The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[N F C]

Sorry about the power cord problems Bruce! I never heard of one being hardwired before...what a pain.

Thanks for the picture of the Falls. They are incredible to see (from either side)!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Yeah, I thought about it but I'm not good with the written word! plus don't really take enough pics while Im building. I do draw up plans before starting, they also change as I progress along during the build.
Another thing is, I'm building for South Texas weather, so my pens probably wouldn't work for peeps up North.
We'll see, thanks for poke in the ribs! Might get me motivated!

I think that you write well.
Here's an idea.....
Why not give us a video tour of your setup and explain the reasoning behind it and how you went about it.

 

[ronott1]

Sean, with your building skills and pheasant/quail knowledge, you should consider doing some articles for the Learning Center and/or the Coops section. I've been working on reviewing articles for both sections and there isn't a lot I've come across that covers things about the birds you raise. Think about it, articles like that would be a great addition!

two crow has a good article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/housing-and-feeding-your-quail.67371/

 

[N F C]

two crow has a good article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/housing-and-feeding-your-quail.67371/

I know, her material is good. But more is always better in my book! And Sean has such beautiful, out of the ordinary birds...I'd love to learn more about them.

 

[N F C]

And @CapricornFarm you need to do some articles on your builds too! There's very little about rabbits and/or goats that I've come across and a lot of members have those in addition to poultry!

 

[N F C]

Not to hog the thread...but, guess who's going back to work?

Me! At least a few hours a week. The pro shop only has 2 employees and those gals were each having to work a couple of 12 hour days to cover it while the course is open. So I sort of, kind, of volunteered to cover for them a few days. That way no one has to be there more than 8 hours (I'll only have to work about 12-16 hours a week).

I'm going back in at 3pm today

 

[Blooie]

Can't keep a good woman down.....or idle.

 

[N F C]

Can't keep a good woman down.....or idle.

I don't know about the "good woman" part but I like those 2 gals...couldn't have run the restaurant so well without their great service skills. They're good people, no reason why I shouldn't help them out.

And a little pay check doesn't hurt none either

 

[JaeG]

Don't work too hard @N F C !

Oh boy, what a week it has been here! (Nice to see some new chatters on here too - not that I'm in any way caught up).

We decided to bite the bullet and book in for photos to get this place sold. Except we had a big rain storm on Wednesday which required a whole lot of cleaning up on top of all the last minute jobs and cleaning (and tidying) we needed to do!

This was the water flowing through our backyard:


And the low side of our property:


The stormwater culvert did not cope with the amount of rain that came through it and the manhole cover down where the stormwater pipe feeds into the culvert popped off (thankfully the cover didn't get swept away). Look at all that debris along the fence I had to rake up once the water had drained!

The photos of the house should be ready to approve around Tuesday so I'm excited to see them. But my back is now protesting all the raking, heavy lifting of furniture, vacuuming, mopping and scrubbing I've done in the last week (plus the stress which never helps) so I'm hobbling about moaning at every step. Which is awesome on our 13th wedding anniversary (don't worry - last year we completely forgot until my Mum wished us a happy anniversary)!

And I never updated you guys about our little Winter. She is still so amazingly friendly and sweet but her parents do chase her away from the food. If the house wasn't going on the market I'd bring her inside as she's such a pet, but I just go down a couple of times a day and stand guard while she eats her fill. They have ended up in the big chicken run (which is where Winter was born) as the male dove was being too aggressive towards my finches in the aviary so there are lots of places little Winter can get away from her parents.



So that's all my news from down under - I'll just go and catch up on some of yours.

 

[N F C]

JAE, so good to hear from you!!!!!

Wow, that's a lot of water. Nothing like Mother Nature making messes when you already have your hands full.

Winter is beautiful