Stella's Social Club

[BlueWater29]

Mary - green eggs are blue eggs with brown spray paint. So if their ink jets aren't calibrated yet, you will get blue eggs. I'm sure in time they'll get it going.

Kelly, too funny! Good way to look at it.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Love the pumpkin, especially the hands! Ummmmm, I'd better not tell my youngest about that or he'll want to trick or treat at Mary's house.

He's dressing up as a trash can. It's a costume we made at our oldest's request. We cut out the bottom (DH lined the edge with some weatherstripping so it wouldn't be sharp), used ropes to make suspenders, made the lid into a hat. Then I'll put a trash bag around his body and put it over the lip of the can. Then we fill it with paper and leaf trash.

 

[debs_flock]

Diva, we're giving out full size candy bars tomorrow night. Just sayin'. In case you're in the area. I guess since we probably won't get a single trick-or-treater, I should say we're eating full sized candy bars tomorrow night.

I've lived in this rural county since 1977 and I've had two young boys show up, one time, in 1995. I had just moved to a new house on an actual street with houses. Escrow closed on Halloween night. I took sleeping bags, a TV/VCR, scary movies, a roll of TP, a pizza, snacks, my (then) 14 year old son and we went and slept in the new house on the floor.

There was a knock on the door and there were two boys about ten years old "Trick or Treat". I said I was sorry that we just moved in and we had nothing to give them. They looked in the furniture-less room and said they could see that and off they went.

I never got a trick or treater before or since.

Love the pumpkin, especially the hands! Ummmmm, I'd better not tell my youngest about that or he'll want to trick or treat at Mary's house.

He's dressing up as a trash can. It's a costume we made at our oldest's request. We cut out the bottom (DH lined the edge with some weatherstripping so it wouldn't be sharp), used ropes to make suspenders, made the lid into a hat. Then I'll put a trash bag around his body and put it over the lip of the can. Then we fill it with paper and leaf trash.

Cute idea!

My 33 year old son (same one) is going to work as the Terminator. He came over and borrowed a black leather jacket from my earlier stint as a biker chick and a pair of black leather shoes. My son is a gym rat body builder, so he just needs to make up one side of his face. He's going as the stage where half the cyborg is exposed.

Me, I'm staying home and eating candy!

 

[chiqita]

Mary my guess is the spray paint on your olive eggers is either adjusting or the first eggs were sloooow to come out.

F2 olive eggers are a complete crap shoot, like a hatchery ee. The only time you are gurenteed a olive egg is the first cross. The good news is they should give you lots of variety and you know you have the blue gene there

 

[debs_flock]

I'm still waiting for my first two OE to lay. They were a BCM over an araucana and should be near POL. They'll probably hold out until spring, although I have a few pullets that started in the last couple of weeks (NH & CL).

I decided to stop raising araucana, so I threw all my pullets/hens in the BCM pen. I look forward to incubating some of those eggs. I did keep a couple of araucana boys, just because they were so pretty. They are both clean faced, but the most gorgeous lemon blue color. I'm not sure what to do with them, but I just like looking at them. Kind of silly I suppose.

 

[drumstick diva]

Deb it's not silly to keep them because you like to look at them. Kinda like having a 'pool boy,' when you don't have a pool. Am I right?

 

[debs_flock]

Deb it's not silly to keep them because you like to look at them. Kinda like having a 'pool boy,' when you don't have a pool. Am I right?

Hubba hubba, I have no pool......................but I wouldn't mind having a pool boy!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Deb it's not silly to keep them because you like to look at them. Kinda like having a 'pool boy,' when you don't have a pool. Am I right?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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Oh my goodness I could just kiss those babies all day long - they are just precious!

I am suffering from "my chicks have grown up."

Time for you to hatch.

Still downsizing around here these days. Oh I would LOVE to hatch some babies.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Quote: I don't remember who it was, but someone suggested attaching a layer over the top. I don't remember what they used but something like parchment would work. Then when the chicks graduated, they removed the paper and wiped down the rest. Of course you can just remove the legs for a good wash.
Chooks Chick said something about that I think, if I remember right. Unfortunately I don't remember what she said to use.

I am paying attention because I have my eye on those Sweeter Heaters still, about $100 or so, for my bantam coop since we are on a hill with lots of windy rain all winter- maybe one day I will buy it. I will definitely have to put some of that drawer liner on it if I buy one (edited to add after reading about it in later posts).