All our Chicks are growing up...

This week, I have been working to finish the book. I have a few other projects that are in progress too. I keep each project and it's tools and notes in it's on separate project bag so that I can just grab one and go and have everything I need.

This past week, Chickee turned 9. She decorated her cake on her own! We're so proud of her.

And all our babies are getting their big chicken feathers. We let them outside for a few hours each day in a pen. It's definitely been warm enough!
The big coop is almost done, but in the meantime, the 2 big chickens that are left get to hang out in the yard (with supervision). No more free lunch for the fox.

New babies

You have to see these adorable photos. Tom took the kids to get more chicks, since we lost 3 of the six last week. Apparently, you can only buy chicks in groups of 6... so now we have 3 teenage chickens and 6 just hatched chicks. Here are some of our new babies.

Chicken update

Chief is holding his favorite...Fluffy.
The chickens now have a coop inside the barn with a door to go out on their own private balcony. Tom even cut windows in the barn just for them. Apparently they are going to get a chicken run that steps down from the "back door" of the balcony.

This one looks pretty confident, I hope it's not a rooster and not a hen...

Our new babies...

There is no yarn sale Monday this week. Maybe next week. Look back to past week's though, because much is still available. The bigger lots of Caron and Bernat are gone.

Look at our new babies! The Captain brought home these baby chicks. They will be egg-laying chickens in several weeks, but right now they are 1 and 2 day old babies.
This is Chickee holding her chick, "Chickee Jr" is what she named it.
This one is my chick, I named her "Mrs. Poole" after a sitcom character back in the early 1990's. She's yellow right now, but she is a Rhode Island red and will likely change color as she grows. Mrs. Poole was a red-haired lady with a boufant hairstyle and a high-pitched voice.
Here is Chief and Chickee, so excited when they first arrived. The chicks have to grow over the next several weeks before they can be moved outside to a chicken coop that Captain is building. Then they will be egg laying chickens. I'll keep you posted on their progress. :)

Oh yes, we have a cat. The chicks are safe in the basement where Charlie has always been forbidden to go. Plus he has no claws and only one tooth, but we'll still be really careful and not let him near them.