TONTO'S TURN TO GO WILD

The Lone Rangers side kick Tonto is at it again. If the Lone Ranger does something, Tonto will soon follow him.

While he was walking on the wild side, one of the hens found a worm and they were all running around trying to get the worm from her. It was a Gong show and poor Tonto was in a panic. When he was caught and put back in the chicklet pen he sat in a corner far from any action. LOL

CHICKLETS ARE GROWING UP

Well the chicklets are growing up and are not as cute as they were when we first got them

We named this one Lace because she was so cute but I think she has turned into a he and he is really ugly. The photographer made him look better than he really does.

FIRST VISITORS

While were loading up our hen and her chicks at the auction a lady came up to us and asked if she could buy some from us. She used the "but I have grandkids, do you?" ploy. It didn't work I had no intention of breaking up the family. Marvin said I have grandchildren too. So here are a couple of them with their cousin.

FIRST NIGHT

Well it was pretty funny. We got mama and chicks into their new digs ( a separate cage within the coop). So it was time for the gang to go into the coop. They would look inside and it seems the peeping of the chicks scared them and they would not go into the coop. It was quite a circus here trying to catch 10 hens and Rocky and get them inside the coop and get the door shut. We could hear all sort of scrambling around and then all was quiet. We peeked inside and they were all up on the roosts but normally they face the back but not this time. They were all sitting there staring down at the new guys on the block.

DEWDROPIN

Well lets see this is my first blog. June 21 2008

After failing dismally at incubating chicken eggs. I don't think it was our fault I think Rocky the rooster was a dud rather than a dude. None of the eggs were fertilized. We spent 21 days of turning the eggs every few hours, yup in the middle of the night too. We worked so hard keeping the humidity and temperature in line.

Well like I said after failing we went to the auction today and came home with a Bantam hen and 9 chicks. They are in a box in the kitchen right now and there is so much peeping going on. D/H is out in the chicken coop making arrangements for them to have their own section and run area.

There are 4 yellow chicks, one pure black one and 4 that look like chipmunks. Moms all brown. I have to come up with a name for her.