Making it!

We have been keeping quite busy lately. Since I was down for a week or more, the house has been a disaster! Getting it back in shape has been no easy task either because I am so horribly tired all the time. My doctor said I would be for a while, but I am tired of being tired! I also have started school after a brief, month-long, hiatus and am quickly remembering how time consuming that is. The girls had a nice two week break from their school and will start again this week. Dance recital time is upon us; last week was picture week and this week we have dress rehearsal and the recital. It is an exciting, but very busy time of the year. We had a nice Father's day with Brady and love and appreciate him so much! I will try to post some pictures of what we have been up to lately soon. On a sad note, Mrs. Buff passed away last week. She was the biggest of the chickens and couldn't handle the heat when it got over 100 degrees. We miss her and miss her delicious eggs. The chicks are doing well and the other two ladies are hanging in there. Brady installed misters in the coups and hopefully that is helping. The babies look so cute with their little wet heads and feathers sticking up and the ladies have come to hate being wet a little less. We are making it!

The Chicks

These are our newest babies. Let me start at the beginning and then you will understand. We went up on Saturday and purchased 3 tiny three day old chicks. The blond is Mrs. Buff, who is a Buff Orpington, Kelly who is the darker Americauna on the left, and Isa the other Americauna. The Americaunas lay blue and green eggs, while the Buff lays brown. I told the kids over and over what to do and what not to do. I specifically told them that if the birds got their wings out of their grip to put them down so that their delicate little wings wouldn't get broken. During lunch, Sarah was holding her chick Kelly and Kelly got her wings out. In her haste to not break Kelly's wings, she dropped her on her neck and broke it instead. However, much to my dismay, the neck broke, but didn't sever and so the chick remained alive and suffering. After severe trauma to all of us, 3.5 hours of hysterics and several calls later, Kelly passed away on the way to be euthanized. It was a small blessing for me. Thursday, we took Sarah up to pick out a new chick and she decided to get a Buff like Mommy. We now own Noodle and she is the cutest little thing! We are excited that they are getting their elder feathers and soon will be able to graduate from the bin in the laundry room to their coop outside. I will post a pic of Noodle soon. We had a funeral for Kelly in the backyard and hope that she is having better days.