The Front Porch Swing

[bruceha2000]

Mom bought three goslings while I was busy this weekend and told me once I got home that she didn't want me to get another job right now. Something about having all these babies (including the four broody hens we all have right now) makes her really nervous about leaving them all alone. I just agreed because my last job choice was kinda horrendous, haha!

Hey, people get paid for taking care of animals

Bargain for room, board (I suspect these are givens already) and a small amount of money for incidentals. You can get a part time job for the rest of your income

Oops forgot the photo

No photo but Yue (Ancona) laid 90g egg yesterday. Her largest previous egg was 66g. The contrast to the 44g egg Peep (Blue Red Cubalaya) laid the day before was striking. 44g is BARELY USDA Small, 90g is 18g bigger than the low end of Jumbo so I guess it is XXJ

Bruce

 

[LBejaran]

Hey, people get paid for taking care of animals    

Bargain for room, board (I suspect these are givens already) and a small amount of money for incidentals. You can get a part time job for the rest of your income 

Bruce

Well, I'm also the cleaning lady, the chef and I occasionally act as a landscaper.

She told me to focus on these animals, so I'm going to. If I can get some freelance work to do from home. I'll definitely take it, though. She doesn't want to work over the summer (she's a sixth grade English teacher) so I think she wants me to work out a viable way of making money.

We might get a breeding pair of meat rabbits and just go to town with them. She's in love with the idea of selling dressed rabbits and using the skins for eventual gifts. My sister's friend is willing to give me a couple breeding rabbits for free, so long as we promise not to kill them until she forgets about them. That shouldn't take long.

And if course, Dad wants to hatch out Georgia Giant quail for eating. He seems to believe that the demand is high enough for them down here, so I'm thinking about it. I told him it would be easier to raise Coturnix, though. The feed-growth ratio just seems more reasonable and they grow pretty fast. Either way, there are loads if thugs I need to do before any of this happens. First up is the digging of a pond. We've had a pond-liner for about 8 years and it hasn't been used yet.

So yeah, I may be jobless but I'm totally working

 

[MistyMountain]

Well, I was working for a print shop for awhile and I did lots of signs, color separations for screen printing and I cut vinyl. Most of my work was with typography. I also did web design but there were quite a few limitations. I prefer to use code but they wanted a WordPress site and didn't want to pay for the theme they wanted. It was very frustrating.

I overworked myself for awhile though, taking care of 30 birds, three dogs and still having a 40hr a week job. Now I'm gonna focus a little on painting. Mom bought three goslings while I was busy this weekend and told me once I got home that she didn't want me to get another job right now. Something about having all these babies (including the four broody hens we all have right now) makes her really nervous about leaving them all alone. I just agreed because my last job choice was kinda horrendous, haha!

I know about getting burned out, and from reading what you recently went through I can understand. Keep in mind though, technology moves fast. Programs are constantly upgraded and older versions outdated. If you have the means, do some free lance stuff or even art for yourself to keep your portfolio updated. I work from home (while being Mom to two little boys, keeping the house up, livestock fed, and gardens growing). You can work for yourself just as easily, companies will outsource jobs often. Definitely options out there if Graphic Design is the route you want to continue on.
One thing I don't have time for right now is painting, unless you count painting the kitchen!!

I recently bought a new sketchbook. Hopefully I can find time to draw on paper instead of on a computer screen!

 

[LBejaran]

I know about getting burned out, and from reading what you recently went through I can understand. Keep in mind though, technology moves fast. Programs are constantly upgraded and older versions outdated. If you have the means, do some free lance stuff or even art for yourself to keep your portfolio updated. I work from home (while being Mom to two little boys, keeping the house up, livestock fed, and gardens growing). You can work for yourself just as easily, companies will outsource jobs often. Definitely options out there if Graphic Design is the route you want to continue on.
One thing I don't have time for right now is painting, unless you count painting the kitchen!!  I recently bought a new sketchbook. Hopefully I can find time to draw on paper instead of on a computer screen!

Yup, I've got Creative Cloud, so all my programs update automatically. I don't own the programs but it is more manageable. I keep practicing and researching new design styles all the time. Just looking in different magazines helps me figure out what is going on. Even watching fashion shows can help because design is changing so fast but everyone is not-so-secretly doing the same thing.

I'm a little idealistic in my views of what I can do. I believe I can do graphic design, paint, homestead and save the world if I put my mind to it. But of course, I'm young, so we'll see how long that lasts!

 

[perchie.girl]

I have a drawing request I hope is simple ... one of those great mechanical sketches you've been doing for each other ...

I need to explain to people (by using a drawing) how to mend some chicken wire fence the chickens have burrowed under. My idea is to add a new layer of fencing ... But instead of the whole width of fencing being ground level or higher, about 1 foot of it is lapped on the ground like an apron or skirt.

This is how the fence was supposed to be done the first time, but they fudged some difficult spots. The flock has found those spots.

Thank you in advance if you can help.

Not sure if the hole is in the fence or on the ground so I sketched both





deb

 

[LBejaran]

Looks like my new Dutch (he looks like a Dutch bantam) has some greatly impressive 1" spurs. He's gonna need them if he wants to protect his lady and all those cute little chicks that may or may not hatch out this week.

It's always really cute when a tiny rooster is actually tough. Makes me happy to have such variety in the flock.

 

[Blooie]

Almost home! Gotta go up and over, then back down.

 

[LindaB220]

Well, I'm also the cleaning lady, the chef and I occasionally act as a landscaper.

She told me to focus on these animals, so I'm going to. If I can get some freelance work to do from home. I'll definitely take it, though. She doesn't want to work over the summer (she's a sixth grade English teacher) so I think she wants me to work out a viable way of making money.

We might get a breeding pair of meat rabbits and just go to town with them. She's in love with the idea of selling dressed rabbits and using the skins for eventual gifts. My sister's friend is willing to give me a couple breeding rabbits for free, so long as we promise not to kill them until she forgets about them. That shouldn't take long.

And if course, Dad wants to hatch out Georgia Giant quail for eating. He seems to believe that the demand is high enough for them down here, so I'm thinking about it. I told him it would be easier to raise Coturnix, though. The feed-growth ratio just seems more reasonable and they grow pretty fast. Either way, there are loads if thugs I need to do before any of this happens. First up is the digging of a pond. We've had a pond-liner for about 8 years and it hasn't been used yet.

So yeah, I may be jobless but I'm totally working

Sounds to me like you're off to a good start. Keep going. You KNOW how fast rabbits reproduce.

 

[TexasLisa]

Almost home! Gotta go up and over, then back down.

Look Ma......no brakes! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (Praying for your safe return)

Lisa

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Not sure if the hole is in the fence or on the ground so I sketched both deb

Perfect!!! Thank you!!! The chickens pushed under the fence often enough that the bottom of the fence is bent up, and they've also worn lirttle furrows in what were already low spots. So we've spent too much time putting the birds in at night, which involves careful timing. Too late and it's more difficult ... Too early and the birds just let themselves back out again.