Back to the Farm....

Thank you for indulging me as I went a bit off topic on my last post.  It was a little therapeutic trip I had to take and hopefully my thoughts, and those I shared from others, will help someone else.....Now Back to The Farm!

This morning my son and I made a trip to the local feed store to pick up 40, yes 4-0, baby meat bird chicks.  It seems we always put the cart before the horse.  Knowing all summer they would be arriving today we still do not have a home prepared for them.  Not that we have procrastinated, we have been so very busy working on other projects and keeping everyone else fed and watered during this very hot summer.  And also trying to squeeze in a little family fun time here and there....

I guess when you buy enough chicks you get to bring home the fancy box they are shipped in.  That, and we've become well known at the feed store for gardening and farm animal needs and it was probably convenient for him to count them out in it is as well......

My son enjoyed seeing them stick their little heads out of the holes in the side of the box on the way home :)

Their temporary home until hubby puts them in the coop.  Basic needs met....food, water, heat and room to run will come later this evening...

The older meat chickens are enjoying all kinds of fancy treats....garden greens such as lettuce, spinach and cucumber peeling, as well as wild blueberries and tomatoes from the freezer.....

Believe it or not, these are the layer chicks we hatched using broody hens, they sure have grown!  And i think there's only one rooster in the bunch!

And the baby meat chicks are in their home in the layer coop, until they get to take over the current home of the meat chickens.  We were going to rush to get the second room finished in the barn but have since decided we will put them in the room the current meat birds are in as they will be butchered long before these chicks are big enough to need the larger room (we hope).

Here's a little video of the baby chicks in action :)

A picture of us in my garden, these are my 5'+ tomato plants

Lots of cucumber and squash plants.  I love acorn and buttercup squash, hoping for lots!  Baked in the oven with butter and brown sugar, what a treat!

And, here's a picture of the family fun I talked about earlier.  Life's too short to be all work and no play......

Growing our own food and doing all we do would be worthless if we didn't enjoy each others company along the way.  The true priceless gift of life, the time we spend together.......