Yes, I have been neglectful of the wonderful BYC community! I’ve had a lot of heartache in the past year. I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer so I’ll spare you the details. We still have about a dozen chickens, a handful of ducks, a goat (his brother passed away last year) and 2 pigs…in addition...
It’s been a work in progress…I’ve stored my wool in so many different places. I found the wall racks at Hobby Lobby and really wanted them because I love looking at the wool—it makes me happy!
I’ve never sold anything—people tell me I should but I’m afraid it would take the enjoyment out of it...
Here’s a sampling of some of my felting supplies and wool stock. You should see my mom’s supply of curls—they’re gorgeous! It’s such a disease, though, because there’s always that certain color or texture that you need and then when you start looking you want everything!!😜
Been felting a couple years now…I get really bogged down with sculptures because they’re so labor intensive and not a lot of room for creativity (at least for me!). I love doing 2D felted landscapes—so much color and texture. In Oct I tried my first nuno felted scarf for my mom’s birthday and...
Interesting side note…
When I got Ruby up this morning she wasn’t doing the neck stretching/open mouth/head shaking business. It really didn’t start today until after she ate—and even then it’s not as often as last night.
Ruby’s appetite is pretty good. I think she got tired of the egg so I've switched her to boiled rice with keifer and add enough chick crumbles to get the consistency she likes.
She has been stretching her neck and opening her mouth some and I figured it had something to do with adjusting her...
I do use the hairdryer but she still shivers because she’s uncovered. She often gets cold anyway—even when she’s not wet—and likes to be bundled. The last time we bathed her we went right out to the beach and let her sit in the sun and we might do a combination of the hairdryer and the beach...
I don’t have a lot to update on Ruby. Since Friday, I have given her amoxicillin once a day, carprofen twice a day, and vitamins E and B complex once daily. There’s no great improvement yet but I keep looking for little glimmers of hope and occasionally I think I find them. She definitely...
Wow!! What an amazingly informative thread—heartbreaking—but so helpful! I read every single post—it took a while—but I feel like I have some things to try. I am SO new to all this. I try to read and research as much as possible but nothing can replace good old-fashioned experience.
When our...
On July 29 we noticed our 15 week old RIR bantam was laying over in the corner, not acting normal. We got her out and she couldn’t walk. After examining her, it seemed she had somehow injured her left leg or hip—it was tender. The first day or so she was obviously in pain so I gave her some...