The Chickens Cometh...

After a week with our keets, watching them nearly double in size, the cats had finally forgiven us for adding a little noise to the house. As long as they stay in the bin, the cats are ok.

Friday morning, though, this time at 5:45 am, about 20 minutes after I woke up with an emergency bathroom visit (fast food is a no no!!), the phone screamed at us. Again, another early morning, pre-sun rise phone call from the US Government. This time, I was already awake and anxious to receive my chicks, so I answered the phone. The kind lady told me that my chicks were in and I could come and get them any time... but this time, "please come to the back door and ring the bell."

OH! Is THAT what we should have done last time?!?!?? Now I get it... Kinda makes sense now why the front office was locked last week. Eh, you live, you be a bit obnoxious, people will garner knowledge to educate you. It was our very first experience getting live animals through the USPS... we were mail order livestock virgins and no one told us what to do last week... can they blame us for not having a clue? I hope not... so, FYI, should you order chicks from a hatchery and get them delivered vis USPS, go to the back door and ring the bell! (My public service announcement for the month.) Much nicer people back there... that and they expect you & know what they are doing with the animals. But I digress...

We didn't hit warp speed going or coming home from the post office this time. Now we were seasoned veterans receiving our small animals in the mail...

When we got them home, we again left the box on the floor in the kitchen for the cats to get familiar with the birds while we readied the brooding bin for them.

Left: Light Yellow- Delawares, Tan-New Hampshires, Black- Black Australorps.
Right: Solid Brown- Rhode Island Reds, Multicolored with stripe- Americaunas, Mulitcolored patches- Egyptian Fayoumis (free exotic chick)

The Chick Brooder Bin

Welcome home little chicks!

Are you looking at me?