Icelandic Chickens

[Jake Levi]

Good morning all

Great videos Mary, I love them all, except for the goats fainting, I get nightmares of one of mine doing that jumping from rock ledge to rock ledge. Pretty Boy demonstrates that Icelandics had the Columbian pattern BEFORE there were Columbians and Columbus too !

Isison is a chip off the ol block, feather off the ol block? Will get some pics posted of him soon, this week has been way too busy finishing the Ark.

Today taking the goats in it to the vets for their interstate health papers, then coming home to load the van and my sons' truck for the stuff going to the yard sale this weekend, sunday I will be 'camping in' instead of camping out. My son is riding out with me and flying back, he will be fun to have along, what they call in the Circus World, "generally good help, driving, livestock care and emergency repairs", and he is great company, he loves back packing and camping and he will see some of the premier country in the US for that. Two weeks from this morn we head out. Do you beleve I will be lobbying for him to come on back out as soon as he can ?

It will be a nice adventure, I really hope to get some pics enroute. Its a beautiful country that we have. We are blessed, mightily.

Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !

 

[LarryPQ]

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It is an albino salamader in a sombrero. I have tendonitis of the AT (maybe minor tears) so I have been sitting around watching Star Trek Voyager episodes 1-168. I came across the one episode where Tom Paris where he exceeds the warp barrier and evolves into a salamander. Then, he steals the capitan and has little salamander babies with her on the beach. It stuck in my head yesterday.


If you were the capitan, is this one of those events where you take pictures of yourself as a salamander so you have something for your scrapbook?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sorry you're feeling under the weather Laree. I hope for your sake there are no tears. I've had plantar fasciitis and it's super painful.

Have fun getting everything ready for the move Jake!

 

[AK Michelle]

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Yowee! I think super painful is an understatement - So glad it went away.

 

[AK Michelle]

We have been super-duper busy around here.

I put 8 eggs into lockdown last night

Today, after work, I get to finish up a small area of painting then rinse out the sprayer and clean up all the masking, drop clothes and painting paraphernalia. Then unload the trailer full of lumber and styrofoam insulation into the barn. We have the table saw set up out there so we can cut the foamboard into strips which we will glue into channels, or troughs, in preparation for Saturday. BIL (to be) is coming out with a trencher and we are going to be laying the water lines 4' deep, trench, lay a foamboard trough, put 3" pvc in the trough, pull the water lines through the pvc, then lay the foamboard cover over the trough to protect the water from freezing (we hope).

Next we are trenching 18" deep for the electric line, installing the electrical panel in the barn and then running lines for plenty of outlets and light fixtures. I think a couple exterior outlets (just in case) and motion sensor lights for the outside and we have some leftover fluorescent fixtures from a previous home remodel that will work out great for the inside. I'm having an outlet above each pop door so no messy cords strung all around for chickens to get tangled up with. There will be outlets for water heaters too and I'm also going to have a couple extra outlets around the interior perimeter, just because, you never know when you might need one.

Then, last but not least, the natural gas trench will get done on Monday. The plumber is scheduled to be here Tuesday to do the gas line and hook up the unit heaters in the shed and the barn, then Tuesday night (and for days after I imagine) we can work on filling in the trenches and compacting the ground.

And THEN we can concentrate on building all the interior pens.

I'm tired already just thinking about it...

 

[Mahonri]

Michelle... did you feel that earthquake up there?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Jake.......you were asking about my barnevelder pictures - I took some today for you. 25 weeks and not an egg in sight.

Luna is in the background here:

My favorite cockerel:

 

[The Sheriff]

Very pretty birds Kelly. Love the lacing!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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The pictures don't do them justice. You can't really see the mahogany coloring or purple sheen in the pictures.

 

[The Sheriff]

I have 12 chicks hatched, 9 zipping or pipped, 5 not pipped. Hatch day is tomorrow.