And Finally

So, we got baby chicks again, we will see if they will be hardier this year and if we have any better luck with hens vs roosters -- Jacob Burnham agreed to take all of our roosters, if we have any -- (he picked them for us at the feed store :)) -- and we have the dog on a vacation for the protection of the hens. . .so we will see how it goes. We got six two of each kind.

 

My boys each staked a claim on a variety and they have been enjoying them. We got them about a week ago now.

The chicks were doing well, all of the obstacles were removed, so I think from the demise of the chicks, or so I thought. . .
On Friday, I was hoping to get Spencer to leave the library without too much fuss, and ask if he had checked the chicks today. . .Nope, not yet, well we need to hurry home and make sure they have water. . .ok, we get home, and I am busy working inside. Spence runs out to check the chicks, I don't think anything of it. . .well, the next thing I know, Spencer is carrying a wet chick that can't stand up on its own into the house and says "mom there is something wrong with this chick" -- your right Spence, what happened -- oh, I gave it a bath -- you what? It was dirty -- so, we go in and start trying to warm up this chick, and I ask if there are any other bathers that I need to know about, yep, two other ones -- we dry them off, two are fine and we put them back outside -- the other, well, let's just say, it needs a vet -- we pack the chick in a container, bring the bright pink hair dryer and go and visit our favorite vet -- Jake drys the chick some more and says it should be fine -- put it under the light in its own little box -- by the time the boys get home, it is all right, it is in a place free of five year old bath providers, -- it is now resting in our backyard in a small marked grave, known only to two little boys -- does anyone want to adopt a five year old, he gives "great baths to week old chicks!"