THE NEW CHICKS ON THE BLOCK ARE HOT!

Due to an overabundance of chickens at their farm, our friends, Jay and Renee Mallek, decided they didn't want to keep the new chicks that their hen hatched last week.  They gave them all away and we got two of them.  I'm always looking to increase the flock and since we lost 5 ducks and 5 chickens to some predator this summer, I am running low.

Hard part is - hens shouldn't be getting broody this late in the season because whose gonna keep them babies warm?

Well, I just so happen to have this wonderful little granary that we fixed up into a house for Bob's dad and thus - it's heated.  Lucky chicks get the whole basement.

the chicks in the plastic bin, they already miss their Moma

I put one of the 'walls' over the pen so they don't hop out

Right now I put them up into a plastic bin and will move them into the four-sided, portable enclosement I made several years ago as they get a little bigger.  Just the two of them in there and a heat lamp, they will be fine.

I told Renee that if they are roosters I will be returning them.  We'll find out in about 6 months if they start crowing!

But they are really cute anyway!

Speaking of broody, it made me think of how amazing animals are at being so adaptable to whatever comes their way.  They don't 'brood' over something that 'happens' to them, they seem to just think to themselves, "Well, what am I gonna do about it?"  And they move on.

It's this acceptance of change or "problems" that is so difficult for some people, and paying attention to what animals do makes it so much clearer to me.

But what is "acceptance?" It can be one of the hardest concepts to understand (think serenity prayer), but achieving it can be difficult. 

We are all creating our lives every second of time, and every thought we have or decision we make throughout our day affects the whole of whom we are.

If you can think of yourself as the driver of the car of life, the one you are now creating, the whole world opens up to you; the roads are endless! What's better than to create the best life you can for yourself? Time to get behind the wheel and drive, baby! Road trip!

Everybody has the same lessons to learn—they simply appear to us in different ways. If you are feeling sorry for yourself for something "bad" that has happened to you,  it's okay; there is nothing wrong with taking some time to feel sorry for yourself or your situation. (Lord knows - I have!) That tends to bring you back to clarity. But what does matter is how much time you spend in that energy and how long it takes for you to pick yourself up and take action toward acceptance and moving on. Being in acceptance does not mean that you settle for a situation. It means that you are at peace with it, and that is when you are fully in your power.


I've never met an animal that didn't understand this concept or that wallows in their misery.  They take what life hands them and move on.  Who couldn't learn from that?


~ When life hand you a pile, think "Woohoo! Fertilizer! ~


it's the only thing a farmer can do.