Peeps!

A few weeks ago Michael's school had a spring fling and we went to it. They had a silent auction and we bid on some of the items. One of the items I bid on was 6 chicks, tub, feeder, waterer, and feed...Fred and I have been wanting to get some chickens and this was the perfect opportunity to give it a go...Michael's cousin had a dyed chick at Easter (I hate the companies that do that) and we were going to bring it home but another cousin had chickens so I let her have it. That was a mistake...Michael had thought the dyed chick was his and when he found out I had given it away he was NOT happy with me...So another reason for me bidding on the chicks...Well I won the bid. One of the teachers had the eggs in an incubator and they were waiting for the chicks to hatch...This morning the teacher told me the chicks were ready. We decided to wait until after school and let Michael pick them out....

Here is Michael picking out his chicks, he was so excited! I hope he did a good job and picked out hens instead of roosters, Ekkk!

Welcome home Peeps!

The one with stripes is mine, Michael picked it out just for me! Aren't I special?

Michael petting one of the chicks.

Jake is introduced to the chicks! So far so good!

Kit Cat got sprayed with the water bottle for walking on the top of the pen and hasn't bothered the chicks since. All seems well, except Michael wants to hold and pet them constantly and then go watch tv and it's getting tiresome having to wash our hands continuously...sigh! Hopefully the newness will wear off soon and the chicks will grow and they can go outside...This weekend we are going to build a movable 'A' frame coop...It won't be snake proof, no coop is, so hopefully the Rat snake won't make another appearance!


On Another note:

When I went to go get Michael this afternoon this is what I came upon, Ugh!

I had to hurry up and turn around and take the long route to school, very frustrating...I talked to our landlord this afternoon and he had 2 and 3/10ths of an inch of rain in his rain gauge, cool! You can see what all that rain did...over filled the creeks and rivers!! Michael wanted to go see what the road looked like on our way home so I took him and got some photos too! Two people drove down past the road closed sign while we were there and then turned around and left...Guess they don't believe the sign when it says road closed, I was hoping they wouldn't attempt to drive across the bridge...it amazes me sometimes how stupid people are too. A few years back I saw a couple drive right onto a flooded bridge and have to be rescued!

It's been a long day and I am off to bed!