Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

Another broody hatched some chicks. She is up in the eaves of the goat barn, my wife just noticed her the other day. We didn't realize she was this far into incubation. The other broody with chicks seems to have lost one, so is down to 5. Not certain how many the other one has hatched.

Sneaky girl!

I moved my welsummer broody to the Barnevelder coop and it broke her!

Broody #4 is on eggs that hatch mid June.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

all these reports and posts I read on the decline of bees is frightening .

What people need to realize is if the bees go so do we

 

[debs_flock]

all these reports and posts I read on the decline of bees is frightening .

What people need to realize is if the bees go so do we

Naw, you just need millions of gardeners with little tiny paintbrushes

 

[Cynthia12]

Naw, you just need millions of gardeners with little tiny paintbrushes

And long long ladders to reach all of the apple blossoms, pear blossoms, peach tree blossoms..

 

[Cynthia12]

Cynthia - do they taste like chicken?

Nope, it tasted like Octopus!

 

[ronott1]

Another broody hatched some chicks. She is up in the eaves of the goat barn, my wife just noticed her the other day. We didn't realize she was this far into incubation. The other broody with chicks seems to have lost one, so is down to 5. Not certain how many the other one has hatched.

I have a broody raising chicks now too!

From this morning:

 

[The Sheriff]

Really cute Ron!

 

[mlm Mike]

Nice video Ron.

 

[The Sheriff]

I had a busy day yesterday. Clean out all five coops including the nest boxes. That took me all morning with trips on the Polaris to dump the shavings out in the pasture.

I am trying rice hulls in the nest boxes. They looked so nice and clean and the girls seems to like them. They don't stick to the wet egg like the shavings do. But they scorning the dumb Marans had made a huge mess out of theirs from sleeping in the nest boxes. I am going to go in their tonight and band the nest box sleepers and they are outta here! I am so sick of that. Broody is one thing, dumb is another! Then this morning they formed a nest in the clean shavings on the floor to lay their eggs! Idiots!

Then the rest of the day Michael helped me build shelves in my office/studio to hold more of my photography props. I am sick of digging through drawers to look for stuff. I found stuff I forgot I had!



I also made this wood table top to fit over a tall round glass outdoor table I was using to photograph on. It is a good height for me with my bad back. But, it being round and glass was a problem. Solved that! I stashed the extra tripod and light stands in the stall shower next door to my office. Nobody uses it and my stuff is at hand if needed. Little by little I'll get it where I want it! I sure and tired today. I made too many trips into town for materials that I can't even remember!



P.S. The shelves are level. That is just the camera distortion. Really.

 

[ronott1]

I had a busy day yesterday. Clean out all five coops including the nest boxes. That took me all morning with trips on the Polaris to dump the shavings out in the pasture.

I am trying rice hulls in the nest boxes. They looked so nice and clean and the girls seems to like them. They don't stick to the wet egg like the shavings do. But they scorning the dumb Marans had made a huge mess out of theirs from sleeping in the nest boxes. I am going to go in their tonight and band the nest box sleepers and they are outta here! I am so sick of that. Broody is one thing, dumb is another! Then this morning they formed a nest in the clean shavings on the floor to lay their eggs! Idiots!

Then the rest of the day Michael helped me build shelves in my office/studio to hold more of my photography props. I am sick of digging through drawers to look for stuff. I found stuff I forgot I had!



I also made this wood table top to fit over a tall round glass outdoor table I was using to photograph on. It is a good height for me with my bad back. But, it being round and glass was a problem. Solved that! I stashed the extra tripod and light stands in the stall shower next door to my office. Nobody uses it and my stuff is at hand if needed. Little by little I'll get it where I want it! I sure and tired today. I made too many trips into town for materials that I can't even remember!



P.S. The shelves are level. That is just the camera distortion. Really.

Where did you get rice hulls?

The shelves look good!