So alarming

I am not sure we will ever adjust to the time change. After all, it has been weeks since my body has wanted to change bedtime to 6:00pm. However, no one else in this house agrees.

Mornings are also rough around here. Nobody wants to wake up at a decent time. Even with our battery-less automatic alarm clocks, it is difficult to convince our feet to hit the floor.

These guys are so alarming, and yet they never go off at the same time morning after morning. I thought they did their thing at the break of daylight.... this is not true. I think they believe in, 'The earlier, the better', or 'Let's see what kind of response we get out of this'. They just better be glad they are so pretty and fun to watch.

Cock-a-doodle-doo,

Kellie

Mother Nature

We love new additions to the farm. Especially when the little ones come unexpected... well, most of the time. We do not appreciate a mother nanny or hen dropping out a newborn during a storm like a couple weeks ago.
I know a hen does not "drop out" a newborn, but hatching out babies can come at bad times too.
This is not the case.
We, meaning Aaron, fed the feathery livestock today and discovered some new babies. This is exciting for us all.
We, again meaning Aaron, took the new one's away from their mother to put them in a nice, cozy, safe place. Now the little dudes and dudettes can grow big and serve a purpose instead of just being cute.

For now, we will just enjoy the cuteness.

The little girl is a big fan of fresh babies, especially the tiny, fuzzy ones.

Isn't this just too cute?

This too? My vote is yes. So, so cute. I can't resist this face.

Good night baby birds. I hope you grow big and strong and are egg-providing hens. Except for the one on the far left, I know you're a duckling(of which we can only see the south end), and I know you did not come 100% from mother nature. We will say a special 'thank you' prayer for whomever invented the incubator later.

Baby Reds

Yesterday, Ella and I went to Centre to the Home and Garden Show sponsered by The Chamber of Commerce and decided we just did not have enough babies. So, we brought home 20 Rhode Island Reds.

They are about 4 days old.

While confirming with Aaron over the phone, that I really wanted to make this purchase, it did cross my mind as to what to do, or rather, where in the world would I put these babies. All of our coops are full and so are all the brooders. Considering these babies are only a few days old, I knew I would have to put them in a brooder, where they will have to live for several weeks until they feather out. So I immediately started brainstorming... and it just came to me.... GRANDDADDY!! He has everything, and I mean, EVERYTHING! So, Ella and I stopped by to ravage around in his stuff. I explained to Granddaddy what I needed and this is the outcome.

All you need is a 55 gallon metal drum with the top and bottom attached(to get two out of) and an old hose. Cut out the middle of the drum, slice the hose and cover the sharp exposed metal(so your two-year-old doesn't get another boo boo). Put on your clamp light with a heat bulb or 100 watt in and it is ready.

 It is genious if I say so myself. I do know I will have to make a cover soon or they will hop out, but I have that covered, literally. I have some old screen that will work great.

Wish our newest babies good luck!