May Showers!!

Well.........today is a day that I realize why I love Colorado so much!  It is raining and the weather person just said it is highly possible that we will see snow!  The weather in Colorado is always changing & surprising..   So the first order of business this morning was to check on the baby chicks & make sure that the heat lamps were turned on........they are still babies after all!!  There are many reasons that the rain is good news........free water for all of the plants here on the farm, the rain water always washes the surface of everything giving it a new clean look, & my favorite reason for the rain today is that I can take a break from helping Papa Medina in the yard.  I helped him all day yesterday and today I am more that a bit sore for over doing it yesterday.  Its been years since the fitzer bushes have been trimmed, pruned, and cleaned so that has been my focus.  It is starting to  look great and I am looking forward to planting flowers in the new open spaces created by cutting the bushes.  Still lots to do in the yard but it will not be accomplished in a few days  but more than likely will be an ongoing summer project.  Still have to plant the garden......hope to do that in the next few days.  Also planning on painting the iron furniture......tables & chairs will be black, the smaller tables will be a variety of fluorescent green, pink, & yellow........just to add a bit of whimsical fun to our patio!!

The baby chicks are doing great even though we have lost 3 to date.  I don't think we should loose any more as they all seem very established and perky.  They are so adorable and it always amazes me at the rate at which they get their feathers and grow.  I need to remember to take some more photos to document their short infancy stages!  

Happy May!!

Well................I haven't blogged in a while.  Lots to catch up on.  I am the proud mama of 70 new baby chicks.  They are between 1-3 weeks old at this point.  I got about 30 araucanas, silver laced wyandottes, black australorps, buff orpingtons, buff polish, california whites, cherry eggers, cinnamon queens, and golden spangled hamburgs.  I just love baby chicks.....they are fluffy, cute, and their peeps are just adorable!!  They grow so quickly, the oldest chicks have all started getting their pin feathers and many others have also started to get theirs as well.  I am really excited to have my egg laying flock replenished!!  Come late summer, early fall I will have lots of eggs for sale!!  I have lost three of the chicks which is always a bummer but with so many chicks it is to be expected.  I try my best to support them and help them in hopes of survival or just to make them comfortable until they cross over the rainbow bridge!

Just a few of the little cuties!!

Until tomorrow.....................