BlogPaws and Mother Hens

My week has been consumed by the arrival of something totally different than I've ever had before--baby chicks, can you believe it?  As a favor to someone from out of town who is attending the nearby BlogPaws conference this weekend, I agreed to accept a shipment of 5 chicks for her.  The chicks arrived via the US mail on the coldest day of the week.  And I don't know about you, but when I find myself caring for something that I've not had before, I find it very, very nerve-wracking! When I said I would keep the chicks I had no idea everything that I would need to care for them.  Thankfully a vet-tech at the office where I take the dogs loaned me everything I needed and she even gave me chick-crumbles for them to eat.  The doctor I work for allowed me to keep them at the office, and the girls at work and I enjoyed being Mother-Hens to our chicks, and yes they were given names.      

But because the office is cleaned by someone who sometimes brings his children, I brought them home for a night to keep them safe.  The dogs all loved them, and Charlie couldn't take his eyes off of them as they stayed under the warming light on top of our dryer. 

But all good things have to come to an end and this afternoon they were given to their owner "Flea" for her display at BlogPaws.  So if you are attending the conference and pass by the booth for Jones Natural Chews, stop and admire the 5 chicks there, I've no doubt that you'll be as taken by them as my co-workers and I were.  The whole experience has convinced me that I need to get chicks of our very own.

But given that Todd has a feather in his mouth, I wonder if he's telling me what he thinks about that?