3 weeks old...

The chicks are 3 weeks old now. I started letting them outside to free-range on Sunday.

pumpkin carving...

Not only did the girls run a half marathon on Sunday, they carved pumpkins before they headed back to CS.

half marathon...

Warming up.
About a mile into the race...still dark outside.
The finish line was just around the corner.

Britt & Kris ran their first half marathon this morning in downtown Houston. There were 74 females in their age group...they placed 8th and 9th. Whoop!

2 week old red broilers...

Some of these chicks are almost completely feathered out, but then a couple of them hardly have any feathers. They look so different from the Cornish Cross we raised before. Every time I go in the chick house, they run to a corner.

one week old...

The chicks are one week old today...look how much they have grown and they have feathers on their wings. They are sooo cute!

finished!

Last night I finished knitting my grape jelly sweater...now if it would just get cold enough to wear it!

this years meat birds

I decided to raise red broilers this year for our meat birds. Usually we raise cornish cross, but they are so lazy and have very little personality. I thought I was going to lose one this morning...he was so lethargic and wouldn't eat or drink. I was going to put him out of his misery, but couldn't do it (yes, I know I'm a wimp) and now I'm glad I didn't. He is doing much better.

race

Kris ran in a 10K race today...she came in 2nd in her age group. At the end of the month, Kris and Britt are running in a half marathon race.