The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sourland]

Good morning, and Happy New Year to everyone.

 

[N F C]

Good morning, and Happy New Year to everyone.

Good morning Sour, hope it's a terrific new year for you and the Princess!

 

[rjohns39]

Happy New Year to one and all. May 2022 bring you good health, peace and happiness!

Good morning all

Good morning, DMC! House feels like a palace after 25 years in a 50 year old tube!

Good morning, IM!

Me too!!! I read further down that you all had Covid over Thanksgiving. I’ll bet you were all absolutely miserable. Go easy for awhile - it can take a long time to fully recover!

Evan has been super sick with a hacking cough that has become extremely painful, both for him and for poor Tam, who has to listen to him but can’t do a thing to help him. He tested negative for Covid, Influenza A, and RSV, so Dr. Caldwell has no clue what’s going on, besides the obvious sinus infection we already knew he had. And they had no heat for two weeks - her furnace went out and one company fumbled around working on it, charging her for it but not getting it fixed, three times. She finally called a different company who showed her exactly what the problem was and why it simply couldn’t be fixed. Her new furnace was installed Thursday morning and she’s broke but deliriously happy!

Thanks!! I love love love that pantry. Hard to tell from the photo, but it’s still got enough room in it that this weekend we are putting our freezer in there. We knew we wanted to do that, so I ordered an outlet in there during the design phase. It’s just a small chest freezer, but it will be so nice to have ALL of our food in the kitchen instead of having to go out to the hot tub shed to get something out.

Thank goodness indeed! What a trip!!

She’s getting so big!! She’s 10 years old already and about 70-75 pounds!

I know I missed some quotes. I’m still trying a memory reboot here and I’m easily confused!! So good morning everybody!!

Can’t recall who asked about the shower, but it’s a huge walk in shower. There’s a seat at one end with a handheld shower head and a rainfall shower head about halfway over from that. When we were planning the house, we planned it with Kendra in mind. One bedroom and the second bath have 36” doors to accommodate her chair. We put in handicap toilets. The only carpeted rooms are the bedrooms…for the entire rest of the house we continued the hard floors throughout. wheelchairs don’t like carpeting.

It's a beautiful home, I'm so happy for you

Happy New Year! Let's have a great one.

Good morning Janie, have a great day

Happy New Year ! Be well everyone.

Good morning Mark, have a great day

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Good morning IM, have a great day

Happy New Year and good morning everyone!

Sending best wishes to you all that this year is kind

Good morning Debby, have a great day

Good morning all. Happy New Year! I’m so glad you are all in my life!

Good morning DMC, have a great day... Me too!

Good morning, and Happy New Year to everyone.

Good morning Sour, have a great day

 

[N F C]

Happy New Year to one and all. May 2022 bring you good health, peace and happiness!

Good morning all

It's a beautiful home, I'm so happy for you

Good morning Janie, have a great day

Good morning Mark, have a great day

Good morning IM, have a great day

Good morning Debby, have a great day

Good morning DMC, have a great day... Me too!

Good morning Sour, have a great day

A happy new year to you too Bob! Let's hope it's the best one yet

 

[Blooie]

Good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year. Oh, the irony of waking up the first morning of ’22, just after having said goodbye to my 70th year, and seeing this :

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning and Happy New Year everyone

Happy New Year everyone.

Happy New Year Jae

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Happy New Year Cynthia

My new year is made! The lutino pearl I had selected to keep (so she stayed in the nestbox for her parents to raise) I discovered today is actually a cinnamon lutino pearl. The cinnamon gives a very subtle lavender wash and you can see it more in her tail feathers (which is where I spotted it). There was a very low chance of one popping out from that pairing.

Now to breed her a suitable mate.
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I've been doing a bit of nest swapping to keep ages closer together (the last 2 clutches had big age gaps between the first chicks and their siblings so they got rearranged), but these are the older 2 who I had to bring in because they were starting to get plucked.
This is the lutino's sister:
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And a pearl pied who is mostly yellow:
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I can't tell this ones gender from its mutations, but it looks very like its dad in its face.

His dad is in this photo on the left with his adopted son, Dragon, and his mate, Opal.
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Beautiful birds Jae

Happy New Year all! I will not make it to midnight.

We didn't make it either, but Bob tends to get up after I fall asleep so he may have been up again at midnight

Happy New Year everyone!

Good morning Chrissy Happy New Year

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Let's have a great one.

Good morning Janie Happy New Year

Happy New Year ! Be well everyone.

Good morning Mark Happy New Year to you and Susie

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Good morning IM Happy New Year

Happy New Year and good morning everyone!

Sending best wishes to you all that this year is kind

Good morning Debby Happy New Year

Good morning all. Happy New Year! I’m so glad you are all in my life!

Good morning DMC Happy New Year

Good morning, and Happy New Year to everyone.

Good morning and Happy New Year Sour and your princess

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year. Oh, the irony of waking up the first morning of ’22, just after having said goodbye to my 70th year, and seeing this :
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We have a heatwave here…only -17

 

[Grammy60]

We have a heatwave here…only -17

Yikes we are starting the day at 70 degrees with rain. But our cold front is coming in starting tonight.

Stay warm and safe

 

[janiedoe]

Good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year. Oh, the irony of waking up the first morning of ’22, just after having said goodbye to my 70th year, and seeing this :
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Thank goodness for 70° inside! I hope you have a nice warm coat.

We have a heatwave here…only -17

And here I sit with mosquito bites!
It is supposed to get down to 25° by Sunday a.m. someone obviously forgot to inform these mosquitoes.

Happy New Year, IM, Debby, DMC, Mark, Bruce, Ron, Jae, Marie, Riss, Blooie, Riss, Bob, Sue, & Sour.
Whew...did I get all y'all?

 

[Blooie]

Thank goodness for 70° inside! I hope you have a nice warm coat.

And here I sit with mosquito bites!
It is supposed to get down to 25° by Sunday a.m. someone obviously forgot to inform these mosquitoes.

Happy New Year, IM, Debby, DMC, Mark, Bruce, Ron, Jae, Marie, Riss, Blooie, Riss, Bob, Sue, & Sour.
Whew...did I get all y'all?

I had enough no intention of going outside for any reason, but yep, I do have a warm coat! It’s days like this that make me not regret being chickenless! At least I don’t have to go out and do chicken-chores! And being warm in the new house sure beats living in the camper!