Why did the Chicken cross the road?

Dan came home from work today with a great big smile on his face and two little green boxes. At first sight you might think oh how sweet he brought home dinner. . . don't be fooled!

 

These little chicks are way too cute to eat and won't produce eggs for quite a while!

 

Yep! We are the official owners of 12 chicks who are super cute now but I keep reminding myself they will grow to be chickens! Dan keeps reminding (trying to persuade) me that one day when he comes in with a carton of eggs I will thank him. Hopefully I will feel that way someday but for now I am just going along for the ride and enjoying the joy it brings to him and the kids!

 

I'm not sure who was more excited, Dan or the kids! I thought it was pretty darn cute to see them all huddled in the downstairs bathroom with the heater going to keep the chicks all warm.

 

The kiddos loved petting their soft feathers and even Emmett almost got brave enough to hold one!

 

Lydia couldn't get enough of them and we had to peel her away to get her to come and eat her dinner. She's already given most of them names but I'll have to write them all down in order to keep them straight. Some of my favorites were, "Fuzz Buzz," "Jumparoo" (the fiesty little yellow gal who tried to jump out), "Squeaky" and "Geaser!"

 

Dan is up late tonight building a nice wooden box with a sliding wall so it can get bigger as the chicks get bigger. His brother Brock let him borrow a heat lamp so we won't have to run the heater all night or keep them in the bathroom! Luckily he and our brother-in-law Burke already started phase one of a rather impressive chicken coop in the back yard (I'll send pictures as soon as he gets the last two walls and the door on it). In a few more weeks when the chicks are bigger and the weather a little warmer we can turn them loose in their own coop!

. . . Oh wait he just finished the box . . . Here is a shot of their upgraded home!