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Quarantine Day 71: Chicks, Chicks & More Chicks

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It's Friday! And it was hard getting up this morning. After all I had to stay up until 12:15 to deal with the yogurt! Time got away from me when I started making the yogurt yesterday and it wasn't going to be finished until 12:15.

Anyway, we got up and walked Pip, and then took the chicks down to the deck from Naomi's room. The kids spent the morning playing with the chicks. And then ran off to play with the neighborhood kids leaving the chicks in the family room. I did an hour PD (professional development) on a video editing program and then had a meeting with a colleague all while the kids were playing outside. It was so beautiful out today, nice and hot! The kids were flush most of the day! In the afternoon Juliet changed into her bathing suit and I sprayed her with the hose as she ran through. We went over to Brutus' farm today again. The neighbors were going to help take care of his chickens while he and his family were away for the long weekend. So naturally Naomi and Juliet wanted to go and see the baby chicks and check out the bigger chickens. We spent quite a while there and then headed back. Later in the evening we went back again with the neighbors for them to do their evening chores. They had to corral all the chickens and roosters into the hen house and check on the incubator to see if any other chicks hatched, make sure there is clean water and food out for them too. The girls are excited about all this, which is great, so that when we have to do this every day, they'll know what to do and won't mind doing it! We'll see how long it lasts when we have our own chicken coop to clean! I've been looking into how to get a permit for chickens. Apparently the application process must include a plot plan and where we'll be keeping the coop, plus a certified letter from the assessor that goes out to the abutters letting them know that we want to have chickens and if they have any issue, then they can contact the board of health and their will be a hearing. I'm not sure that the neighbors to the right and left of us will be on board with us having chickens, but there is only one way to find out!

JP had to go into work tonight around 5, so the girls and I made breakfast for dinner - waffles! Well they had waffles and a bagel. I had waffled, salad and eggs. After dinner and after putting the chickens away at Brutus' we came home and took a quick shower and Naomi read books to Juliet while I cleaned up the dishes from dinner. I then showered and went in and told the kids it was time for bed as they were still up reading! They're such good kids!

Oh the chicks are sleeping in the mud room tonight. I'm too nervous about the heat lamp being too hot and catching something on fire! So we moved the chicks to the mud room where the tile floor might help keep the plastic box cooler. Plus Naomi's room smells like chicks/wood shavings. So no more chicks upstairs! I'm going to make a space for them in the garage tomorrow. Hopefully refinish some of the deck furniture tomorrow too. And put away some of the 'home schooling games' that we're not using any more now that it's nice out!

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