Meet the Girls

We'd like to introduce you to "the girls"; in the back row left to right, we have Faye, Matilda and Thelma. In the front row left to right is Nellie, Gertrude and Ella. Or is it Ella then Gertrude?



After tenderly loving our baby chicks for the first 10 weeks of their lives, Dave and Ginny packed up all six chicks into a cat carrier and personally drove them all the way to us from Nebraska. After their long trip, Dave and Jason got them set up in the coop with fresh litter, food and water. Then they made a small roost for them since they can't fly yet. They look larger than they are in this picture. Each is only a little over a pound.

I installed a small door off the back of the coop and put a screen in it so they could look out. In the coming weeks we'll build a screened in porch and a fence back there. Not only to protect them from coyotes and hawks but from Jake and Lily as well. Jake can't take his eyes off of them and Lily is pretending like she doesn't know they're in there. I'm sure that's her strategy so she can pounce when we least expect it. I held one of the chicks and bent down so Jake could smell it. I told him "gentle" and at that, he opened his mouth very softly and started to slowly close it around the chicken's tail.

So far all the chicks are safe and happy in their new home. We'll keep you updated.