Too cold for turkey chicks in the PNW!

I wonder when Spring will really come. Maybe we're skipping it and going straight to summer.  In any case, we have too many turkey chicks and the weather is making it difficult to put them outside.  Chicks hatched 6 and 4 weeks ago are under the satellite dish brooder which is outside but has two heat lamps going 24 hours a day.  Two week old chicks are inside with a heat lamp.  New chicks are hatching today - there's another heat lamp.  ACK!! The electric bill is going to be high this month.

It's Memorial Day weekend and time to remember those who have died in the service of our country protecting our personal freedoms.  No matter how I feel about the current conflicts of our government, the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice are to be honored.  In my mother's day, it was called Decoration Day as it is the day to decorate the graves of deceased veterans.  Please take a moment to explain to your kids what this day means.  The freedoms that we take for granted were paid for with blood.  We all owe a debt of gratitude to those who went before us, and we all have an obligation to serve and protect those freedoms.