Remember when I wrote about the chickens being gone and Mark coming in 1st place in his regional group?

Well the new chickens arrived today, some 11 days after the other were taken to their final destination.

Jeff, Carrie and Dyland Foote, the sweetest family, came and delivered the new babies.  Jeff and Carrie put out 100,000 chickens in four house in less than two hours.  That takes skill and experience.  They were assisted by Dyland who also handles the phone when mom and dad or doing their work.  Jeff and Carrie worked like a NASCAR racing team unloading the chickens from the "Chicken Limo" (tractor trailer picture following). 

The little chicks were yellow and looked like 100,000 easter chickens at the mall.  There were two black chickens, (no kidding, really) and they are special in a group of 100,000 yellow ones. When they arrive the houses are heated to 89 to 90 degrees, the water lines have been leveled to "eye level" for the little chicks and their food has already been served. 

Salute to the Foote family for the hard work.  The chickens are already growing.  They will increase in size to approxmiately 6 pounds in a cycle of  than 50 days.   Amazing,,,,,,

Oh yes, we did a lot of tree trimming and yard cleaning today and had one of the biggest clean up fires I've seen.  Jane did an extreme amount of yard work and its beginning to look like the stately home it has been for over 90 years.