Ribh's D'Coopage

[LaFemmeKatia]

My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.
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My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.
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Congratulations, Olivia! Well done!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Does this help.
The background colour is straw/wheaten. The blue & white spangles go on top ~ sort of.
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Beautiful!

 

[BY Bob]

With all this talk of kitchens I must need to pay lots of chicken tax. here are the girls in pecking order.

Deana
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Alice
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Edwina
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Pepper
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What a wonderful group of ladies! It is nice to see them all again.

 

[Ribh]

It was interesting, but with just the two of us doing it, it took time. We pretty much did the whole house before we sold.

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The Island used to be walls that the kitchen lived within.

Thank you for posting these again! Such marvelous craftmanship!

 

[Ribh]

@MaryJanet : We have mist again this morning. It is very fine but coming in thicker. At least it is warm.

 

[MaryJanet]

@MaryJanet : We have mist again this morning. It is very fine but coming in thicker. At least it is warm.
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Such beauty. So uplifting.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Taz had a busy day outside. He is enjoying enjoying my pillow. ❤

 

[Ribh]

Chavi strutting her stuff.
Like so many black chickens she has a lovely green & purple sheen in the sunlight. Her comb & wattles are brilliant & really stand out against the black.​

Normally all my bantams are quiet little hens & sound very sweet as they bok~bok around their run but they are the biggest noisemakers when they lay! The Campines scream blue murder prior to laying but the bantams stand @ the top of the ramp or stairs after & scream for an escort. Then everyone joins in & I have 20 hens going ballistic. Wonder the neighbours haven't complained.​

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

@MaryJanet : We have mist again this morning. It is very fine but coming in thicker. At least it is warm.
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Those colours are wonderful. The water looks like mercury.

 

[drstratton]

Our new Kitchen

The electrician and plumber came today to disconnect the kitchen and rip it out.

A guided tour follows.

Our old kitchen was original to the house. We estimate it was built in the early 1980s.
We have lived here 30 years and the kitchen was overflowing.
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I have been slowly emptying cupboards and getting rid of stuff over the last few weeks. This weekend the whole family made a concerted effort and we finished emptying the kitchen!
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The doors were made of covered particle board which did not stand up to water very well after 40 years of use.View attachment 2782677

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We had a slow leak under the sink and didn't realize it until the shelf started to sag.
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Notice that the water pipes run along outside the gyprock.
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Kitchen removed and water pipes relocated to within the wall.View attachment 2782681

After clean up. It echoes so much now!
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Hubby and I will be putting in new gyprock tomorrow. The install starts on Wednesday!

This is so exciting!