Thursday, we continued right along with winter-like weather pattern (and have actually all weekend!)….
It was just another typical day on the farm… even if Darla was hanging out on the top van! Actually, she was trying to get away from one of the dogs trying to herd her back to the chicken coop.
It continued to snow all day and around 4, I sent Hayden out to take the garbage out to the dumpster. He started out across the yard and then dropped the garbage sack and started to run way out in the yard. He came running back in to the house with something in his hands…
A nearly half-frozen baby chick! Well, that got the household into a frenzy of kids trying to find coats, gloves and hats and hustling out the door to see if they could find more…
After scouring the yard and pastures they found two more half-froze babies! We thought for sure one was going to pass on. Tori took some warm water and started to syringe feed a bit of that to the baby while holding it next to the wood stove. Amazingly, it came around and has been a happy camper all weekend! We never did find a hidden nest anywhere but the kids found a the naughty Red Star that decided to go broody in the middle of October with the other two chicks. Seriously?! Doesn’t she know we live in MT and it gets cold in November! For now everyone is locked up in the fruit room, cozy and warm.
Linking up with friends at:
Homestead Barn Hop,The Backyard Farming Connection,
Camera Critters, Farmgirl Friday,
Dancing Aspens Farm Blog 