It's Here... It's Here....

We worked feverishly in the yard yesterday to get the location ready. We had sticks to clear, land to level, and a fence to be dismantled for the coop's arrival.    We made the most of the 40 degree day and started the fire pit up to add some warmth to the chilly springtime air. In a matter to of minutes, we were making progress.

As Mike took a portion of the fence down, we discovered a secret storing ground for acorns.... sorry Mr. Squirrel!  It was cute to see the piles stacked in the posts - one of those ideas that seemed great at the moment I bet, until Mr. Squirrel needed to them attempt to get them out of storage!  LOL

The coop arrived this morning! The doorbell rang at 8:05am, and there was our new addition in the driveway, waiting to be unloaded!  It is perfect!  We asked them to place linoleum as flooring (on top of the plywood), to slightly ease the cleanouts.  Our chicks will be living the life in their Coop De'Ville!  The windows will face South for prime daytime sun!

It is our hopes that in the next week or two, the weather will begin to warm ever so slightly, and we can begin work on their fenced in run.  We have some time - but with Spring, comes rain - so we would much prefer to have this completed sooner, rather than later!

Day 6

Today is day 6 for our gals - tomorrow morning they will officially be one week old!  

I thought it only seemed right to post some new pictures.  You have to see their wings!  We have had some more visitors this weekend, so I am going to venture to say that the chickens are getting used to humans.  

Linc even decided it was time for him to hold his first chick!  He loved every second of it, but when done he felt he needed to tell me that "those chickens need their nails trimmed."  We explained that we had no intention of the doing that - wing trimming and butt wiping was plenty of pampering for these gals for the time being!  haha  He calmly replied, "Oh, okay... I guess they weren't too sharp, they will be okay."

We also took a trip to Home Depot today to pick up a square doll rod so they may begin roosting.... we have been experimenting with heights, but for now, the majority prefer it right on the ground. For tonight, they seemed to prefer to just sleep next to it, and use it as pillow!  lol

SUN-day

We decided to take in some sunshine this morning with a trip to the Akron Zoo.  Yes, temps were in the high 30's, but we bundled and only stayed about an hour.  Actually, we bought a family membership via Groupon.com a short while back (amazing deal!), and it needed to be activated by the 30th. It was a great time - we even got to feed the penguins!!  Then to warm up, we spent some time with the jellyfish exhibit.  We will spend many more days there this summer!  

After posing for such a wonderful picture, Ella had to exclaim - "Hurry up, it smells like salmon in here!"
(Ella remains a comedian waiting to be discovered!)

Feeding the penguins - all smiles!

Jellyfish