Ended Official BYC Mini Contest - What is Your Hobby?

[Nats Chickens]

Entry 1# Drawing

• I love to draw because it is calming and I have to concerntrate, something I am really bad at with pretty much everything else!

• I draw in any free time I have if I feel like it.

• I make no sacrafices, it fills in the boring parts of my day.

• I am an ametuar, still trying to learn some techniques.

• so far I have earned nothing in the way of money for my drawings.

 

[Nats Chickens]

Entry 2# Fish breeding

• I love to grow and nuture things, I originally wanted to breed chooks, but as parents won't let me, fish will have to do.

• I just do it randomly, I only have nine goldfish so far, none of which have spawned, but I plan to get some guppies, platys, red cherry shrimp and 2 more goldfish, I guess this hobby has not relly started up properely yet, but it's getting there!

• looking after the fish does take a lot of time, but I am not making any real sacrafices, I guess pocket money, and time I would normally spend worrying, pacing or reading lol!

• As I have not really started up yet, and only have 9 goldfish, I am not even really an ametur yet.

• I plan to sell most of the offspring, hoping to get some money back from this hobby!

 

[Nats Chickens]

Entry 3# Photography

• I just love capturing a moment, and being able to look back at it in high definition!

• I practice photography when I can be bothered.

• None, if anything, it has brought the opposite of sacrafices!

• I am an ameautr.

• I do not get an income, but I entered a few pics in an ameturephtography comp at the local showground and proceeded to win;
• 1 first prize
• 1 second prize
• 3 third prizes.

 

[N F C]

@Nats Chickens it would be nice to see a picture of some of your hobbies. Would you like to edit one or two of your posts to show us? No worries though, you don't have to if you'd rather not.

 

[The Phantom]

@The Phantom - I've been wanting to get into taxidermy honestly. I looked up some stuff through McKenzie Taxidermy Supply and saw they had a kit to do a shoulder mount of deer. I wanted to try a personal hunt sometime and see if I could do it. Any good books/video recommendations?

Cool! I get all my supplies from McKenzie. They are a great company. I only do bird taxidermy but McKenzie has great videos and books.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Hobby #2:
I am a writer. I have around ten book drafts, but it is currently NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and I am getting near the end of my first 30,000 word novel!

It all started when I was around 8 years old. I remember one evening when I had the oddest urge... I felt like pulling out a journal and writing. So, that's exactly what I did. I found a purple composition book with black speckles and I grabbed a pencil.

I remember staring at a blank page while sitting at the wooden kitchen table. It felt like I needed to draw something on it, write something on it, or even just scribble all over it! The sight of a blank page is very inspiring, but I couldn't come up with anything to write down.

With my freshly sharpened pencil, I stayed awake in my room trying to come up with an idea to write. Finally, I did. I came up with a silly idea about myself living in a Wii game I loved to play. It wasn't much, but writing about took me away into a faraway land that I can't describe. It is a very good feeling, so I kept doing it.

When I was 9, I made fanfiction of my favorite book, "The World According to Humphrey" which sparked my passion for hamster keeping. I then kept my first hamster, "Humphrey" (hence the book's name haha) but that's a story for another time.

I've made excellent progress in terms of writing, and it is one of the biggest parts of my life like playing guitar (above).

Since it is NaNoWriMo, I write mainly in the evenings from around 4-9 PM. I actually should be writing right now, but I'm here instead.

I hope to make a career out of writing when I'm an adult, but writers are all too similar to musicians regarding income -- you either make it "big" or you are homeless living in a box in San Francisco.

It's been 4 years since I started writing (still a young child haha) and I currently keep around 8 or 9 journals stuffed into my brief case and I write into them at night, keeping my unoriginal ideas into a small container that nobody else can see.

I am too embarrassed to give you the excerpt of my NaNoWriMo novel and I don't have photos, so that's it!

 

[karenerwin]

Entry #1 - Tanning Hides
I've been tanning hides for the past 5 years, with 3 years being very productful after a period of learning. It may sound odd, but I consider it respectful to the animals when the hides are tanned by reducing waste. In particular, we pick up unwanted hides from processors and hunters because they are normally considered waste and tossed/buried. The hides are then tanned and essentially given new life by display or crafting (we've made mittens, hand muffs, quivers, stockings, walking stick handles). We also make buckskin every so often.

It's a very seasonal thing- only in Fall/Winter seasons when hunting and trapping is open. It requires a small monetary investment, but alot of time and effort. I'd say the hardest part is the fleshing and stretching. I'm not a beginner, but no expert either. However, I am proud to say I've tanned probably a good 20 squirrels, a handful of rabbits and raccoons, and close to 35+ deer hides I'd guess? I am lucky to say it has provided income by selling tanned deer hides (legally in the state you can sell finished, tanned hides).

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Oooh, I'm going to PM you. I'm working on tanning a deer hide right now (1st time) and I have questions!!

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Hobby #3:
(I have around 5 hobbies so I'm just going to post the ones that are most significant to my life.)
I loveeee art/drawing! Recently I've been really into digital art. I use a program called "FireAlpaca" (anybody ever heard of that?) and I am currently trying to find sites to share my art on.

Things that I love about art: It is similar to my other two hobbies -- they are a great escape from the real world. You can create your own drawings, your own world. If you aren't happy in the real world, you can temporarily escape into your own creation.

When do I draw: I normally do it in the morning or afternoon during the week. The week is when my mind is most cluttered and I am most inspired to draw.

Here is my most recent drawing:

(Ignore the random writing on the side, this was meant for another site XD)

AAAAH, so this is all. These 3 posts basically sum up my life besides hamster and chicken keeping. Hope you enjoyed these extremely long posts

 

[HollyWoozle]

Entry #1 - Horse Riding!

I have been riding on and off since a young age and my family have always owned horses and ponies. In 2005 my mother started a business selling horse riding holidays around the world and I have been lucky enough to join the business. I get to ride horses in different countries, either testing trips or escorting customers, when I am not in the office. I don’t ride at home these days but we do still keep a family herd of four. I have ridden in 32 countries so far.

I love riding because I love to be with horses and to spend time in nature. It’s also a fantastic way to experience a new country and make new friends!

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Entry #1
My chickens are my #1 hobby. What was supposed to be a small family thing to get rid of ticks and was just 6 birds quickly turned into 12, 24, 36... All in just the first spring. The next spring I got my own flock(supposed to be separated from the family flock as far as coops go). I started with 8 brown leghorns, and in a week I got 2 BLRWs, then we needed a new coop because we took in 10 hens from a lady who had to move, so I got 3 free birds(2 white hens of unidentified breed, and 1 buff orp roo), then my aunt gave me a hen to match the roo. Last winter a weasel got about 60 of our hens and I started incubating. We climbed up 160 before school was out for summer(I was even selling them left and right). So I suppose this morphed into multiple hobbies because I enjoy selling the eggs, incubating eggs, buying new breeds, raising and selling chicks, and just plain having fun with all my fluffy butts.

(My little guy: Napoleon, named for his fluffy feet which look like pants. My big guy: Little Fire, named after his sister when my brother misunderstood when I said Sapphire. And an old jungle fowl(I think) roo we called Mr. Orange until we traded him for a misbehaving Barred Rock)