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[momma_raven]

I know it's off topic but wanted to share some pics of our Mexican painted cookie making..
Me and my helpers...

My little helpers in their aprons...

Measuring butter..

Sifting flour...

Cut out cookies ready to bake...

Finished product after my helpers painted them...

 

[NanaKat]

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Just think how much trouble we could get ourselves into with enough working incubators to hatch 1000s of chicks/ducks/turkeys each week.

I only think my feed bill is terrible now

It is nice to be at home, but hard to sit around - the only thing keeping me in compliance with doctor's orders not to lift anything heavier than 15 lbs is the pain I feel when the meds wear down. We had to move all the bees Monday evening to facilitate the trenching of a sewer line through the middle of the former bee yard. I need to walk across the street and see how the bees are doing in their new location, but need to have the meds in full force before I walk that far. Dean thinks they are trying to start a new hive in the old location, which they won't be able to do unless they can convince the queen to leave the hive and go with them

When you move bees, it is a few feet at a time over several days, OR it is 1/4 mile. Bees have their navigational homing systems set up for the cycle of the sun. You either have to work with it or make a bigger jump. If the bees are trying to set back in the same location, they are homing. The sewer crew may not like them that close.....We've had hies for years.

 

[NanaKat]

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I agree with Greybear. Gold Spangled Hamburgs.

Thank you for the ID. Do these look like standards? At 10 weeks of age, they are really small next to the Barred Rocks that are the same age. Next to the Australorps, maybe 1/4 smaller.....Will they get bigger?

 

[NanaKat]

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So sorry to hear you are having to go thru this. Sounds like Tom has made his peace and when he goes is on his terms...may that be comfort to you and your family.
My grandmother and mother did the same thing...waited until the last child was able to visit...then peacefully slipped away.
My prayers are with your family.

We intended to bring Tom home to die yesterday, but when his doctor came in and looked at him about 1:40 p.m., he said "Let's give it another 24 hours here." My mother was so relieved as she was nervous to have him home without the support of nurses just outside the door... So Mom went home about 2:00 to get some clothes to spend another night at his bedside, and I was happy to stay with Tom. I was the only one in the room when he took his last breaths. I had my hand on his shoulder and had sung a couple of hymns quietly to him - It Is Well With My Soul and I Need Thee Every Hour. Then I got the Bible and said "Tom, I'll bet you're already on the other side of the valley, but I want to read Psalm 23...for me." While I was reading the 23rd Psalm he took his last breaths. It was 3:00 on the dot. It was my great privilege to have him as a second father, and to be with him at the last. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Even in the end, Tom was thinking of your Mother...bless you for being there with him as he transitioned.

 

[artsyrobin]

City!

such a beautiful thing for you to do! Bless you and the family!

chickens were out for a bit this morning, had to go into the pen and rescue flo the silky who somehow ended up in there with them! not sure if she got bred, but she seems fine... in the process Guinea girl flew up to the roof from her enclosure- so she is having a stroll - she is so blissfully ignorant of dangers! but between her, the chickens and the waterbirds, she is low kid on the priority scale...

meanwhile, this is funny, i am working outside and glance up and the rafter in the barn and think, i don't remember a rope being there.... ummmm.....hows this for a rope?

 

[momma_raven]

Oh my, that's some rope!

 

[smithbantam]

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Yes they are Narragansett, thanks.

Do you have an extra Tom for sale? I am getting ready to sell some Narragansett hens to someone in the Talequah area and they would like a Tom to go with them.

No, I just have him for my girls.

 

[artsyrobin]

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glad i'm not scared of snakes! actually after the surprise, they really are intriguing

 

[Teach97]

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please say he is in a pillow-case

I want it!

 

[artsyrobin]

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please say he is in a pillow-case

I want it!

sorry, i wasn't sure what he was, so wasn't gonna grab him, i am sure i'll be seeing him again- what is he?