It was a disgustingly rainy and chilly day in the Ozarks. Not much could be accomplished outdoors and the kids were/are on spring break. We took the opportunity to take a little trip to Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO. It is about 1 hour and 40 minutes away. It rained the whole way there and the whole way back.
The roads were windy (not windy....windy!). We passed farm after farm.
Apparently it got a little boring.
It had been raining in this area for a day or more. There was one area where the water was over the road and crews were attempting to get cars around it safely. Every normally dry creek bed was full to bursting.
Moo
We finally arrived at our destination. I grabbed a few pics inside.
Ducks!
Chickens!
We ordered five Golden Seabright Bantams, five Silver Seabright Bantams, and five Ginger Old English Bantams. All three breeds are beautiful and known for being docile and good with other chickens and people of all ages.
We ended up with an extra Ginger they threw in for free! How cool!
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Maddy was completely enamored by the tiny chicks.
We got the chicks home and got them under their heat lamp. They quickly settled down and went to sleep.
The small chicken tractor is cleaned out and ready for these guys as soon as they are feathered enough to be without a heat lamp. We discovered some poo on the rear end of one of the babies this morning so the Bear is currently searching for which one it was so we can get it all cleaned up. She found it! I need to go run some warm water and get that booty cleaned up. Haha! Thanks for stopping by!
