At the end of my last post, I said we bought some new baby chicks- 14 to be exact. I thought we bought 15 (which is what my receipt said), and I had a panic when we got home and only counted 14, but turns out we never had a 15th. Counting chickens is like counting shy guys in the Mario Party mini games (if you’re from the 90s/00s era of Nintendo 64). It’s hard because they never stay put, so you’re wondering if you’ve double counted or missed one. But we have 14.
The chicks lived in our house for 2 weeks right next to the couch. We let them outside most days and put them in a temporary chicken run that Mochi and Marceau could easily break into. But it was just to let them get some air, move around and scratch for bugs in the dirt.
We started the coop two weekends ago and it’s the same shed kit we used for the utility shed outside the yurt. Only difference is that the utility shed has a concrete floor with in floor heating, and the coop is just a wood base.
Two days after moving the chicks into the coop, there was a forest fire close to the yurt. The forest service decided to do a controlled burn two days before high winds were expected and while in a severe drought- guess what happened? The controlled fire was never put out and the wind restarted it so it was now uncontrolled. We were about 5.5 miles from the actual fire. Je and I didn’t find out about the fire until we headed to the yurt one Thursday night to go work and we saw a massive cloud of smoke from the county road. Instead of working, we grabbed the chicks and took them back to the condo.
The strong winds carried the fire away from us and Friday brought some rain/snow. So we were lucky the yurt and property were fine. But honestly it’s so dry in Colorado right now that I know it won’t be the last time we have a scare.
We’re so thankful that our family and farm is safe from the fire 🙏🏼, and we’re very excited that the chicks now have a new home. Enjoy the pictures below 🤗
Poppy Seed Farm 