Hello! :O)

 Just a little update while my grandson sleeps and while our lunch is cooking. 

So our little chicks are a little over a week old and doing well. Sadly, we lost 2 of them and have since learned an important lesson about some of the special care involved with new baby chicks. And I have since written these things in my little chicken booklet that I have. It has come in handy when we have gotten baby chicks. And I am glad I thought of doing this years ago. We did start off with 29 and how have 27 babies. They are doing so well and bring not only a lot of extra work, but extra joy! 

Gardening is going great. I have 4~ 1020 trays of starts - some of which I am in the process of hardening off so that in the next week or so I can get them planted outside. I have my garden space mapped out - this takes quite a bit of time and thought. And I have my plan for my next 2~ 1020 trays. 

Well my time is up. Hopefully I can jump on here and again soon for another update. Hope you are all doing well. :O) 

Just a little thing that just happened and I had written it up on facebook- will share here: 

You know those big black birds that many people think are a nuisance? They are among my list of favorite birds. One of the main reasons they rate so high me is because they help protect my chickens! Just know as I was in the kitchen - I heard one of my chickens squawking, differently than usual so I looked out and what did I see? A huge hawk in the tree with 2 black birds trying to get him to move on. That hawk was quite determined and I had to run out and help with the job. Hopefully that hawk will find somewhere else to find his meals from now on. I purposely put bread and pieces of tortillas and such for the black birds when I take scraps out in the morning. It helps to keep bringing those birds back to my yard. It's a good investment into a little bit of a security system, I think. And a great reason for them to be on my favorite birds list!