Early Christmas

Jason and I decided that our Christmas this year would be our coop and chickens. Our chicks came today! We ordered them from a hatchery in Pennsylvania where they were born yesterday. They pack them up right after they hatch so the chicks have plenty of nutrition from the egg and today we got to go down to our post office and pick up a little, peeping box of chicks! It was only about the size of a shoe box.

 For right now the chicks are in the mud room. We ordered 3each of 5 different laying breeds. We have 1 extra, so a total of 16. We only need 8, our friends the Ides are going to take the other 8. The whole family has been hanging out in the mud room watching them. Grace was there all afternoon. She took her book in with her :)

 You can see the little part of their beak that broke through their shells still. They are tiny! Feels like a fluffy nothing almost when you pick them up.

This little yellow chick is fast asleep with its head in the feeder. It stayed that way for several minutes. Jason and I were cracking up! The chicks just flop down wherever they are when they are tired and sleep, legs and wings all at odd angles. But no one else fell asleep in their dinner. Totally reminded me of a human baby asleep in their high chair. So much fun!