Good Bye June

As June 2012 fades away we welcome July ~ With all it's sparkle and boom.  When my children were small we always took them to a local 4th of July celebration in Jacobus, PA.  Bar-B-Que chicken, ice cream, cake walks, games, and of course fireworks.  Living in South Florida there are fireworks of course, but the traffic isn't worth the 5 minutes of boom boom pow.  However, where I live I am always greeted with an urban show of explosion presented by my neighbors.  Yes, my dogs have panic attacks, yes, I have to clean bottle rockets off my patio and out of my pool.  But being able to sit outside and just look up to see the display is not all that bad.

This past weekend I purtied up the coop for the girls.

June 30, 2012

June 30, 2012

Panoramic

June 30, 2012

We are extending the coop out to the left so I am not going to plant anything there.  To the right I planted a package of "butterfly flower" seeds and in the buckets are my herbs that will be hung on the fence.  Under the nesting boxes I planted some flowers that are chicken friendly and behind the coop I sprinkled sunflower seeds and marigold seeds.

I also treated the girls to some meal worms and some frozen yogurt cubes.  The meal worms went fast and furious, the yogurt cubes took a bit to be tasted.  The weather here is of course hot, although not as hot as in other parts of the country. I am going to make some "redneck" cooling devices for the girls to keep them a bit cooler when they are roosting.  Plastic water bottles with frozen water and hung to "put off" coolness. So far they are not showing any signs of heat fatigue. 

I am thinking about painting the fence behind the coop, although it is not technically my fence, what could it hurt?  

On Wednesday July 4, 2012 is my "lock down" date.  The eggs in the "bator" will be locked and hopefully loaded.  I will take the incubator off the auto turning device, increase the humidity to 70% and say a little prayer.  Saturday is 21 days ~ I will glued to that incubator like a crazy person!!!! 

Two of my five remaining eggs look as though they are viable, however, candling is so new to me I am not 100% confident.  All but two of  http://www.citychickenkids.blogspot.com/ eggs look viable. She sat six eggs in my incubator. 

I will be setting up my brooder this week so we are all ready to go for the hatch!!!!!

Sooooo excited ~ LET'S GO CHICKIES!!!!!