Backtracking a bit...

Happy Thanksgiving all...a few days late I know....sorry about that!! Life has been busy for the Browning bunch. We spent Turkey Day at home eating a bunch of yummy food (thanks Meme..and yes I did help too!!). Once our tummies were full and I mean STUFFED...we sat around feeling sleepy and wishing we could take a long nap!! But sadly, a nap was not in the cards for us. Why? you ask??? Because we were on 'chicken duty'. Scot's dad signed him up for 4H club this year. He (his Dad) decided it would be fun to sign him (Scott) up to show chickens this year. These chicks arrived last week? or the week before (I can't remember). Anyway...Scott's dad decided it was a smart thing to do to travel for Thanksgiving this year...never mind the fact that he has these week old chicks to take care of.... sorry...won't go there...anyway, the responsibility somehow landed on MY shoulders to get Scott over there to look in on the chicks. His dad assured me that Scott could do everything by himself, all I had to do was give him a ride. Yea right....NOT!! I was informed that the shavings the chicks had in their pen must remain dry and the heat lamp had to be a certain temp...etc. I begrudgingly agreed to drive Scott over there and when we got there...I noticed the shavings were all wet. Scott did everything that he was supposed to do, change water and fill the food trays etc. So, when we left, I called his dad and told him about the wet shavings and wet newspaper the shavings were on. He informed me that when we went back the next day (Fri) we needed to change out the entire bedding and newspapers that the chicks were living on. So what was supposed to be just waiting while Scott did a couple of quick chores, became a HUGE undertaking on Friday afternoon. Scott could not move all of the chicks (50 of them ) into other boxes, slide the boards making the pen out, sweep up all of the shavings, peel wet newspaper off the floor of the chicken coop, replace everything and push the boards back and replace all 50 chicks quickly so they didn't get cold all by himself... All I've got to say is that his dad better plan better the next time (ha-like that will happen) because I have no intention of doing that again. It would be one thing if it were an activity that I had committed my son to doing or that I had any experience with....but I am a city girl...grew up a city girl....I've got ZERO experience with barnyard animals....they were kinda cute though....but oh so
S-T-I-N-K-Y-!!! Poop everywhere!!!

Here is a pic of the chicks...the red light is a heat lamp

Scott holding a chick...
Typical of Allie....not afraid one bit....(I was terrified of these tiny fuzzy critters)

Cute to look at, but smelly!!

Holley joining the fun...

The infamous chicks...

The funniest thing is that while I was growing up I loved 'Little House on the Prairie'. I used to wish that I had lived back in those days....not now!!! I would never make it as a pioneer woman!!! There probably aren't many people who would be terrified of these tiny things...but what can I say?...the kids thought it was hilarious that I was afraid...I have to say in my defense that I was not as scared this day as when the cows on the property were coming towards me last year when I dropped the kiddies off...I freaked...they wanted to get me I'm sure of it....