-
Chickens in the sewing room
I got a call from the Co-op on April 5 saying that my chicks would be in the next morning between 9am and 10am. I made my final adjustments to the brooding pen, putting in the feed and the waterer, and adding a teaspoon of sugar to the water, which I'd been told to do the first time to pep them up after the trip. I popped over at lunch on April 6 and picked up the smallest of a pile of cheeping boxes, stopping quickly on my way to the car to take a look. When I got them home, I turned on the heat lamp, and grabbed each…