We had placed 3 Pekin ducklings that we had hatched into a brooder in the barn to see how it would work before the chicks arrived. We set up a puppy exercise pen inside the goat pen with lots of wood shavings on the dirt floor. We have two cats that are here all the time and a tomcat that only comes home when he is hungry. I was sure those ducklings would never make it with the cats, but they didn't bother them a bit! When we first put them out there the cats would sit and watch them but they never went any closer. I still can not believe it. So we decided it would be safe for the chicks, too. Evidently Cornish Cross chicks are a lot smaller than the ducklings, because Chris said when he put them down they ran everywhere! Right through the puppy pen and then over the board at the bottom of the goat pen and out into the barn! I wish I could have seen the three of them scrambling around trying to catch theese chicks and make the pen secure. By the time I got home the chicks were happily eating and drinking a running from one side to the other. They like to follow the ducklings who are just a few days older than the chicks but much taller. These will be our meat chickens and should be ready to process in 7 weeks.
We also have 3 kittens that were born about a month ago. Their mother, Socks, decided to have them in the landscaping right next to the front door. I tried to move them to a nice cozy spot in the barn but within 7 minutes Socks was carrying them back to her spot in the irises. So my irises and day lillies are getting trampled but the kittens are so cute.
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