Cock-a-doodle ... honk

This morning we heard a couple new voices. Grandma P's baby has starting saying "buck"  It's so low and deadpan right now that it seems very out of place.

"What? It wasn't me who said that. Honest"

Another thing that was a bit exciting was that the white chick crowed for the very first time this morning.  It was one of the funniest sounds I've heard in a very long time.  Brewster would crow, then Buck and then this guy and it went something like this: "Cock-a-doodle (pause) Honk.

"Yeah, I said that.  Jealous?  ... I thought so."

Buck is turning into a handsome roo.  So hard to believe that these guys were just itty bitty things not too long ago.

I hardly get a photo of this particular one.  We are pretty sure this is Red's baby. She's kind of awkward looking.

I hung out with the big girls for a while tonite, and Brewster. 

Even though it's staying light out past 8 p.m. They are tucking themselves in about 7:30 p.m. That's fine with me.

I'm sharing this photo because I thought it was funny.  She looks SO frazzled.

Admit it, we've all felt like we look like this at some point.

A quick update on the homegrown babies. I've seen the little yellow one.  It hid right away under mama.

Meanwhile, this little guy likes to poke his head out.

Elvis has been grinding the chicken mash down so it's easier for the babies to eat.  I'm not sure if they are eating yet.

All babies are hatched out but the last one seems to not be thriving.  Granted it is a bit soon to say, but I'm not sure that one is going to make it.  It looks like it's Blackie's baby. This is our first time having a freshly-hatched chick not do well right off the bat so we are taking this one a bit hard even though we know you can't win them all.

Once again the weather was pretty darn nice up here. We've lost more snow. The evening cooled off pretty quick so we got a cozy little fire going again.  It's going to be weird once we don't have to have a fire anymore.

Daily 5 of things that made me happy today

1. The weather was nice once again. 

2. Lunch with my man

3.  I don't have a lake in my front yard

4. I have many happy and healthy chickens.

5. Learning about my new son's hobby so that when he prattles on about it I sort of understand what he's saying.