May 11, 2005 - Hot Chicks (at least we hope so)
Chicks arrived yesterday. We ordered 75 broilers, 25 mixed breed layers, and 10 bronze-breasted turkeys. One thing is certain, whenever we order chicks, the weather takes a turn to cold. Not a problem unless you need 90 degrees to survive. I went out to check them this mid-morning and the brooders and heat lamps were all off. A check of the wiring found that the old-fashioned round fuse in the building they live in was loose - I just had to tighten it.
Here are the chicks all huddled under the light after the power was restored. 
Here’s Martin showing off his favorite! 
The turkeys are in a separate area - you can see a few sticking their heads out in this photograph.
Last night we finally got a soaking rain - about 2 inches - the first good rain since the trees were planted. It was a wet, blustery day, so Martin and I spent most of the day cleaning out the laundry room, doing laundry, and the biggest time-sucker of all - going through all his clothes in drawers, boxes, and bags and sorting to the right season, stack for future, stack for Goodwill, and stack for resale. Martin was a trouper, trying on clothes for a good part of the afternoon.
