I have a weeks worth of catching up to do which will probably take me all day! So before I venture into that I just wanted to say.....
MY CHICKS CAME THIS MORNING!!!!! I picked them up at 8:30 and brought them to their nice cozy brooder. They're all bright and alert, no pasty butt or anything. They caught on to the waterer pretty quickly, still trying to figure out the whole eating thing, though! I just had to leave them to come to work, unfortunately. I could watch them for HOURS! The Sultan and BL Polish follow each other everywhere, the little bantam Polish is a loud mouth and a total spazz, and the bantam Brahma is soooo pudgy and sweet and adorable! She seems to be the odd gal out. I love her. I love them all!!!
I'm assuming this is normal, especially after being shipped all over creation, but they keep slowly falling asleep standing up! They'll run around and peck at everything, take a drink, run around some more, and then stop for a second. The eyes slowly close, the head slowly tilts forward and next thing you know the chick is OUT! Until one of the other spazzes bumps into it or steps on it and then it's up and about all over again!
I can't wait to get out of work!!!!