We have been waiting all week to get that phone call saying our babies are ready for pickup. Today the call came on the chicks.

35 chicks=16 Cornish crosses, 9 Special Black and 10 Sagittas

They are so fluffy!!!

Michael had the heat lamp going in the chick corral for the past couple of days to help the ground dry out. He cleared out the winter detritus and turned over the soil to have as clean a start as possible.

I've been popping in to check water and feed. At first they made distresses chirping sounds. Now they are making the softer happy peeps.

Michael designed a small door there in the front where we can let the chicks wander into the larger coop area as they grow. Right now, it's important to keep them warm, dry, fed, and with clean water to drink.

I admit it: I'm taking a break from working on a difficult appeal in a sex trafficking case and engaging in a little fluff therapy.