Illinois...

[chickendreams24]

Also I totally love the NOAH comment
!!! I too am totally a "Noah"

 

[Faraday40]

@chickendreams24
So glad you, your family, animals, & house are OK.

 

[chickendreams24]

@chickendreams24
So glad you, your family, animals, & house are OK.

Thank you me too. DH2B of course made light of it and it's true the box wasn't horribly burned but you could see the mark of the electric coil burner.

It's amazing how many close calls we have in our lives.

Angels truly do watch over us.

 

[Faraday40]

My flock trying to stay cool in today's heat.
(Notice how the leghorn gal is trying to act like a turkey.... She's still obsessed with 'em.)

 

[Faraday40]

Had a nice morning, so I took my camera outside with me....

Oreo & Double Stuff (silver laced orp pullets hatched in June)


My Dominique BB2 hatched March 4th with my big Blue

Gold Laced Orpington

Some more misc. pullets
Project bird:

"Cupcake" my Buff Colombian Orp - hatched end of March

Below is Precious (my 6 yr old barnyard mix....Shhhh, she's still my favorite.)
Poor Precious has a swollen abdomen, but she walked over to me & insisted on some lap time. What else could I do but give my dear old friend some loving?

My photo session had to pause because when Precious is around, only pics of Precious can be taken. (She's a HUGE photo-bomber and always striking a pose!)

 

[Faraday40]

We're all missing yesterday's sunshine and really dislike these T-storms! Because we had to cancel our plans to visit @chickendreams24 today, I decided to make breakfast blintzes (crepes with a cheese filling and fruit toppings) to cheer everyone up.

DS is becoming a pretty good chef and enjoyed making his own crepes next to me. We were able to mass produce them in half the time. The best part, though, was the fruit toppings. We used some of the cherries from our tree and our last jar of peaches from @chickendreams24 . So although we couldn't the spend day with you, know that you were in our thoughts. I hope you get to swing by the Thresheree between raindrops and we'll see if tomorrow's weather is any better for an outing.

BTW- Next weekend is the Sandwich Fair (town is called "Sandwich"). It's a decent fair (not about sandwiches, but they do have food). It has a demolition derby, horse pulls, carnival rides, etc. Basically good family fun. We'll likely attend on Sunday.
https://www.sandwichfair.com/2018-fair-details/



On to chickens:
My mod game bantams are due to hatch today. 7 out of 12 developed & looked good earlier this week. Usually my bantam eggs hatch a day early (which would have been yesterday) and I still see no pips. I slipped 2 laced orp eggs in with them & both of those are now pipped. (If they hatch this afternoon, they will be exactly on time as usual.) I really hope some mod game hatch.... but I'm getting a sinking feeling.....
I kept my silkie broody to care for these chicks. She's sitting on 2 of the mod game eggs, but she's better with mothering than incubating.
some hatch.....but I'm getting
I feel that I should have seen pips on Thurs eve & chicks on Fri. No pips feels like a bad sign. English Orps are bigger & can take as much as 12-24 hours longer. Now I'm just hoping the mod games are more like quail & can go from nothing to pip, zip, hatch quickly.

 

[Faraday40]

I took someone's advice and entered the BYC calendar contest yesterday.
It was hard narrow it down to 2 entries... but I finally chose this one - which always reminded me of American Gothic for some reason. Is it just me?

Sadly it had to horizontal, so my cropped entry looks like this:


My other entry:
(mainly b/c I just love this little guy)

 

[Molpet]

I took someone's advice and entered the BYC calendar contest yesterday.
It was hard narrow it down to 2 entries... but I finally chose this one - which always reminded me of American Gothic for some reason. Is it just me?
View attachment 1522046 View attachment 1522044
Sadly it had to horizontal, so my cropped entry looks like this:
View attachment 1522052

My other entry:
(mainly b/c I just love this little guy)
View attachment 1522053

Yep I see the AG connection LOL
Did you ever enter the one where she is in mid flight? I love that pic

 

[Faraday40]

Yep I see the AG connection LOL
Did you ever enter the one where she is in mid flight? I love that pic

This one?

It was taken 2 years ago. It's another fav, but I figured the photo should be more recent. it was also already used as a photo of the week.... and then popped up again last year for something. (It was funny because I never knew about it until someone asked me if the photo on the home page was Trouble. I guess I rarely visit the home page.)

I also enjoyed these ones.


I was thinking about trying to get a pic of a turkey mid-flight. However after finding them on top of the swingset & coop, I decided I needed to trim their wings more. No more tree tops for them.... I hope.

 

[Molpet]

This one?
View attachment 1522076
It was taken 2 years ago. It's another fav, but I figured the photo should be more recent. it was also already used as a photo of the week.... and then popped up again last year for something. (It was funny because I never knew about it until someone asked me if the photo on the home page was Trouble. I guess I rarely visit the home page.)

I also enjoyed these ones.
View attachment 1522084 View attachment 1522085 View attachment 1522089

I was thinking about trying to get a pic of a turkey mid-flight. However after finding them on top of the swingset & coop, I decided I needed to trim their wings more. No more tree tops for them.... I hope.

Yes that is the one
Good thing you mentioned turkey in the trees
I just found the two oldest jennies in the mulberry tree..
There is one above the one that is easier to see... there's a six foot hoop coop below the picture..... the lower one joined the higher one..but I could reach them with the twenty ft pole