Now for something else, totally random, for grins and giggles.
How about a couple drawings I did on a 3-subject challenge?
This was a 5 drawing set - free choice of subject, but all 5 in the series were to have the same 3 objects in them (more or less) and each drawing was to stretch for a different feel from the others. Not sure what I did with the last two drawings, right now, but here are the first three of them.
(Moon, Apple/Tree, and Chicken were the 3 things I chose to include in the series. These are the first 3. The 4th one was a chicken jitterbugging with a tree with the moon as a disco ball overhead, blackout background. The last one was an older chicken, head shot from front, beak holding a sprouting apple seed, with the moon behind, surrounding the head. I wanted the chicken to grow up as I moved through the drawings, with the apple tree going backwards through its life - barren tree, fruit bearing, flowering, sapling, seed).
Oooohhhkay.
GOOD Morning!
I am in. My newly formed plan (and likely unobtainable plan, at that!) Is to hatch EVERYTHING I want to keep for the year. This will be an extreme challenge to my planning skills and somewhat of an engineering feat... but I am going for it. Worst case scenario - I will be sitting in the corner in my incubator/hatching room, hiding under a chair, as chicks fly about causing chaos when I have no room for them all.
I will also need to gently persuade my turkeys, peahens, pheasants and quail to all start laying just a tad earlier... any suggestions
Overnight the temperature dropped to 31F. When I just looked in on my chicks in the unheated greenhouse, there were several who had their heads sticking out from under the brooder plates. Unfortunately, one failed to thrive overnight, and as usual, was being sat on by several live chicks. I've moved the plates away from the water and food so there is much more room for them to roam around now. Last night was much warmer than usual, so stillfor the colder nights in the next 7 days or so. Thanks to all those who kept my kids in their minds overnight.
And I just have to say, it was really disappointing to see 311 posts overnight. I like the jokes and pics and such, its a shame to have to just skip so many posts.
1 pip out of 6 eggs I really need to make sure this bator is all set for the Easter hatch. I have never had this much trouble, lost 1 baby to the membrane drying out and killed one baby another was born so wet it took her 2 days to cool off....... I will never again use the small bator I will stick to my old trusty foam one. New technology my butt..... Praying at least the one little pip makes it out and hopefully we will get at least 1 more out of this..... Feeling bummed out right now
Welcome! So glad you could join!I'm in. I'm testing my MacGyver Bator with fertile eggs starting next week. If it works well I'll be using it for the Easter hatch too. If not, I'll either tweek it or borrow my friend's incubator.Hi, everyone!
Good morning all it is 30 degrees in the desert. Hmmmm, thought it was supposed to be warm here. On my way out to break ice off the waters. Had to turn off the automatic ones, had one break and dump 350 gallons of water in the back paddock. No one got wet as the ground soaked it all up. Yeah for sandy soil. Up to getting 2 to almost 3 dz eggs a day. Got my GQF with 5 dz eggs in it and 3 48 egg bators going. 'Stops to take a breath' Anyway lots going on here. Oh yeah, mid-way through building the last three paddocks lots to do still.
this is the open run area each one gets to play outside in
Mine too, expect when it is very cold he will grumble and go out to carry the 5 gallon water buckets filled with hot water from the bathtub. I have BCM, Lavender split to black, white marans, Fly tie gentic hackle, Welbars, Isbars, Cream Crested Legs bars, and Cochins gold/silver laced. what do you have. I built a website to show mine off I am the crazy chicken lady who has what I call my fluffy butts photos album. Too funnyHahaha! I have silver penciled or birchen bantam cochin on my list for adding NEXT year. I had Silver penciled I ordered from cackle two years ago, but gave up and sold them because they just were such horrible body type. Silver Ameruacanas have been on my list for two years now when my order from John B fell through so it is a tentative for every year...
I am glad you said that, I wasn't quite sure what face guys meant
Yup, my husband was very grumpy about my chickens math... that is until the end of last breeding season my peahens were bringing quite a nice supplement to our income (or I should say at least covering my poultry spending) and now he is totally on board. As long as he doesn't have to be involved with any chores.
I should have known I would only be enabled here!!
I used to have a bunch of different varieties of quail... but it got a little crazy. I had to reign myself in, and at least I know 100% the sexes of the pharoh, so I stuck with them!
My husband said NO to ducks... but he also said NO to emu and I am seriously considering getting them anyway. I just have to build a pen in hiding...
"What? Honey, I had no idea we had a couple of emu roaming our yard in a brand new pen... however in the world did they get there??!"
Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!I'm in. I'm testing my MacGyver Bator with fertile eggs starting next week. If it works well I'll be using it for the Easter hatch too. If not, I'll either tweek it or borrow my friend's incubator.Hi, everyone!
Mine too, expect when it is very cold he will grumble and go out to carry the 5 gallon water buckets filled with hot water from the bathtub. I have BCM, Lavender split to black, white marans, Fly tie gentic hackle, Welbars, Isbars, Cream Crested Legs bars, and Cochins gold/silver laced. what do you have. I built a website to show mine off I am the crazy chicken lady who has what I call my fluffy butts photos album. Too funny
Rabbits are also on the "you-are-not-allowed-for-goodness-sake" list my husband has.Don't forget the Guinea Fowl.
