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  1. CanuckBock

    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Thank you. These are sports from our Lemon (Splash Buff Columbian) standard Brahmas. :-D
  2. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Entered the Winter Contest Series—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest. :-D Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Splash Brahmas. Doggone & Chicken UP! Tara Lee Higgins Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada -- ____(\ Tara Lee Higgins /)____ (_____~> Rat Ranch - An ACD is for...
  3. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Entered the 2024 Valentine's photo contest with four entries. :-D Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Partridge Chantecler. Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Blue Lace Red Wyandottes. Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Partridge Brahma pair; eating apple slices in the Great White North...
  4. CanuckBock

    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition

    Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Brahmas; Left is Partridge & Right is Blue Partridge.
  5. CanuckBock

    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition

    Higgins Rat Ranch Standard Partridge Brahma pair; eating apple slices in the Great White North.
  6. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: About now one gets the urge to garden...a ridiculous thought because it is down right WHITE season...but none the less... If I started seeds now, be too far along to plant for beginning of June so taken to starting bulbs. These are from last year, March 2nd. This year...
  7. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Ah thanks...happy to see you as well. Not alot of the original gang still on here & changes are expected. There never has been alot of the Chant persons...enough I suppose to keep the breed going which in itself is good. Never been much about what was popular & more about what makes me happy...
  8. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel Low: Gone to BC and brought back four ewe lambs and one ram lamb from the O'Keefe Historic Ranch in Vernon; end of September. It was our practise run to the States...gone under twenty four hours, so still just a day trip away but what a day, eh! The handforged horseshoe in the bottom...
  9. CanuckBock

    Chantecler Thread!

    Heel low: Here's a better angle on the Duece Coop building & five outside raised runs. Floor is painted grey with porch enamel...if my memory serves me well, the building was built in 2001, so it's been in use for the past 23 years. I have no want or regular need to go inside the outdoor...
  10. CanuckBock

    Chantecler Thread!

    Heel low: It is winter in Alberta...exactly what the Chantecler was bred for. Winter in Canada where we, the common folk, may keep chickens. :-D Open up the hatches to the outside runs again when it is a more tolerable temp... -37C this morn, so not terrible. Lowest was -41C. The Duece...
  11. CanuckBock

    Chantecler Thread!

    Heel low: Been a good year this one for blues. Standard Brahmas in Splash. Standard Brahmas in Lemon. Standard Brahmas in Blue Partridge. Not overwhelmed in a mental state of depression, but simly enjoying the attributes of blue dilution. :p Likely give putting BLR in the Chants...
  12. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Enjoying winter again, the seasons sweep in. Got our -37C or there abouts. Feb 24th May be cold but the sun makes it cheery. Put up the brass sconces...put an oak plaque behind the two. Looks nice. Took time out to add more crystals to the chandelier...still got a few more to add...
  13. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Less than a week to go and Emmy will have her pup. Because the ultrasound showed only one pup, she's not going to be getting all that big. Three chicks natural hatched by a partridge bantam Chantecler! Pied patterned Seb gosling is getting big. Completely dotted on by all. Hail...
  14. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Happiness abounds here in Pear A Dice. Green season is upon us...thankfully, finally with some heat. Regular rains is keeping things growing. Even flowering nice in the bush. Bugs are bad, so if the Girls are out, take precautions to keep them a bit bug free. Finally some berries...
  15. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Stairs got another coat of paint And I got a nice surprise...the vintage advertisements for our trucks got framed (just one more frame to get when they restock) and hung up on the stairway. Second hand rail got made and painted...just waiting on a drill bit and permanent install can happen...
  16. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: The Girl's dog room is now completed. Commercial grade lino on the walls, new horse stall mats for the floor. Dog kennels were built downstairs in the shop. And voila, add dogs! Emmy and then... Lacy. Both Girls love their new digs (as do we!). :-D
  17. CanuckBock

    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Twined up two rugs thus far...the second gets to stop at 10 inches as I've run outta scrap carpet yarns. Been waiting forty months for my circular sock machine to be made...and it is now on its way to me. Should be here by middle of January. Once you get the hang of this machine, should...
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