Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[Chicken Ladies]

@perchie.girl
You are right, it is amazing the things people will deliver to your door!!!
I've been reading about black solider flies... Seems easy enough.

 

[SweetPoultry]

Congrats on the new arrivals! =)
We like pics if at all possible.

Here they are! Sorry for the late answer

 

[tjo804]

@perchie.girl
You are right, it is amazing the things people will deliver to your door!!!
I've been reading about black solider flies... Seems easy enough.

thanks for the thoughts kinda used to it now
BUT
What about soldier flies? I get those all summer in my compost bin can they be used? I never bother them because they don't bother me. The house flies on the other hand are a bother!

Quote: These guys are wonderful!

 

[SweetPoultry]

Yay! Cute!  Pretty!
Maybe the black one is a barred rock or something?
The brown one is pretty!
The white one isn't so white anymore, huh?

Nope! She is cute though!

 

[SweetPoultry]

These guys are wonderful!

Thanks

 

[Chicken Ladies]

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thanks for the thoughts kinda used to it now
BUT
What about soldier flies? I get those all summer in my compost bin can they be used? I never bother them because they don't bother me. The house flies on the other hand are a bother!
I was asking Deb about growing mealworms to feed my girls and she helped me find videos and suggested solider flies. After doing some research I think this would solve several problems, I wouldn't have critters, I'd save money on the extra protein, and I'd have something new to learn.
there are all kinds of videos and home made containers. There are even some containers specifically made for them...

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Here they are! Sorry for the late answer

They are growing... So cute. They have names?

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Ok heres one...

When I was young probably about 18 I was constantly exploring our little valley on horseback.  My mare and I were partners by now.  Santee has a rich history first as being a Kumeyay campground because the San Diego river forms here...  before Santee its a bunch of creeks meandering up into the hills.   And the water marks on Mission Gorge prove that during the rainy season Santee was pretty much a giant lake at one time.

Then the Mexicans formed big Cattle ranches that covered most of the hills and valleys that formed El Cajon, Santee, and Miramar.  There are still old Adobe shacks up in the hills for men that watch the cattle.  During World War II the military used some of those as target practice... Mortor shells used to be found all over the ranges.... Long since swept up... 

So now the water is formed into lakes up stream and the remainder of the water that flows through the San Diego river is mostly under ground.  It seeps up here and there to give cray fish and frogs a place to stay wet and to keep cattails alive in sheltered places.  I used to ride around Padre Dam area which is the start of Mission Gorge...  A steep canyon that once was lined with a flume of Terracotta tile and the dam was built to serve water to that flume....  The water was transported from there about five miles to the First mission .... Mission De Alcala 1769 

http://www.missionsandiego.org   (for what its worth Mission De Alcala is still functioning as a Church not just a touist destination)

Now the dam is just foundation and a few bits of wood...  a bit of creek still flows past it...  I used to ride across the creek and explore the meadows on the other side.  One day we were out early and the fog was still hanging on the mountains like a grey jacket....  I spotted a foot trail and pointed my horse toward it...  It meandered up and up and up the grass was getting greener and greener..

Once we slipped into the fog the noise of the world dropped away...  Like a memory.  I found the canyon getting narrower and narrower as we climbed but I wanted to see the trail to the end.  My mare needed to blow every once and a while...  Then I noticed the walls openeing up a bit and there were Scrub oak treas and a very small meadow like clearing...

Deep under those trees I could see water seeping out in a stream not more than six inches wide...  I went further and had to duck under the trees and was forced to stop.  There in front of me was a water trough fed by water coming up out of a pipe...  hand made out of concrete about big enough for four or five cows to drink...  and at the foot of that trough was a Maiden hair fern growing...

I was stunned  even then the earth here was becoming more and more parched...  Yet here there was a micro climate perfect for something so delicate as a maiden hair fern.   We turned and rode back.... 

Now I am pretty dang good at finding trails and orienting myself...  but I never found it again...

deb

How wonderful, sounds very magical.

 

[chickisoup]

Morning everyone!
Well our storms are finally over (at least until later today, sigh) and our power is holding. Only minor damage from my lack of quick response but no electronics fried (I have good surge protection on all the important stuff, aka my "toys" and the satellite. Maybe I should put them on the freezer etc.).
Cranky broody is still broody this morning tho I can take her off the nest pretty easy then she goes squacking and flapping to eat and drink, and she came off by herself for a while before dark yesterday. still hoping to either get her something to sit on or some chicks. If I can't by the end of the week I will start breaking her this weekend.

Love the new baby pics!!!

Hope the fires out west are getting under control, hope none of my chickie friends on the east coast got hit by last night's storms

I am involved with a class teaching pet (canine) CPR tonight at the county seat. We have a good advance registration and hoping for some walk-ins. Should be a fun time.
Maybe someone there will have chicks or eggs!!!

Have a great week all!

 

[SweetPoultry]

They are growing... So cute. They have names?

Yup, The brown one is Caramel, The Black with white stripes is Obsidian and the yellow-white one is Chica