The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sunflour]

It. Is. Posted.

Wow-zer! You are so creative.

Debby, sorry about the employee issues, sounds like you'll end up with no more help than last year.

 

[Blooie]

Thanks. It was fun.

I'm down to 7 - the biggest Silkies are still doing okay, although one isn't a peppy as I'd like to see but she eats, drinks, goes under MHP, and is up and out with the others when I wake up. So she gets a little extra TLC - and I gave her a little more Nutri-drench this morning.

Haven't heard back from the hatchery yet - sent them an email on Saturday but I've lost so many since then that I'm just willing at this point to chalk it up to never ordering mail order again - it just takes too doggone long for them to get here. That's not the hatchery's fault, and it's not my fault, it's just the way it is out here. <sigh>

Debby, my application is in the mail! I wouldn't mind working for you and Frankenfoot one little bit, and as you well know I loved the setup! The commute might get a little rough and I'll probably be late a couple of times, but you can overlook that, right? I'm sorry things aren't working out as far as getting employees lined up. Give the course another season and you'll be turning people away.....

Jae, you are way more dedicated than I am......

 

[Teila]

Good morning folks

Being a week night, a wine or Bourbon was not on the cards so I had to settle for an Iced Tea .. I do not think that crying into an Iced Tea would have the same affect so I decided to ‘get over it’!

Hubby’s RDO falls during the Easter break so he gets Thursday off in lieu .. that gives him 5 days to hopefully finish off the coop. I think the roof is due to be delivered today.

I have made plans with a friend to go over to her place on Saturday night for a couple of drinks and a good laugh. She is a lovely lady and never fails to make me laugh. Having no car was tricky and a cab fare both ways very scary but her hubby works Saturdays so he is going to call passed on the way home and pick me up and then I only need to cab back. The girls should be tucked up on the roost before he gets here and I will be back that same night so I will be able to relax.

N F C thank you for the Hummingbird Cake recipe .. once life has returned to some degree of normality I might just try making it for hubby and FIL. I am pleased your little ones are doing OK and that you are enjoying them.

J you have a cyclone heading your way? Which one was that? The New Caledonia one? I know it won’t be the one off our Northern Territory

Blooie I love your ‘Bunny Beach – Spring Break’!

 

[Bunnylady]

Blooie, I am not sure, but you may have created a monster. . . .

 

[Blooie]

Blooie, I am not sure, but you may have created a monster. . . .

Oh oh.....that looks ominous!! Um, I'm sorry???

 

[Blooie]

So Katie just left. She wanted to see my "creation". She studied it carefully and then decided, " 'Hmmm. I think I would have turned the beach towel the fat chicken is sitting on into a surfboard and had her surfing, Gramma." Doggone it! WHERE was SHE this morning????

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: *sigh* She takes after her mother (though not with those hands, thankfully). BB2K liked "Bunny Beach" so much, it has inspired her to try playing with fondant. I'm not sure what she's up to, but I'd say it needs a little work.

 

[JaeG]

J you have a cyclone heading your way? Which one was that? The New Caledonia one? I know it won’t be the one off our Northern Territory

Yes, it's the New Caledonia one - I think it's called cyclone Cook. That's just above us plus we have a low just to the west in the Tasman that's going to hit too. One town down the way did get flooded quite badly with the remnants of cyclone Debbie, but that was more because water was let out of the dam just before the rain hit! We are supposed to get thunderstorms tomorrow which should be exciting - we hardly ever get a good thunder storm. But that does mean it's hot and humid here again.

My two little baby finches are going strong and we are at about 4 days old (it might be 3, I can't keep track!) so things are looking good. They have been feeding really well today. So I'll have to think of a name for the other one. Little Minnow swallowed the fork tine so much today I could see it in his/her crop! That was a bit scary - I'd hate to perforate its crop.


My DD took this photo today as I fed the nameless one - it's not great but you get the idea. Just excuse poop and I can see a bit of cat hair! I try and move them onto a new sheet of handitowel only when I really have to because they are so tiny and so hard to grab hold of!

 

[drumstick diva]

Jaeg that chick gives new meaning to the word tiny. You sure have patience and dexterity - I have neither.

 

[sunflour]

Yes, it's the New Caledonia one - I think it's called cyclone Cook. That's just above us plus we have a low just to the west in the Tasman that's going to hit too. One town down the way did get flooded quite badly with the remnants of cyclone Debbie, but that was more because water was let out of the dam just before the rain hit! We are supposed to get thunderstorms tomorrow which should be exciting - we hardly ever get a good thunder storm. But that does mean it's hot and humid here again.

My two little baby finches are going strong and we are at about 4 days old (it might be 3, I can't keep track!) so things are looking good. They have been feeding really well today. So I'll have to think of a name for the other one. Little Minnow swallowed the fork tine so much today I could see it in his/her crop! That was a bit scary - I'd hate to perforate its crop.


My DD took this photo today as I fed the nameless one - it's not great but you get the idea. Just excuse poop and I can see a bit of cat hair! I try and move them onto a new sheet of handitowel only when I really have to because they are so tiny and so hard to grab hold of!

I agree with DD - doubt I could keep my hands from shaking to feed those tiny ones. Great pic.