Maine

[CoopChick719]

Hoppy, Your egg is just beautiful! So unique!! I have no artistic talents at all.

 

[hoppy]

actually it's carved on an emu egg which is about 5" tall and 4" wide. they are naturally green when laid and each layer is a different shade going from this dark emerald green to a white and then a light green depending on how deeply you carve. yes, I have broken a few. I'm doing a fox in color right now. it looked ok uncolored but to really get the idea it's a fox, it really needed to be orange so the carved lines I dyed.
I invite you all to look at my facebook page with all my stained glass and carved eggs.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stained-Glass-by-Bobbi/128299457204854

Hoppy, the egg is elegant. Hard to tell the scale, is it a goose egg? Do you use a wax technique or what to get the etching and color?

 

[hoppy]

I love food, and healthy....hey, bring it on!!
since getting sick, changing my whole way of eating has really helped. I still indulge some but I just make sure whatever I'm eating really counts.

I know this is not recipe central but thought a few of you may be interested for a recipe for a healthier Christmas treat.
http://foodbabe.com/2011/09/25/white-chocolate-coconut-almond-cripsy-treats/
There sure are some talented crafty people here, the work is all beautiful

 

[ejcimd]

Bucka I am very happy to empower women in anyway I can. I will show folks how to do chicken things if I know them and other things I think we all need to know like;

canning
gutting/skinning
bleeding a furnace line to restart it
changing a tire
patching large holes in sheetrock
hanging sheetrock
framing a basic wall
fixing a toilet/sink
driving stick shift
using a chop saw

That last one is a favorite of mine. The chop saw is my FAVORITE tool. Basic tool use is on the list too I guess. I am sure there are probably other things like how to replace a button and what not but those are on the important list. How to identify north and how to feed yourself in the Maine woods at any time of year are in there too but they take time to learn.

You know Hoppy, I am not much help right now but I like the idea of starting a chicks with tools club that helps each other with chicken related business. I could really use the help myself. There are these lovely geese and a pair of Midget White Turkeys coming to live with me... well, maybe not the geese if I can't get a shelter built. I figure the easiest thing outside putting up a tent for them is to have one of those cow panel houses built and covered with tarp or canvas. Its what they are living in right now where they are. They would be used to it. BUT, as said above, building much of anything is difficult or impossible right now and in order to get the geese (who are free) I would need to have a house for them. I think the woman (80 yo woman who has owned them their whole lives) will keep them for a while but she would like them gone before snow for their sake. That won't happen. They aren't the fancy breeds I had hoped to work with but I love geese and their price is right.

Going to try out some saltdough to see how difficult it is. I am depressed today despite the sudden arrival of eggs in the coops again. I am very glad. I had to buy a doz last week and just hate doing that.

I'm late to this conversation but I have to say knowing how to do things is essential to not getting taken advantage of.

I just learned how to chop wood (errr properly) seems my tool was unfit for the job but now I have this mega axe thingy (technically challenged) that makes a big difference.

 

[ChickMagnet207]

mega axe thingy I think your referring to a "splitting maul" maybe?

 

[hoppy]

mega axe thingy- could it be a maul??
darn, chick magnet was 5 sec faster then me posting.

I'm late to this conversation but I have to say knowing how to do things is essential to not getting taken advantage of.

I just learned how to chop wood (errr properly) seems my tool was unfit for the job but now I have this mega axe thingy (technically challenged) that makes a big difference.

 

[ChickMagnet207]

Jinks

 

[hoppy]

time to get my butt moving and go make some stained glass, i'm almost done then I can start on some other, yet to be determined artsy project for christmas.

 

[bwockbwock]

Ashandvine, and others too. I am in Monmouth and would love to help each other out. Sometimes I have crittter stuff that I really need another set of hands to accomplish, and I would be happy to go help out someone else
I am not real clever when it comes to putting construction type things together but in the end I get it done. I LOVE to re purpose stuff. Come spring I will be doing a pallet garden. My geese free range during the day and go into the barn at night with the rest of the flock of assorted ducks.
It would be fun to do a get together with peeps on the list. I would be willing to look for a no cost or low cost place for us to do something like a healthy potluck and figure out how we can help each other as a community as well as share information. I go to CMBF that meets,(or I will be going again now that I am a bit more mobile on the ankle) it is a great place for good information from some serious breeders, and folks who show, but most of the folks there are WAY beyond beginner level and don't really have the same kinds of needs that others of us (me) may have.
Anyone else up for a get together and if so what are your ideas?

 

[ashandvine]

Well I still like the egg swap idea and I like the chickenstock plan but I am focusing my brain cells on finishing my sewing projects by the end of next week before I think about planning anything more than bathroom breaks.

Hey Chickmagnet... where did your avatar rooster go? So handsome.

I HAVE TWO TURKEYS!!!!

Who would have thought I would be driving home with two turkeys on the seat beside me and catch myself muttering, "she is actually kinda pretty." WHAT!? Anyone who asked me before today would know that I am not enthusiastic about turkeys. My son is. Well, Merry Christmas baby! We have a pair of Midget Whites now and they really aren't that bad. I have to keep them alive and get them to breed, but given all that, they aren't too bad so far and I already have a list of people wanting some! Amazing.