Picking up Chicks

     We got a call Saturday evening from the Bemidji post office letting us know that our chicks had arrived and  wondering if we wanted to just drive on down and pick them up rather than have them delivered Monday. Ummmm.....No. That call did give us warning that it was time to get a little place set up for them in the basement. Corey and the kids prepped while I was at work. They set up a heat lamp over a kiddie pool lined with newspaper and wood shavings for bedding.
     This morning the Williams post office called to let us know the peepers had arrived. 

 

     I could see through the air holes that we had at least one fatality so we hurried to get the box open and give the chicks water. The remaining chicks didn't look too perky right away, but after a drink and a little food they all look pretty healthy. 

 

    I ordered 15 meat birds that will mature quickly and 15 assorted heavy male chicks that will also be for meat. We didn't know what breeds we would get, but we knew with our order we'd get one exotic chick.  We ended up getting two naked neck chickens and two with fuzzy feet. The naked necks  look like tiny vultures. They are so ugly they are almost cute.

    
   
     I'll get better pictures tomorrow, we were trying not to harass them too much right away.  That being said, we did have to love on them a little bit. 

     Peyton is already very attached and worried about the plan for these babies. I was worried about that, but I think it's important for people to think about where their food comes from. The girls already hunt and fish, so they get it, but it will be tough to handle.