Isa's Homestead Happenings and Hangout

[Brooks_]

Look! The first moth of spring!View attachment 3759158

I saw a lovebug the other day. We all have signs of spring.


Also, is that a breastplate?

 

[bill3607]

I saw a lovebug the other day. We all have signs of spring.


Also, is that a breastplate?

I'm going to step out and say that is a metal crafted thing to hang on the house. It may be the Star Of David. Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure the first assumption is true, though

 

[nuthatched]

I saw a lovebug the other day. We all have signs of spring.


Also, is that a breastplate?

It's a big, light up star. Breastplates typically aren't so angular.

 

[Brooks_]

I'm going to step out and say that is a metal crafted thing to hang on the house. It may be the Star Of David. Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure the first assumption is true, though

Star of David breastplate?

 

[Brooks_]

It's a big, light up star. Breastplates typically aren't so angular.

Being out of fashion, I was guessing

 

[nuthatched]

 

[nuthatched]

Star of David breastplate?

That's called an ephod. Has 12 gemstones to symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel. Looks like those gem calculators people had in the 80s.
Anywho.

 

[Brooks_]

Her: I'm putting the NextDoor thing on your phone.
Me: Why not your phone?
Her: Because it's creepy.

 

[nuthatched]

https://brinkhavenacres.com/products/Blue-Laced-Red-Wyandotte-Day-Old-Chicks-p157383184

I've been looking at these wyandottes for a while, I'm never going to pay that much for unsexed chicks (though the other nice quality birds I'm seeing are $40 a pop)
I know that wyandottes are supposed to have short, round beaks but some of these look debeaked.
At what point is a beak naturally too short?

 

[Brooks_]

https://brinkhavenacres.com/products/Blue-Laced-Red-Wyandotte-Day-Old-Chicks-p157383184

I've been looking at these wyandottes for a while, I'm never going to pay that much for unsexed chicks (though the other nice quality birds I'm seeing are $40 a pop)
I know that wyandottes are supposed to have short, round beaks but some of these look debeaked.
At what point is a beak naturally too short?

@bill3607, notice that transition back to chickens?