the gal at the post office, “I hear my package is here.” She smiled and said, “yep and they are hungry too. I am glad you hurried down to get them.”
It is amazing that they were just born yesterday, August, 1st. The date seems so suiting since it was after all, Chick-fil-A appreciation day. They were shipped out to us yesterday afternoon.
They are a straight run of Barred Rocks and most all of them are a bit feisty. One sweet baby didn’t make it though. We hurried to get it some water and warm it up. We kept trying to help bring it around but it died in my hands, poor little thing. I was kind of relieved in a way. It is sad but it was so weak, I do believe it would have had a very hard time with all the spunk of the others to contend with.
A little video clip from inside the brooder.
Murray McMurray Hatchery did give us one, what they call an “exotic” chick as a freebie. We have no idea what kind of chick this is but its’ little face makes me think of an owl. It is quiet cute, don’t cha think?
Well, we will be busy the next couple of week looking after these little ones. We are in hopes of moving them to the hen house in a couple of weeks, weather permitting. These gals will have the hen house all to themselves since we are down to only two Rhode Island Reds but that is a whole other story. I’ll fill you in on it sometime. I am to happy at the moment to go there.
Hope you all are having a blessed summer. I can tell you, we are all looking forward to fall here and a bit more pleasant temperatures outdoors. It has been a pretty hot summer here.
Until next time, God bless you all!
