Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick

Well it has definitely been busy here on the homestead.  The summer is well underway, school is out, crops are being harvested, the garden is booming (along with the weeds!), and we received our chickens last week.

They are so cute when they are first born, little balls of fluff that can zoom around at top speed.  We have gotten meat chickens and turkeys in the past but this year decided on doing just chickens.  We still have a few turkeys leftover and there was no need for more.  I am also doing things a little different this year with our chickens.  I asked our family who can't handle chickens (space, age, etc) if they would like to have me grow their chickens and they just pay for the expenses.

These are the turkeys that are on my parents farm.  They are all huddled together to stay warm which isn't good because they may end up smothering eachother. 

This was the set-up in our basement for the chicks.  The red glow is the heat lamp to keep them warm.

Hello chicks!!

Their new digs in the chicken coop.

So cute and fluffy!

This must be the flock leader.

An old stump for when farmers use to make stump fences, hard to believe and even harder to believe they are still around.

Feeding time.

Getting some water on these hot days.