Fugly Farm

[igorsMistress]

Is he local to you and dealing with the same heat?

Yes he is.

Oh I think he's got the hang of things. I doubt the hens bring him food.

I don’t know Shad, he’s chasing the girls away from me and not even interested in them right now. It’s so weird!

 

[igorsMistress]

Send him over.

I started a thread about him. He is an interesting case

 

[Shadrach]

Yes he is.

I don’t know Shad, he’s chasing the girls away from me and not even interested in them right now. It’s so weird!

It took Cillin and his son Treacle quite a few months before they stopped either trying to mate with my boots or following me around and stay with the hens. Cillin was a tribeless orphan, his mother and sister got killed by a hawk within a couple of days of each other. Cillin just stayed in the bamboo clump most of the day while I worked on some woodwork in the car port. Eventually he started to come over and look at what I was doing. I fed him bits of walnut which made him his life long friend. Eventually he followed me home and wandered in and out of my house a lot until he moved in with some hens.
Treacle I spent a lot of time with because his mother fought off a Goshawk and was badly injured but saved her chick. They both moved in for a while until the stitches were out.
Both Cillin and Treacle proved to be perfectly normal in their relationships with the hens and I ended up with two very tame roosters.

 

[igorsMistress]

It took Cillin and his son Treacle quite a few months before they stopped either trying to mate with my boots or following me around and stay with the hens. Cillin was a tribeless orphan, his mother and sister got killed by a hawk within a couple of days of each other. Cillin just stayed in the bamboo clump most of the day while I worked on some woodwork in the car port. Eventually he started to come over and look at what I was doing. I fed him bits of walnut which made him his life long friend. Eventually he followed me home and wandered in and out of my house a lot until he moved in with some hens.
Treacle I spent a lot of time with because his mother fought off a Goshawk and was badly injured but saved her chick. They both moved in for a while until the stitches were out.
Both Cillin and Treacle proved to be perfectly normal in their relationships with the hens and I ended up with two very tame roosters.

I remember reading about your roosters, I learned a lot from you and you changed my views considerably. Thanks for this, I’m just going to let it roll and see how it goes.

 

[Shadrach]

I remember reading about your roosters, I learned a lot from you and you changed my views considerably. Thanks for this, I’m just going to let it roll and see how it goes.

 

[igorsMistress]

Starting some green willow bonsai trees

Christmas cactus, transplanted this today from a narrower pot

Pothos, I transplanted a version with smaller leaves today

Spider plant

Current indoor plants

I need more space

 

[N F C]

Starting some green willow bonsai trees
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Christmas cactus, transplanted this today from a narrower pot
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Pothos, I transplanted a version with smaller leaves today
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Spider plant
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Current indoor plants
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I need more space

You do need more space!

Have you worked with bonsai trees before? I always thought those would be interesting.

 

[Shadrach]

You do need more space!

Have you worked with bonsai trees before? I always thought those would be interesting.

You can get quite hardy outdoor versions now.

 

[N F C]

You can get quite hardy outdoor versions now.

I didn't know that, will have to check into them. Thanks Shad!

 

[igorsMistress]

You do need more space!

Have you worked with bonsai trees before? I always thought those would be interesting.

Not much and nothing was successful. Igor bought me one a long time ago, our library had nothing about the practice and the tree died.
Fast forward 25 years and I can watch YouTube videos of a guy in the UK who teaches people about it. It’s something I’ve had interest in for a long time though.

You can get quite hardy outdoor versions now.

Yea, the green willows I have are an outdoor version. I’m supposed to have an indoor version delivered.

You can bonsai many different things. I was thinking of trying a rosemary and an olive, I can take cuttings of my own plants to root in water to start those.