The Old Folks Home

[superchemicalgirl]

Oz, this is for you:

http://www.kjonline.com/news/Risk_of_ice_jam_flooding_on_Kennebec_River_no_greater_than_normal_.html

Our river ice is only 1 to 1.6 feet deep and our town isn't thinking about using Coast Guard ice cutters, yet.

Similar to the Philippines, eh?

Weren't you just complaining about 85 degrees giving you a chill?

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, this is for you: http://www.kjonline.com/news/Risk_of_ice_jam_flooding_on_Kennebec_River_no_greater_than_normal_.html Our river ice is only 1 to 1.6 feet deep and our town isn't thinking about using Coast Guard ice cutters, yet. Similar to the Philippines, eh? Weren't you just complaining about 85 degrees giving you a chill?

85 is balmy. When it drops below 75 its just plain chilly. Ice jams?? Good God. That must be one amazing place to live to balance the winter. I look forward to seeing it in a June or July.

 

[ronott1]

Well, if I had any free time maybe not...but I am starting a new job on Monday the 10th which means I go back to square one in the personal leave department and my new company does not offer a 9/80 schedule where I get every other Friday off like my present job does. Add to that my new boss has already warned me that our first few months are going to be busy busy busy and I should plan on more than my fair share of OT...of course, I'm salaried so that will be unpaid OT.

I sound like I'm complaining but I'm really excited for this opportunity since I've felt sort of stagnant in my present job...I just won't have as much time to spend doing chicken things like road trips to visit you Wisher.

Do you get Comp time? I don't get overtime but can get Comp time.

 

[pickitfarm]

Cynthia that was a very scary situation. I know you and DH are happy that you were at the right place and time to help. That is a true neighbor. Sorry about the fall, I think someone suggested a warm bath which would assist with easing the pain.

Welcome Dragonfly - Here's to becoming a future chicken addict.

 

[Pozees]

All I can do is echo the others - Cynthia, you and your hubby handled that situation beautifully, and I agree, hopefully the knee will heal quickly and completely as compensation for your excellent good deed!

Welcome dragonfly ... a number I can't remember now - you will love it here, it is the best place on BYC!

 

[Dragonfly216]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! I'm so excited about getting my first chicks soon!

And Cynthia, thank God you were both there!

 

[chickadoodles]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! I'm so excited about getting my first chicks soon!

And Cynthia, thank God you were both there!

Hello and welcome Dragonfly pull up a rocker and we will get you a cup of coffee.

 

[CanuckBock]

That is one BIG concrete rooster

Hmm, not that big I expect...I do have to carry just him when I set them out each spring...concrete will flake and the paint won't last if I leave them out...also can you imagine the damage catching one of these chooks in the snow blower might do? No squawk, just a lot of flying ROCK!

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These are two Chantecler pullets...5.5 pounds a piece...that concrete roo don't look too big...hafta get one or three of the Chanti boys to stand for a piccy some time next to the concrete one.

Not as big as this one, one of my favs...taller than me and I can even hide behind him...now that is a BIG BIRD!

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Rick, my SIL and I make a pilgrimage each year (sometimes twice a year), or at least we use to till they opened one up in Red Deer...make a pilgrimage to Calgary to "Chicken on the Way" (nfi) for some of their blow me outta the water corn fritters and fried chicken (beats KFC over the head with a 2x4...it is THAT much better!).

Now just to show you that I can make everyone around me a little BIRD BRAINED...I asked if it was OK (you know us Canucks...always the polite ones) to take pics of their really big bird outside the store...came back inside to collect up the chicken and fritters we had ordered and....

Yeh, I know...kewl as kewl can be!

I just love when people act goofy, fun, fluffy and enjoy life! Who knows how long we all got...ain't that right Cynthia and DH to the rescue (wonderful call to duty there...even got injured in the process...bless your kind family!).

That is one great Broody!

I love setty hens that raise up them chicky kids. We only natural hatched right up until 2006 when we bought a Sportsman.

The best Mah we ever had was a bantam Brahma we called "Hannibal." You reach into her nest and she'd beak bruise you up bad--leave me black & blue...but when the babes where like day olds, she'd hold the hard boiled egg yolk I fixed up for them in her beak for the kids to each. She was some good MUM!

This is her in 2008 with some Booted chicks she hatched out.​

Those are some very large lawn ornaments. Love your momma hen and chicks.

I never thought the concrete ornaments were that big...I figure our wood at our gates is BIG! This is at the front gate; the yoke and burl are big...mighty big!

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When we were a young couple living on the nor end of Van Isle, we rolled this huge cedar burl down an embankment and had it strategically land inside an old Ford pickup truck bed. The truck was what we had for bush whacking in...huge gas guzzling engine, cost the same to run empty or full of gravel...great truck for fooling with. Let the burl air dry for, oh about ten years, then Rick brought the pine yoke home and I set to carving the burl to hang inside it. I drove Rick nuts because I wanted the carving (of our surname!) to be perfect and he kept saying, "Good enough! It'll be WAY up in the air...nobody is gonna see how well you carved it!" But I would have none of that...I would know and I wanted it done up real nice...if it is worth doing, do it right!

We joke the yoke is like a sling shot...one day get some old rubber belting and hang it off each of the two uprights...ready to send projectiles off into the wild blue yonder...or not! Hmmm, the mat at the door reads, GO AWAY??

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Another BIG thing is the burl log Rick put up at the back gates..

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He had it chained up at first to the metal stand he made up...said something about rigging it up so the chain let go if he looked out his window and did not like the company he saw ...

He did eventually sink some decent lag bolts into it and it is steady eddy now...another not so "welcome" mat, eh? Hee hee hee...we are sound a tad bit UNsocial!

Every year we had to make new gift boxes because during the day we would see cars pull up in front, someone would jump out, run up to the house and grab a box or two and run away. Can you imagine that morons actually thought they were real gifts?

Unfortunately, I laugh at them stealing presents (you should SO put a lump of coal in each one but I would expect them not to get it and come back because it was FREE HEAT!) but know too well this to be true. Had such a hard time when we first moved here ... really ... to put the lawn ornaments Rick had made me out and about...at a distance from the house. Had the space just could not wrap my brain around having the wishing well he made me way out in the new orchard...I mean it looks great but it took some real doing... Worried about vandals, worried someone might steal it (not likely, that would take effort and energy and usually thieves lack in both departments).

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This is the four dogs in 2001 standing on the yoke before we put it up and my wishing well is on the top far left in the orchard.

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The five Heeler dogs are sorta a deterrent to anyone thinking of venturing inside the perimeters ...not a lot of stealers that wanna mess with that many mutts that wanna put a few new orifices in yer body, eh? Thing about Australian Cattle Dogs...they will let an intruder in...but will they let them back out...that is the real question!

"Nope, you're here till Mom and Dad get back....in the meantime, TOSS THAT TOY or we toss YOU!"

I got these after the monumental hailstorm. They were at an antique shop during the hailstorm but that area didn't get hit as hard. The concrete keeps getting harder so I'm sure they would have made it.
They were a gift after I did a big landscaping job for the shop and for some reason, she hated them.
They're Paris and Artemis, the archers.
Sorry about the quality, I'll get more pictures on a clear day without snow.

Love your statues...very elegant..."Hem hem...royalty must live there!"

Yes, please, DO post photos sans the snow...would love to see more details. My son does archery as a hobby and it would be kewl for him to see statues like these...I wanna see the dog...hee hee...


WELCOME Dragonfly...it is a lot of fun here at the Old Folks Home...Enjoy!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[dsqard]

Cynthia, so glad your DH went over to the neighbor's house. I wouldn't be surprised if that visit didn't save her life. Take it easy on the knee for a few days.

SCG I hope you got your hay last night and he wasn't late because of a fire.

Dragonfly!

Had an excellent presentation at work yesterday for a project I am working on. Today I am dealing with my poor dog Skip. He is the one who has the heart problems. I think we are reaching the end for him. I got him to eat a little last night but today he wont even eat a little piece of cheese (I wrap his medicine in a small piece to get him to eat it).

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Cynthia, so glad your DH went over to the neighbor's house. I wouldn't be surprised if that visit didn't save her life. Take it easy on the knee for a few days.

SCG I hope you got your hay last night and he wasn't late because of a fire.

Dragonfly!

Had an excellent presentation at work yesterday for a project I am working on. Today I am dealing with my poor dog Skip. He is the one who has the heart problems. I think we are reaching the end for him. I got him to eat a little last night but today he wont even eat a little piece of cheese (I wrap his medicine in a small piece to get him to eat it).

I did not - hay guy flaked out on me. He is non-committal about rescheduling. I'm going to need to find a new hay supplier, I'm down to 2 flakes.

So sorry about Skip.