Kids and Chicks

We are enjoying all the new babies that have been added to our little farmstead this spring.

Mike finished the outside shelter for the goats that is within their outdoor fenced area.  We still have to enlarge their fenced in area, but it is a start.  They are still getting bottle fed three times a day and we will continue that for at least another month.  It is so sweet to hear them MAAAAAAing whenever I walk  nearby on my way to the garden or chicken coop. 

And just yesterday, 6 more chicks joined us, 4 comets and 2 rhode island reds - we also ordered 6 auracanas but they are not going to arrive for another month, so we may not get them as I don't think I want to start over again in four more weeks with little ones.

 

When we picked out the chicks at the farm store, Sarah chose one that has some obvious challenges.  We think she is probably blind as one eye is a dull color and smaller than normal and the other is also smaller than normal, but still black.  She is also smaller in size than the other chicks.  My first reaction was to think, oh my - why not choose healthy ones - these are our future egg providers.  Then I realized how selfless she was being and how selfish I was being.  At home, she shed some tears as she began to realize that maybe her chosen chick wouldn't thrive as well as the others and she feared that she might die. 

This morning the little chick ("Eyes" as Sarah  named her) is still doing well and Sarah continues to hold, care and give her lots of love.  Didn't Jesus teach, no actually command us to take care of those less fortunate than oursleves?  Thank you Sarah for the reminder.