chickee
I used to live in Newcastle (Ophir Valley area). Talk about bucolic and beautiful! Yeah, love the Sierra foothills. The wildlife was incredible and my (ex) husband's weekend hunter friends were rather peeved that I wouldn't let them work the property. On the pond we'd have visiting mallards, wood ducks, canadian geese, and in the yard were wild turkey (often strutting in the driveway), pheasant, quail, rabbit and a herd of deer and a buck that would migrate down into our orchards during hunting season. Nothing like hustling out to the well house to flip the switch and encountering Ol' 5/6 (his rack) bedded down. Didn't so much like all the skunks, coons, coyotes and the mountain lion, though....
I used to go to Echo Valley Feed when the turkey chicks came in and ALWAYS took the loud ones 'cuz they were the toms. (Must be a universal guy thing...)
Congrats on all the new hatchlings that have hit the ground! (Happy happy joy joy!!!) May they grow quick and prosper...
Tossed 4 Faverolle eggs this morning. Eggtopsy showed they were duds. Have no idea really what's going on in the Wheaten Marans eggs in the incubator...guess I'll have to make a determination at lockdown via airspace and perceived eggwhite levels because right now I cannot see veins or eyes or yolks or anything... The dark shadow stuff is frustrating.
CowgirlJules
That's rare that women are color-blind. My husband is very much so with greens and browns. Good thing I'm around and can give him a wardrobe once-over before he leaves the house....it's no wonder he was a bachelor for a decade! The nice thing is he knows he's deficient in that area and, ergo, has also left the house decorating to me.... Otherwise everything would be in basic black, the one color he can truly determine.
