Category Archives: Spring

New Trail Near Ramseier Farm Park in Greeley

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They are building a new trail/path  near our house. The trail is by the Ramseier Farm Park that they just recently finished. The park has a nice long walking path that circles the 15 acres. On one side of the park is an irrigation ditch, ditch #4 I believe. Cassie and I often walked the ditch after visiting the park.

What they are doing is making a concrete trail that links the park’s trails with the ditch. I have a feeling they may eventually link that up with the Poudre River trail which would be awesome for us!


New Concrete Pathway


Before…This is what it looked like a few years ago -just a weedy ditch trail

The Poudre Trail goes along the Poudre River all the way to neighboring towns of Windsor and Fort Collins.  This would link our neighborhood with it!  It makes walking or biking a lot easier/safer to get to other areas. I think we may have been one of the first to use it as it hasn’t been advertised as open yet. We are ready for summer bike riding once again!


Putting America to Work

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Out and About

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The baby chicks aren’t really babies anymore and really don’t belong in a (human) house all day long. So, we’ve been letting them spend most days in the greenhouse when we are at work and then we take them in at night since it can still be down in the high 30s at night

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This weekend, though, it was such a nice day that we decided to let them out in the main yard. We weren’t sure how the big chickens would treat them, and I was (am) a little overprotective of them. They are still only about 5 weeks old. But they are looking little miniature chickens now already! They grow so fast!

The chickens were much more interested in their food than they were in the chicks themselves. It does look as though we have one that will be competing with Henrietta as the top chicken. She is the barred rock (black and white one) in the video. She is still being told who’s the boss of the yard, but it will be interesting to see how that pans out as she gets bigger.

Also, here are a few pictures from around the yard. This weekend we finally got some nice weather -it has been so windy for all of April.

I think these are called grape hyacinths


The tulips have been blooming for about a month!


So have the dandelions

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Fun with Spring Chicks

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The chicks are now about 3 weeks old and getting big fast. They are outgrowing the box but we haven’t found a bigger one yet. So, instead we’ve been taking them into the greenhouse each day so they can run around in the seedlings and new plants and under our watchful eye.


Smile!


Hiding out in the cinder block

They are so funny how they flap around, peck and Britton said he even saw them dust bathing! We also found that they scurry around and hide if I talk in a high voice as you can see in this video. They must think it’s a hawk or something. The black one doesn’t care as much. Everyone wanted in the greenhouse to see what was going on-Kitty, Schnoodle and the big chickens. The only one we trust completely with them at this age is Schnoodle. She could care less about them.

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Week Old Chicks

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The chicks are about a week and a half old now. They grow super fast. They are already trying to fly out of the box. They’ve grown feathers on their wings and tails and the rest is filling in too. It’s fun to watch them grow and change.They are a little hardier too, so I am not as worried about them. As they grow feathers they are not as vulnerable to chills.

One day when it was really warm in the room when they were just a couple days old, I turned off the heat lamp for a little while. When I returned they were all huddled together, and one was in the water dish shivering. I had to hold her and fluff her up under the heat lamp to get her back feeling good. I was scared there for a moment! But everything’s good now and I am not quite as concerned. Each day they are a little stronger and more independent. Right now, they are peeping contentedly behind me.

Just thought you might like a “little” chick update.


Hanging out in their box under the heat lamp


Britton holding them

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