The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[DigMyChicks]

Good job @DigMyChicks

Good Afternoon Friends

Debby Thank You, I will definitely sing out if I run in to cake trouble. I have done all the prep work I can and now it is just hoping it is OK on the day.

Michelle I am going by myself which suits me fine; I can look at what I want when I want and spend as much time as I want without feeling guilty or like I am holding someone up. Before we moved, Cappuccino’s were not a treat and easy to get but now that I am living ‘in the sticks’ and only usually get quick trips in to town, I am going to enjoy that Cappuccino.

I did not post this morning because we wanted to go in to Town early and I wanted to get some things done in the garden before the predicted afternoon storms.

So, I managed to clean the coop, kill some weeds and get the washing dry before the weather deteriorated and I am now going to leisurely do my greets and relax while the garden enjoys yet another drenching.

Today’s maximum is only predicted to be 86F and the cloud is keeping the sun from hotting up things too much.

I have babies!! Not sure if they are baby Guppies or baby Platties because they are so very tiny but I am chuffed! I am also pleased with how the ponds are going and that I could get such good pictures of tiny babies in pond water which is reasonably clear and clean; it took a while to get it set up as you know but it looks like we got it right! The background is an ornamental barrel/cave:

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Just wanted to share another picture of Audrey because I love her and she has grown even more with a new leaf on the way:

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In Brisbane I tried many, many times to grow capsicums but they always fell off the plant before they were mature .. pretty excited about my first crop here.. Excuse the insect nibbled leaves; it is a constant battle to keep them away, apparently they like this weather also

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Awesome pics Teila. I had to look up your capsicum. It looks like our peppers but your’s are hot? Mine did amazingly well here last year and we had alot of rain.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Teila, those tiny babies are cute! Glad you are having more success with your capsicum. Good luck with your cake - I'm sure it will turn out beautifully.

Kelsey, hope you're having an awesome time in NYC!

What bantams have you got Michelle? Only coz I love bantams! I wish I could put my broody chooks to work.

Unfortunately my little Button quail that wasn't looking good died, and one of the bigger quail chicks, the Coturnix, isn't looking great. Right from the start it has cried more despite not lacking for company. That's never a good sign. Yet I've seen it eating and drinking. So I've put a few more eggs in the incubator as my DD loves it (of course)! Just don't tell DH! Shhh!

Sorry about your little quail

 

[N F C]

Good morning all, happy weekend!

@Teila congrats on the babies in your ponds (the arrows were helpful). Boy, Audrey is growing...hope she doesn't eat the car.

@JaeG sorry about your little quail. It sounds like your DD is your hatching accomplice...no worries about us telling the DH, you know we're all enablers.

Not much going on around here today. I may actually have to go outside in the snow. So far I've managed to stay inside and out of the snow but unless we want to partake in the cat food, grocery shopping needs to be done.

 

[N F C]

Yup.
We're actually going to build several more. The one we currently have will become the brooder. We'll build one for the chanticlers, one for the buckeyes, one for the RIR we'll be getting from the culls from the lady I got the buckeyes from. If we can, we'll build one for a few turkeys too. We'll either keep the bantams with the buckeyes or leave them in the brooder, since hopefully they'll be spending a lot of time in there anyway.

Sounds like you're going to have a busy summer! Do you plan to breed & sell some of your birds?

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning all! I have a funeral for a 54 year old at 11:00, only met her a couple times but I’m good friends with her twin sister. I have a 90th birthday party at 2:30 for my little lady friend that just moved into the nursing home. I hope she does ok as they are doing an open house and she wears out easily. The weather is supposed to get crappy so it’s going to be an interesting day.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Yesterday’s snow...

 

[N F C]

Hey DMC, sounds like you're going to have a busy day with ups & downs.

We got snow yesterday too but looks like your's topped ours.

 

[sunflour]

@Teila

Congratulations on the pond babies...will be fun to see them growing. Your pond is so, so clean The barrel cave gives a nice background. Do you have water plants?

Audrey is looking great, you do have a very green thumb. I think those are Chilli Peppers? We have good luck with any hot peppers or banana peppers, but for some reason bell's don't do well for us.

Hope the cake turns out delicious.

@DigMyChicks - that's a lot of snow, thanks for sharing pics

 

[DigMyChicks]

Hey DMC, sounds like you're going to have a busy day with ups & downs.

We got snow yesterday too but looks like your's topped ours.

I think I’m going to win the contest!

 

[N F C]

I think I’m going to win the contest!

And that's ok with me