Chicks Are Here!! May 3/13

Papa's home with the chicks!! 

Trek to the chick barn! 

Waiting for chicks :) 

Empty brooder.

The new watering system! 

Hard boiled eggs, milk and Willards water. Good first foods for chicks!! 

Grit.. also know as stucco sand :) 

This years feed has CORN in it :) First time ever!!! 

G's first look!! Love at first sight!! 

Awww!!!! 

She was so excited she was clapping and squealing! 

They are EVERYWHERE!!! 

J had the job of keeping G sitting and helping her pet chicks.. not pick them up by the heads! 

My job was to pick up all the more lethargic ones and make sure they got a good drink. Man they are smart! Caught onto those waterers super fast!! 

Papa taking chicks out of boxes!! 

Figured that out right quick!! 

Happy kids holding chicks!! I love J3's face.

Chick jungle J!! The chicks loved his boots! 

R is in LOVE!! 

L loves the chicks too.. but as he mentioned.. 'they are so cute now, but one day we'll have to butcher them.. I don't like that part!' Such a soft hearted boy. 

G is surrounded!! 

Ok numbers, we ordered 400 unsexed Cornish giants and we received 416 chicks!! All were alive when they got here!! Only one looks a bit down and has a weird wing.. so we'll see how it does. They are also all pretty much the same size!! Maybe two or three that are a bit smaller.