Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Totalcolour]

First little chick - I'm not familiar with D'uccles so have no idea what this colour is.

 

[BGMatt]

Because I know you guys like baby pictures too.

 

[melissaG]

First little chick - I'm not familiar with D'uccles so have no idea what this colour is.

Because I know you guys like baby pictures too.

*Has sudden urge to go Broody*

Congrats on the lovely chicks!

 

[Chickielady]

OK, I'll lay it right out there: I am not into cute. In fact, I am what you could call "cute-averse."

On the other hand: a week old, small even for a bantam, black so right now penguin marked, bearded chick trying to crow, flap his wings, and do the chest-bump/spur thing on its very slightly bigger sibling is the cutest thing I've ever seen.

 

[Chickielady]

Personally, I think I deserve a McArthur grant but one has not been forthcoming.

again

 

[Chickielady]

SO jealous; I pencilled out what it would have taken to run the freezer/refrigerator/microwave/one TV/cell phone and laptop charger during the ice storm in 2012, and the panels would cost about what we pay for electricity for 12 months. Which is simultaneously pretty cheap but also, simultaneously, way more than we have budget for (and would have about a five year payback)

One of the things you must realize here, is electricity in California, Nevada/Arizona.....is so butt kicking expensive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mainly because they have no hydro-electric going on, and they have killer HEAT, so what happens is OUR power is sold to THEM...
Down there, a single family home"s Power can go to $300 a month or more in electric bills during peak months & times, all centered around the hotest part of the day when PG&E runs out of juice.
We feed the grid during the hottest part of the day, ad use our power to bathe & wash clothes/dry clothes in the wee hours after the state cools off to a mere 95 at night.
Electric power is at a different price, at different times of the day, and month, in the GOLDEN STATE.

 

[Chickielady]

You ready yet ?????????????

Now is the time !

 

[Chickielady]

Too many baby chicks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Been up on a ladder stuffing in insulation....................yikes, all itchy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took a shower & SCRUBBED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Better now but tomorrow is another day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Too many baby chicks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Been up on a ladder stuffing in insulation....................yikes, all itchy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took a shower & SCRUBBED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Better now but tomorrow is another day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Use an old pair of nylons to gently wipe on your exposed skin. The little glass fibers get caught in the nylon. Trick I learned when I was in the drywall trade back in the 90's

 

[Stumpfarmer]

SO jealous; I pencilled out what it would have taken to run the freezer/refrigerator/microwave/one TV/cell phone and laptop charger during the ice storm in 2012, and the panels would cost about what we pay for electricity for 12 months. Which is simultaneously pretty cheap but also, simultaneously, way more than we have budget for (and would have about a five year payback)

One of the things you must realize here, is electricity in California, Nevada/Arizona.....is so butt kicking expensive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mainly because they have no hydro-electric going on, and they have killer HEAT, so what happens is OUR power is sold to THEM...
Down there, a single family home"s Power can go to $300 a month or more in electric bills during peak months & times, all centered around the hotest part of the day when PG&E runs out of juice.
We feed the grid during the hottest part of the day, ad use our power to bathe & wash clothes/dry clothes in the wee hours after the state cools off to a mere 95 at night.
Electric power is at a different price, at different times of the day, and month, in the GOLDEN STATE.

I just REALLY want to have a moderate amount of uninterruptable power (or, you know, at least a bit of it) that's not dependant on a noisy, smelly, petroleum generator. And I've got the house sited for maximum solar uptake, so that's fixed (although the stupid peach tree would have to go: this is a known fact).