Two Sunny Days: Coop fixed up and zoo trip :)

The last week was busy :) We painted the coop, Kyle built a "poop" board for the coop, and we put shingles on the roof of the coop to make it more water resistant. We also found that putting sand on top of the poop board helps with getting the poop off later.
Yesterday Karsen and I went to the zoo after his doctor's appointment down town. We, of course, visited the tortoises, and he also wanted to see the rhinoceros horned iguana too. He's seen them before in his class when a reptile guy brought a bunch of reptiles in. We tried to go on a bear hunt too, but the Forest of Eco (or whatever it's called) was closed ... so no bear hunt for us. We also petted the sting rays and were at the leopards enclosure when he roared - too cool!
Today we took the chicks in to see Karsen's classmates. They are talking about egg development in his class right now. Evie and Gertrude were the stars of his class :). Maybe next year we will loan them the hovabator so they can incubate eggs in the classroom and watch them hatch.
The tortoises are up full time now too :) They are enjoying their weeds, but the chickens love weeds too. I don't think we will be able to keep enough weeds on the side yard to feed the tortoises all year like we did last year. Especially since some of that area is chicken free range area!
Last weekend we also had fun at Mom and Pop's house at the Mogen's in Mesa get together :) I brought my camera but forgot to take pictures :(. It was nice to see everyone! This is the first year though that Karsen didn't go swimming ... I guess he is finally old enough to realize the water really IS cold the first weekend of March!
Today is my daddy's birthday, so Happy Birthday Daddy!!! We will definitely get some good pictures of the party on Saturday.

Here are the tortoises enjoying their weeds :)