This has been a day that the chicks took up a lot of my time. This morning I noticed one of the chicks had blood in her tail area. The other chicks were picking at it. I washed the blood off of her and tried to put her back in the nursery. The other chicks immediately came after her again and made her bleed again.
I got the cat carrier and put the wounded chick in it and set the carrier by the fireplace. I left her in there the rest of the day.
Kathy and I went to Emporia to eat at Union Social for dinner. When we came home I checked the nursery. All seemed well but I kept hearing a peep that seemed out of place. Looked at the floor and there were chicken droppings in several places. One of the chicks had flown the coop and was on the floor. Kathy came up and helped me corner the little darling and we returned her to the nursery.
I put the wounded chick back in the nursery and so far all is well. Her tail area didn’t show any visible sign of blood and they seem to be leaving her alone.
Kathy helped me move the big dog crate into the furnace room. I put stuff up against the edges of it and turned it into a chick nursery. If my little escape artists do their thing, I may have to wrap it in chicken wire. We moved the table from the dining room downstairs too and now have two nurseries. They were getting too big to all be in the same nursery.
We will see how they get along in the two pens. I could not handle the mess and smell having them upstairs for another day. My floors are dusty and dirty upstairs and the smell was giving me a headache. I did some more reading about moving them outside and realized it is going to be two more weeks before I can safely move them outside. I would have moved out of my own house before then if I had to keep them upstairs for two more weeks.
I swear this group of chicks is giving me a run for my money. The last group of chicks I got in August so could start them outside as it was warm out. It has been five years since I have had chicks in the house and I forgot what a mess they make. I may never do it again this time of year. It is much easier starting them in the chicken coop.
This afternoon Kathy and I watched a zoom meeting from the lady that teaches boundaries. She is an excellent teacher and we both got a lot out of the class. She had us write out what we experience in various parts of our bodies when we don’t remember who we are. She then has us write out what we experience when we come home to ourselves and remember who we are.
I am still considering taking her eight week class on boundaries but need to figure out when the timing is right for me. It will have to be after my Vegas trip and before my England trip. I’m not sure what her schedule is so will explore that. This teacher takes a bit different approach on boundaries and I resonated with what she had to say today. Her class is a bit pricey but may be worth it. I’ll see where I am in my healing journey in another month or so and decide what I want to do.
Dinner at Union Social was outstanding. I never stop being amazed at how Amanda provides such excellent service and food, each and every time. Every restaurant can have an off day but somehow Amanda never seems to let that happen.
Trusting tomorrow will be a calmer chick day around here. At least it will be easier for me to ignore them now that they are downstairs.
After I get done blogging I need to clean my floors upstairs. I need to get rid of the chick smell – it is gross. I can’t believe how much dust and dirt the chicks caused.
Taking the class today stirred up some emotions for me but I was grateful to see how far I have come these last five months.
Grateful for teachers that appear when the student is ready, grateful the chicks are downstairs, and grateful for outstanding restaurants like Union Social.