The Chickens are Outside!!

It felt like the day would never come when we could get these chickens out of my house, but last Saturday, with the coop finally finished, and the weather taking a turn for the better, they moved out!! They create so much stink and dust it's amazing. They are so much happier now that they have room to flap their wings, and I'm thrilled to finally have my home smelling good and relatively dust-free again! In two months or so, we should see our first egg.

It's supposed to get to 80 degrees today, so I opened the little door to their run to let them play outside. They are all too scared still, but Buffy is brave enough to at least go this far. Sara is checking on her chickens. She loves them so much. Egg collecting will be so fun!

Science Fair 2011

It was Rachel's turn to do a science fair project this year. She was inspired by a project last year and wanted to learn more about quicksand. She even did a cornstarch/water quicksand demonstration. It was a fun (and easy!!) one to do, and I even learned some things!

Trouble

I have never had a kid quite like this one. She is into EVERYTHING!! I had just finished a batch of no bake cookies and before I knew it, she had moved the stool and grabbed one in each hand. She's all wet from getting into the dog water dish. It's a very good thing she's cute.

More About Chickens

I know it seems like all I talk about is chickens, but that really is my life right now. Kids are just going to school or staying home sick. Boring. In the last week, we gave away all but 10 of our chickens, so now I can handle the number! We have all we want and no more extras--yea!! This is how they look now. It amazes me how quickly they grow! They should be moving outside in a week or two, if it ever warms up aound here.

If anyone cares, we have 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Black Australorpes and 4 Silver Laced Wyandottes. Sometime in June or July we should be getting at least 5 eggs a day!!

My Chick Video

Since Blogger won't let me upload a video, here's the link to our video on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DOC2yxju3M

Peeps

Blogger is giving me a big headache and won't allow me to upload any video of any size right now, so a picture of our chicks is all I have to post. We ordered 10 chicks and they sent us 23. Luckily, we live in a rural town with very many farms where I'm sure they will find homes. We are having so much fun with them all for now!!

More Projects

I realized two weeks ago as friends of ours put their house on the market, that we will be doing the same in only a year. This house is far from ready to sell, so I decided to get busy again. The latest project has been our guest bathroom. The linoleum flooring was curling up and smelled pretty bad. The walls were sponge painted pink and blue, and the window frame had never been painted.

I tore up all the linoleum and replaced it with self-adhesive vinyl tile. I painted the walls and trim and replaced the baseboards, replaced the bent mini blinds and changed the curtain.