Ribh's D'Coopage

[bruceha2000]

Yeah, the one in Maine is only 240 kms from me but its about 16,000 kms from Australia (east coast) to here. MUCH too far for a virtual visit

 

[Ribh]

Yeah, the one in Maine is only 240 kms from me but its about 16,000 kms from Australia (east coast) to here. MUCH too far for a virtual visit

The one here is one of our older campuses & quite lovely. It is rural but waaaay too cold for me in winter [it snows. I have an aversion to snow] It has a great reputation for overall student satisfaction & I must say so far they've been incredibly helpful.

 

[bruceha2000]

22,500 students, big school!

Snow? In NSW? Wow, I would never have guessed that. Of course my knowledge of Australian geography/topology is severely limited.

 

[Ribh]

22,500 students, big school!

Snow? In NSW? Wow, I would never have guessed that. Of course my knowledge of Australian geography/topology is severely limited.

Yes, It serves regional NSW. USQ, where I did my BA, serves regional Queensland. We have big snowfields in NSW & a number of ski resorts in the mountains. Although it is quite rare it has been known to snow in parts of Queensland too ~ @ least once in Toowoomba when I was studying there. Victoria & Tassie also get snow.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

CHICKEN MYSTERY.
To the best of my knowledge I only have 1 blue layer, Beatha.
Beatha has been laying for @ least 2 years & lays a medium sized egg about every 3 days. As all my bantams have gone broody [most are now broken] the nesting boxes have been pretty well constantly occupied so Hepzibah & Beatha have been sharing an outside nest.
What I want to know is: who laid this?
It's bantam sized. It was half buried in the bedding, not in a nesting box. I'm pretty sure Oshina is the only bantam who's not yet begun laying but she should lay a lovey buff brown egg like Olivia. Shuri isn't laying either but she is a standard Wyandotte & her eggs should be brown too. So who owns this?
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Such a pretty little egg!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I could cheerfully throttle Ha'penny.
I've had a drop in egg production. I knew Hepzibah & Beatha had been laying in the yard but I've found their nests.

Last night I was late putting the girls up. In the twilight I thought I was a girl short but I couldn't be sure & as everyone comes for dinner I put it down to a miscount.

Today I was earlier. No Ha'penny. Everyone else came running except that Golden Beauty. I've had so many girls go broody on me here I figured Ha'penny had a nest hidden away somewhere. Yep. It took me a while to find it. She is very clever about hiding her nests but I counted 20 eggs under her! TWENTY!!!!! They were all filthy & some are exploding so the whole lot have had to be ditched. What was she thinking?!

And the fuss when I took her off the nest!
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Oh no! What a mess!
It’s a bit funny, though!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[BY Bob]

I have been offered a place @ UNE ~ & accepted. Now I just have to work through all the red tape.

Congratulations! Very exciting. The paperwork will get done.

 

[BY Bob]

CHICKEN MYSTERY.
To the best of my knowledge I only have 1 blue layer, Beatha.
Beatha has been laying for @ least 2 years & lays a medium sized egg about every 3 days. As all my bantams have gone broody [most are now broken] the nesting boxes have been pretty well constantly occupied so Hepzibah & Beatha have been sharing an outside nest.
What I want to know is: who laid this?
It's bantam sized. It was half buried in the bedding, not in a nesting box. I'm pretty sure Oshina is the only bantam who's not yet begun laying but she should lay a lovey buff brown egg like Olivia. Shuri isn't laying either but she is a standard Wyandotte & her eggs should be brown too. So who owns this?
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I can help. It's Elementary!

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning/evening everyone

I have been offered a place @ UNE ~ & accepted. Now I just have to work through all the red tape.

That's great news !! Congratulations