Stafford4!: Stretch Those Chicken Legs And Please... "Repeatability."

Another great weekend! We had Dad and Mom Stafford out here. They arrived Thursday afternoon, and left last night, after dinner. It was a very quick visit, but a productive one, with "repeatability" results! On Friday I took Dad and Mom to the Cal-Ranch store in Flagstaff. I wanted to show them our new favorite store; but I also needed to buy my pine chips; the nesting boxes (they only had five, so I bought them all. Still need three more). I also got a bigger hanging feeder, a large trash can with wheels, so I can dump all the old poopy wood chips in there, and roll it to our dumpster! Convenient I'd say! Dad and Mom purchased me a really nice, three gallon waterier for my chickens. That is the big metal container, in the picture. That was very thoughtful of them, since the total was adding up! Thanks again Dad and Mom! Lets talk about the chickens, shall we? Okay...so once we got their coop all set up with the pine chips, their food and water placed, it was time to let my little chicks out of their plastic, small tub. What a funny moment. They were so used to their tiny home with four walls, they didn't know how to react! They huddled together and found one of the walls, and stayed there. I do believe they were there for a while. It was only in time, that they eventually got brave to check out their new HUGE surroundings; and when they discovered it...what a blast! They were flying up a bit, running, jumping, eating and finally drinking. It was great to see! Makes me a happy Mama to see my feathered babies happy and thriving! It was then I got to watch their personalities REALLY show up, and so, their names were given to them this weekend. I placed their names under their pictures below; but here they are, broken down individually...The White Leghorn is now named Lola. The Polish Bantam, Pippa. The Rhode Island Red, is now Lucy. The Silver Laced Wynadotte is Georgette. The two Ameraucanas, Caramel and Latte. The two Black Astrolops, Betty and Hazel. Cute cute cute CUTE! Okay, attention Mom Stafford...this is for you...YOU wanted to know who would be the first to step outside, in the outdoor coop, and it was a sudden flustered rush between the ladies! Seriously, three of them flew out at the exact same time. It was Lola, Caramel and Betty! Those three brave and confused chicks! They didn't know what to think! Of course Lola and Caramel jumped back on the ramp inside, not but five minutes later; and Betty was stuck outside squawking at her family that was still inside! She eventually found her way back in, with my help. She looked like such a chicken, because she is, I know. But seriously...a beautiful chicken in the sunlight! Now today Jeff added a new fountain to our pond. A UV light filter fountain, that kills algae, and looks pretty! It also has little LED lights, so it will be lit up at night! A picture will be taken. ALSO...randomly, we decided TODAY should be the day we buy fish. So we went to Warner's Nursery, and bought three koi fish. Yes. Koi. We said, why not? They are hardy fish, and they were our first choice, originally. They are beautiful! Orange and little (right now). They have found all areas of our pond, and seem to be thriving (as in, no shock). So we will see how it goes. They look awesome swimming around our pond, and with them being orange, they really stand out!