The chicks, continued.

My Camera is Missing

We just got home from a very short date night.

The little boys are all sleeping... and they are Oh So Adorable!

Liam is sleeping in a fetal position with not one cover on. He looks cold!

Peter is sleeping among 2 huge blankets (One is Liam's!) and all snuggled up.
He has his paper airplane lying right next to his head.

Michael is sleeping on his back (as usual) with a silver helmet in his hands (on his chest).

I am so thankful for my boys!

Chick News

Our Isa Red's turn 3 weeks today! (We got them at 15 days old). They are getting big.. and we are working on their coop and enclosure! They will live in the basement of the playhouse in the back yard. James and the boys are working hard at building the enclosed outdoor area for them.

Today I separated them from the younger chicks and so we now have 2 boxes of chicks in the basement.

Today one of our yellow-ish chicks AND an Isa Red made a mad dash for the table outside of their little box. Apparently their feathers are growing in faster than I suspected! I kept them from this naughty adventure by putting chicken wire on top of the boxes tonight.

Tonight I learned how to "candle" my chicken eggs!! I am VERY excited to see that they are developing. Little chick embryos!

That's it for now... more news soon, I am sure!

We are praying for warmer weather!!!!! It was FRIGID today!
:) K

Baby Chicks Arrive: St. Patrick's Day!

The chick in the center is a Rhode Island Red

The chicks that are already feathered a bit are RI reds, the brownish ones are Isa Browns and the Yellow ones are Buff Orpintons.

They are so so cute!
We have 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Buff Orpingtons and 4 Isa Browns.
We also have 18 eggs in the incubator.
(These will be a surprise-- but, we may get Barred Rocks!)

Hopefully next week I will have pictures of the Hen House in progress!
These babies can't live in my basement forever!

We should start getting eggs in September...
and then we will have the yummiest brunches around! Can't wait!

Pinewood Derby

Pat, Seam, Fran, and Liam

Francis' Wolf Den

My WeBeLoS I Den

This year we had a stressful derby. We made some mistakes on 2 of the cars and almost got disqualified. Liam and Pat made cars for the open class. The track broke in the middle of the open class! (The timer quit working!) But, overall, the kids had fun. I survived.. and life marches on!