Jungle Fowl

So how have we spent the last week you ask? This is it. We have 40 jungle fowl in our garage. They arrived last Tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m. fresh from the post office. They were shipped from Minnesota. Ever since then my kids have been permanently camped in the garage. They are completely entertained and in awe of these little chicks.

I love this picture because it looks like Little Princess is saying a prayer in the background. Who knows-maybe she is :)
This picture cracks me up for two reasons. Big Man's expression, and Little Man trying to avoid getting poop on him. The chicks learned to poop once they're held, so they're put back immediately :) Smart little fellas.
The kids only get to hold the chicks when dad is home. Little Man begs all the time to get them out.
This is about as long as Little Princess held the chick before she started screaming. What a nut. She wants to be as big as the boys, but sometimes she just can't handle it.
It's been a fun and adventurous week. We started with 50 chicks and we're down to about 41. The door from the garage to the house is always open so the kids can go back and forth. There are folding chairs in front of the cage for viewing fun-there's a big glass on the front of the cage so you can watch them. We only have the chicks for a little while longer until they go down to 'the farm' in Fountain Green. The reasoning behind them is to eat the bugs on the farm (at least I think so).