Delivery Day!

The chicks were shipped on March 25 and were supposed to arrive on the 26th. However, they did not arrive until the 28th. Those little girls were hungry and quite thirsty. We got the call from the extension office around 6:45 am that they had arrived. Since Daniel had already left on the bus to school, I went to get them for him. I grabbed a box to bring them home in and off I went. The whole family had been anticipating this for days and all were very excited. As soon as I walked in the door at the extension office, the roar of peeps was incredible. Boxes of baby chicks telling anyone who would listen that they needed water and out of those cramped boxes ASAP. We moved 25 little ones into our box and headed home.

When putting them into the brooding box, I dipped each of their beaks into the water to show them where it was. They immediately hit the water and the food with a great urgency. After getting their fill, they settled down and started napping. Baby chicks are much like human babies in that they need to take lots of naps, however, someone is usually always awake to eat, drink or just to jump on the others to wake them up.

When Daniel and his sisters got home that afternoon they could hardly contain their happiness about having all of these new little ones. It ended up in a conference to make a list of 25 names. Naming them is easy, keeping straight who is who is more difficult. For the most part they are all black in color. One is red, a couple have red faces, two more have white markings on the face, but beyond that it will come down to personality.

Daniel named the red one Zelda. His younger sister named the two with white markings Lola and Lotta. His older sister named one of the red face chicks Gaz. The rest remains to be named.