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[trumpeting_angel]

Hello all!

Remember my four pullets gave me one egg, two weeks ago? I knew I had to get inside the run and look in the only place they could have hidden them. Sure enough, under/behind the ramp, a little dug out nest with 16 eggs in it!

Pulled out the eggs, covered the nest with an upside down flower pot, and for good measure filled the entire area with good-sized rocks. Like 6” in diameter and larger.

I hard boiled three of the eggs and put them in the nest box (where they had made a fine little nest in the straw). Sure enough, got two new ones today!

I’m keeping the hard boiled eggs there for another day or two so everybody gets the hint. They love the nest box; they’ve been fussing around in there, rearranging the straw, for these two weeks! I think it’s going to work.

Don’t mind all the broccoli back there. Cleaning out the garden - they love those green caterpillars! Later they’ll finish off the broccoli

 

[microchick]

@dsqard, it's the skill of the person behind the lens that matters! From your pictures, it's clear you have the skill. Simply beautiful pictures of the elk. They introduced elk back into the state here 5 years ago, putting them on a large farm down in the southern part of the state where they could be supervised until the herd reached a size that would allow them to be turned out. I read where they are doing a lottery this year for permits to hunt a few. When they brought the animals in and I saw the size of them compared to deer (which in MO a good, mature buck white tail can tip the scale at 200+ pounds and be as big as a small horse) I just snorted and said 'something bigger for us to hit when they run out in front of our cars during rut'.

Now I'm reading where black bear are on the increase and why they don't 'think' they are farther north than the central part of the state, they are telling people to be aware of the bear. So now we have cougar, elk and bear here....oh my!

We wound up with three and 3/4s inches of rain here. Not flood quality but puddles everywhere. More rain on Wednesday so not expecting a dry out anytime soon.

Great story about the eggs, @trumpeting_angel. My hens like to do that on occasion just to keep me on my toes.

I have to get some pictures of my chicks. Several are just downright cute and one has me puzzled as to its lineage. I didn't set any of the EE hen eggs. No fertility. But could have been hatched from a Fayoumi egg as they are smallish like the bantam cross eggs. When 'Betty' hatched her three chicks, two were tiny and then there was this moose of a chick with her. Like a magpie in a hummingbird nest.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have to get new photos of the blue marans with my silkie

 

[CapricornFarm]

Stress test tomorrow, not my favorite way to spend a day.

 

[pennyJo1960]

ah sorry cap hope it all goes your way

 

[getaclue]

I got blessed yesterday. My mechanic got a bit confused, thinking I needed a starter on my SUV. It was my husband's car that needed the starter, which he already fixed. I thought mine needed a fuel pump. Anyway, he sent his daughter, and son-in-law with a starter, to my house to fix my SUV. When the error was discovered, he checked the fuel pump. Nope, not the problem. I'm thinking, "oh carp, this is going to cost us big time", when he looked under the SUV, and asked Dh for some super glue. We passed him the super glue, and he told me to start the truck. It cranked right up.

When the belt broke, and was flailing away at everything, it loosened one of the fuel lines. He connected it securely, and put a drop of super glue to ensure it wouldn't come loose again. Next, it also struck one of the vacuum lines, and loosened it as well. That's fixed too. I've gone over a month without a vehicle, and he fixed it in less than 5 minutes only needing a couple drops of super glue.

The front of my air compressor on the air conditioner was falling off, and is what cut the belt, causing all the trouble to start with. Having finished the requirements, he's about to be certified for AC work, so the took my SUV, and is redoing the whole AC system.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got blessed yesterday. My mechanic got a bit confused, thinking I needed a starter on my SUV. It was my husband's car that needed the starter, which he already fixed. I thought mine needed a fuel pump. Anyway, he sent his daughter, and son-in-law with a starter, to my house to fix my SUV. When the error was discovered, he checked the fuel pump. Nope, not the problem. I'm thinking, "oh carp, this is going to cost us big time", when he looked under the SUV, and asked Dh for some super glue. We passed him the super glue, and he told me to start the truck. It cranked right up.

When the belt broke, and was flailing away at everything, it loosened one of the fuel lines. He connected it securely, and put a drop of super glue to ensure it wouldn't come loose again. Next, it also struck one of the vacuum lines, and loosened it as well. That's fixed too. I've gone over a month without a vehicle, and he fixed it in less than 5 minutes only needing a couple drops of super glue.

The front of my air compressor on the air conditioner was falling off, and is what cut the belt, causing all the trouble to start with. Having finished the requirements, he's about to be certified for AC work, so the took my SUV, and is redoing the whole AC system.

Nothing like a car in reliable condition!

 

[getaclue]

My daughter was blessed too. She's been driving this old piece of junk her biological dad got for her a few years ago. A few weeks ago, it finally gave up the ghost, and died. The cost to repair it was more than it was worth. Her aunt, began talking to her husband about his dad's car. The dad can't drive anymore, and they had talked about selling his car. He bought it brand new, in 2002. It's a Chrysler Concorde. He only drove it to the store, pharmacy, and short local trips. It only has 38,000 miles on it. It has been well serviced, and maintained. It's been garage kept, and is in pristine condition. They priced it so my ex could afford to get it for my daughter. She got it tonight, and will go to the DMV tomorrow, and have it put in her name.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ah so great all the way around a good mechanic is worth his weight in gold my step Dad was great he took care of their cars as he started having issues there was a shop down the hill they sent to he took care of the cars since then till ma had to quit driving for good

 

[ronott1]

Hello all!

Remember my four pullets gave me one egg, two weeks ago? I knew I had to get inside the run and look in the only place they could have hidden them. Sure enough, under/behind the ramp, a little dug out nest with 16 eggs in it!

Pulled out the eggs, covered the nest with an upside down flower pot, and for good measure filled the entire area with good-sized rocks. Like 6” in diameter and larger.

I hard boiled three of the eggs and put them in the nest box (where they had made a fine little nest in the straw). Sure enough, got two new ones today!

I’m keeping the hard boiled eggs there for another day or two so everybody gets the hint. They love the nest box; they’ve been fussing around in there, rearranging the straw, for these two weeks! I think it’s going to work.

Don’t mind all the broccoli back there. Cleaning out the garden - they love those green caterpillars! Later they’ll finish off the broccoli View attachment 1921469 View attachment 1921470

The eggs from the nest should be fine to eat!