Illinois...

[BReeder!]

Anybody interested in purchasing quail eggs or hatchlings?
We are getting eggs pretty regularly (beyond our needs), and have started incubating. There's 20+ eggs set to hatch August 8th (hoping for a good hatch but it's the first so fertility is up in the air).

 

[Faraday40]

Been pretty busy this week. The Fair just opened and both kids did very, very well this year. It's DD's 6th year and she won several blue ribbons, class champions, 2 reserve grand champions, and multiple 'Best in Show's. Amazing!

DD used my herb bread recipe and won for cooking. However she definitely won't be bringing that to state. Part of what makes it good is being very fresh = picked & baked that day. We already must leave before sunrise to get to Springfield by 8:30! We heard from one of the judges that they really liked DD's bread and kept taking samples. Less than 1/2 the loaf was left.


For the past 5 years she won Best in Show for Animal Science. Her streak has come to an end. This year her poultry science project won reserve grand champion (2nd best) ..... because her little brother won "Best in Show." It's OK, she's really proud of him.

Guess it runs in the family. Technically Animal sci is a big category, so both kids could go to state. However, each child may only bring one project, and I think DD will end up bringing her vet sci project instead. (She did an experiment to see if dogs have a paw preference - like people being right or left handed.) It's the other blue poster next to her.

DS was also very excited to do so well his 1st year. He got all blue ribbons on his projects. He had a great idea for his electricity project. Because his sister never played with her Snap Circuit kit, he ended up with it back in preschool. It was obvious that building a circuit with a switch from a kit was too easy for him. I gave him a mini light bulb, 2 D-cell batteries, some wire, glue, masking tape, and some copper tape. I sent him to the recycle bin and told him to make a flashlight.

So he made a pop bottle flashlight. The neck was inverted and the bulb secured in place. When the copper tape is lined up, the circuit is closed & light is ON. When the neck is turned in any other position, the circuit is open & OFF.




One flaw.... Copper tape can be fickle and he had a loose connection. (Our puppy was running through the house & knocked it off the table.) Sometimes the flashlight worked & other times did not. Rather than give up, he made a part 2 and built a second flashlight with a 3v button battery, LED, and craft foam.

Wonderful! .....The judging was on Tuesday. But on Monday night our dog decided the tiny flashlight was a nice chewy.
The little light was flickering ON/OFF as our dog was chewing on it. We wrestled him & got it back. There were plenty of dents & marks - but it still worked. DD happened to have an extra, unused Kepler-dog photo from her poster, so I taped it to the back page of DS's report. (That way if this 2nd flashlight stopped working, he could at least explain why. LOL)

Well, teeth marks aside, that tiny flashlight worked just fine and so did his orig flashlight. When DS closed his report, there was Kepler's pic looking up at him. The judge had to ask, so that's when DS showed him all the teeth marks.

DS won Best in Show for his electricity project. Probably more for his determination than anything else.





The kids were so thrilled as they went through the building checking out how all their projects did. But, the kids could not find their eggs. It turns out, theirs were removed. DS ended up winning for best white egg production, and DD won for best egg production - other than white category. Their eggs will be auctioned off on Sat.


Although we don't actually show our chickens at the fair, you may recognize these guys.
DS's PoofPoof and DD's Teddy

 

[cavemanrich]

Been pretty busy this week. The Fair just opened and both kids did very, very well this year. It's DD's 6th year and she won several blue ribbons, class champions, 2 reserve grand champions, and multiple 'Best in Show's. Amazing!

DD used my herb bread recipe and won for cooking. However she definitely won't be bringing that to state. Part of what makes it good is being very fresh = picked & baked that day. We already must leave before sunrise to get to Springfield by 8:30! We heard from one of the judges that they really liked DD's bread and kept taking samples. Less than 1/2 the loaf was left.
View attachment 1855796

For the past 5 years she won Best in Show for Animal Science. Her streak has come to an end. This year her poultry science project won reserve grand champion (2nd best) ..... because her little brother won "Best in Show." It's OK, she's really proud of him.
View attachment 1855755 View attachment 1855757
Guess it runs in the family. Technically Animal sci is a big category, so both kids could go to state. However, each child may only bring one project, and I think DD will end up bringing her vet sci project instead. (She did an experiment to see if dogs have a paw preference - like people being right or left handed.) It's the other blue poster next to her.

DS was also very excited to do so well his 1st year. He got all blue ribbons on his projects. He had a great idea for his electricity project. Because his sister never played with her Snap Circuit kit, he ended up with it back in preschool. It was obvious that building a circuit with a switch from a kit was too easy for him. I gave him a mini light bulb, 2 D-cell batteries, some wire, glue, masking tape, and some copper tape. I sent him to the recycle bin and told him to make a flashlight.
View attachment 1855772 View attachment 1855773 View attachment 1855774
So he made a pop bottle flashlight. The neck was inverted and the bulb secured in place. When the copper tape is lined up, the circuit is closed & light is ON. When the neck is turned in any other position, the circuit is open & OFF.

View attachment 1855775 View attachment 1855776


One flaw.... Copper tape can be fickle and he had a loose connection. (Our puppy was running through the house & knocked it off the table.) Sometimes the flashlight worked & other times did not. Rather than give up, he made a part 2 and built a second flashlight with a 3v button battery, LED, and craft foam.
View attachment 1855786 View attachment 1855787
Wonderful! .....The judging was on Tuesday. But on Monday night our dog decided the tiny flashlight was a nice chewy.
The little light was flickering ON/OFF as our dog was chewing on it. We wrestled him & got it back. There were plenty of dents & marks - but it still worked. DD happened to have an extra, unused Kepler-dog photo from her poster, so I taped it to the back page of DS's report. (That way if this 2nd flashlight stopped working, he could at least explain why. LOL)

Well, teeth marks aside, that tiny flashlight worked just fine and so did his orig flashlight. When DS closed his report, there was Kepler's pic looking up at him. The judge had to ask, so that's when DS showed him all the teeth marks.

DS won Best in Show for his electricity project. Probably more for his determination than anything else.

View attachment 1855790



The kids were so thrilled as they went through the building checking out how all their projects did. But, the kids could not find their eggs. It turns out, theirs were removed. DS ended up winning for best white egg production, and DD won for best egg production - other than white category. Their eggs will be auctioned off on Sat.


Although we don't actually show our chickens at the fair, you may recognize these guys.
DS's PoofPoof and DD's Teddy
View attachment 1855803 View attachment 1855804

Congratulations to ALL. and WISHING YOU BEST in Springfield

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Wow!! Great job!!!

 

[BReeder!]

I went out to lockdown the coop. I grabbed a few pics of the turkeys while I was out there. They are growing really well (at least I think so in my inexperienced opinion). I believe they are 6 weeks old now. I got them on Jun 22nd, and I think they were a week old.
@Molpet you may know the actual hatch date. Was it June 13? That wad tge echoed date in an old message...

Sorry for the poor quality and lack of great poses. It was dark already sho it wasn't easy to gret the pics.

 

[cavemanrich]

When I looked first, it seemed like there was red under that turkey in pix. Thought you had an emergency. Then I enlarged, and see it is printing on box.

 

[Faraday40]

When I looked first, it seemed like there was red under that turkey in pix. Thought you had an emergency. Then I enlarged, and see it is printing on box.

x2

Glad I wasn't the only one with bad eyes.

 

[Molpet]

Been pretty busy this week. The Fair just opened and both kids did very, very well this year. It's DD's 6th year and she won several blue ribbons, class champions, 2 reserve grand champions, and multiple 'Best in Show's. Amazing!

DD used my herb bread recipe and won for cooking. However she definitely won't be bringing that to state. Part of what makes it good is being very fresh = picked & baked that day. We already must leave before sunrise to get to Springfield by 8:30! We heard from one of the judges that they really liked DD's bread and kept taking samples. Less than 1/2 the loaf was left.
View attachment 1855796

For the past 5 years she won Best in Show for Animal Science. Her streak has come to an end. This year her poultry science project won reserve grand champion (2nd best) ..... because her little brother won "Best in Show." It's OK, she's really proud of him.
View attachment 1855755 View attachment 1855757
Guess it runs in the family. Technically Animal sci is a big category, so both kids could go to state. However, each child may only bring one project, and I think DD will end up bringing her vet sci project instead. (She did an experiment to see if dogs have a paw preference - like people being right or left handed.) It's the other blue poster next to her.

DS was also very excited to do so well his 1st year. He got all blue ribbons on his projects. He had a great idea for his electricity project. Because his sister never played with her Snap Circuit kit, he ended up with it back in preschool. It was obvious that building a circuit with a switch from a kit was too easy for him. I gave him a mini light bulb, 2 D-cell batteries, some wire, glue, masking tape, and some copper tape. I sent him to the recycle bin and told him to make a flashlight.
View attachment 1855772 View attachment 1855773 View attachment 1855774
So he made a pop bottle flashlight. The neck was inverted and the bulb secured in place. When the copper tape is lined up, the circuit is closed & light is ON. When the neck is turned in any other position, the circuit is open & OFF.

View attachment 1855775 View attachment 1855776


One flaw.... Copper tape can be fickle and he had a loose connection. (Our puppy was running through the house & knocked it off the table.) Sometimes the flashlight worked & other times did not. Rather than give up, he made a part 2 and built a second flashlight with a 3v button battery, LED, and craft foam.
View attachment 1855786 View attachment 1855787
Wonderful! .....The judging was on Tuesday. But on Monday night our dog decided the tiny flashlight was a nice chewy.
The little light was flickering ON/OFF as our dog was chewing on it. We wrestled him & got it back. There were plenty of dents & marks - but it still worked. DD happened to have an extra, unused Kepler-dog photo from her poster, so I taped it to the back page of DS's report. (That way if this 2nd flashlight stopped working, he could at least explain why. LOL)

Well, teeth marks aside, that tiny flashlight worked just fine and so did his orig flashlight. When DS closed his report, there was Kepler's pic looking up at him. The judge had to ask, so that's when DS showed him all the teeth marks.

DS won Best in Show for his electricity project. Probably more for his determination than anything else.

View attachment 1855790



The kids were so thrilled as they went through the building checking out how all their projects did. But, the kids could not find their eggs. It turns out, theirs were removed. DS ended up winning for best white egg production, and DD won for best egg production - other than white category. Their eggs will be auctioned off on Sat.


Although we don't actually show our chickens at the fair, you may recognize these guys.
DS's PoofPoof and DD's Teddy
View attachment 1855803 View attachment 1855804

 

[Molpet]

I went out to lockdown the coop. I grabbed a few pics of the turkeys while I was out there. They are growing really well (at least I think so in my inexperienced opinion). I believe they are 6 weeks old now. I got them on Jun 22nd, and I think they were a week old.
@Molpet you may know the actual hatch date. Was it June 13? That wad tge echoed date in an old message...

Sorry for the poor quality and lack of great poses. It was dark already sho it wasn't easy to gret the pics.

View attachment 1856898 View attachment 1856899 View attachment 1856900

The hatch was june 8th through the 12th
here are my notes:
june 8th found a br running around coop, put
it with buff... later poult was away from buff
and she didn't want it... its in the house for
now
june 11 found another brn running in the
coop, put it with the other in house. later she
was off the nest and 1 brn was almost hatched
and 2 more zipping. She came back when the
new hatch started crying
6-12 white was by her tail so I grabbed it...
seen another white with her later....a couple
hours later it was on a walkabout ...took 1 brn
and 2 white from her later, she has 1 egg left...
when it quit raining she left the nest, and the
partially hatched egg.. which was dead
6- 22 gave brian 4, 2 of each

 

[BReeder!]

The hatch was june 8th through the 12th
here are my notes:
june 8th found a br running around coop, put
it with buff... later poult was away from buff
and she didn't want it... its in the house for
now
june 11 found another brn running in the
coop, put it with the other in house. later she
was off the nest and 1 brn was almost hatched
and 2 more zipping. She came back when the
new hatch started crying
6-12 white was by her tail so I grabbed it...
seen another white with her later....a couple
hours later it was on a walkabout ...took 1 brn
and 2 white from her later, she has 1 egg left...
when it quit raining she left the nest, and the
partially hatched egg.. which was dead
6- 22 gave brian 4, 2 of each

So they are more like 7 weeks old then. Good to know. We'r are just about to take them off the turkey starter since tge bag is running out. Good timing since I can change the protien level in their feed at 8 weeks.