Pictures! =)
3.5 weeks, here is the beautiful Blue Copper Marans from Flaming Chicken's Chicken
And here is one of the two feedstore unknown "bantys". It just looks so much like a Serema! What do you all think? (This is standing - not sitting!)
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And now ya have the secret to making fresh eggs easy to PEEEE l !
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Oh, thank you! =) She does have a black tail, too.
I looked up the breed and found some images of chicks that look just like this, so exciting! And so pretty when they grow up!
If you have the $$ you could pour some concrete into a hole, place eyebolts (with nut and washer at bottom of bolt and place the eyebolts in the concrete. Then you can tie down to the eyebolts in about a week.Too scared to click on CL's link....the URL said enough!!!!!
So we put in a plasticy greenhouse in May. It's 10 x 20, with 3" metal pipes for the main supports with that heavy duty clear plastic that has the square cross weave for extra strength. It didn't come with tie downs and we had meant to order some but hadn't yet. Didn't think we had to worry about them until Fall. WRONG!!!! Today the entire greenhouse lifted and rolled down our front yard. It was inside our fenced veggie garden, so the metal T-posts went right through it and tore it in two places. SO SAD!!!
I thought it was toast. BUT. We all got our there and luckily it landed up against some cedar trees right side up, so we were able to take the fencing down and lift and carry it back into place and then put the fence back up. We went and got more heavy duty 6' Tposts and pounded them half way into the ground, and then cable tied and bungee corded at all 8 support legs to the very burried T-posts. Hopefully that will hold it down. ......sigh. Also found some wide clear UV tape at the Greenhouse Megastore to try and repair the tears. Three of the posts were bent, but DH was able to pound them back into shape. Lesson learned! If you have a big plasticy lightweight building, make sure you tie it down well for these freak windstorms!
It must have lifted straight up in the air before it rolled too. I have 18 tomato plants in there that are about 4-5' tall, and none of them were knocked over! Hard to believe.
Anyway, that was our excitement for today. Just wanted to share to give a big heads up. And if anybody else has any more brilliant tie down ideas, I'd love to hear them!
And I am having major hatching withdrawls!!! Haven't hatched since early May for Kim!!!! But I am still on hold cause the girls and I are going back east to visit my mom for 2 wks, and I couldn't leave chicks here for DH to watch as he will already have all the adult chickens to watch for me!!! But as soon as we are back, look out!!! LOL!!! Chicky time!!!
Maybe some corkscrew tie downs like for dogs. Just screw them into the ground. If ya can get em big enough. Another thing that works well is secure a chain to a cinder block. Bury the block with the chain exposed and then you can tie to the chain. This is how we did the 60' radio tower my dad built. It with stood 60++ mph winds in the Columbia gorge.Too scared to click on CL's link....the URL said enough!!!!!
So we put in a plasticy greenhouse in May. It's 10 x 20, with 3" metal pipes for the main supports with that heavy duty clear plastic that has the square cross weave for extra strength. It didn't come with tie downs and we had meant to order some but hadn't yet. Didn't think we had to worry about them until Fall. WRONG!!!! Today the entire greenhouse lifted and rolled down our front yard. It was inside our fenced veggie garden, so the metal T-posts went right through it and tore it in two places. SO SAD!!!
I thought it was toast. BUT. We all got our there and luckily it landed up against some cedar trees right side up, so we were able to take the fencing down and lift and carry it back into place and then put the fence back up. We went and got more heavy duty 6' Tposts and pounded them half way into the ground, and then cable tied and bungee corded at all 8 support legs to the very burried T-posts. Hopefully that will hold it down. ......sigh. Also found some wide clear UV tape at the Greenhouse Megastore to try and repair the tears. Three of the posts were bent, but DH was able to pound them back into shape. Lesson learned! If you have a big plasticy lightweight building, make sure you tie it down well for these freak windstorms!
It must have lifted straight up in the air before it rolled too. I have 18 tomato plants in there that are about 4-5' tall, and none of them were knocked over! Hard to believe.
Anyway, that was our excitement for today. Just wanted to share to give a big heads up. And if anybody else has any more brilliant tie down ideas, I'd love to hear them!
And I am having major hatching withdrawls!!! Haven't hatched since early May for Kim!!!! But I am still on hold cause the girls and I are going back east to visit my mom for 2 wks, and I couldn't leave chicks here for DH to watch as he will already have all the adult chickens to watch for me!!! But as soon as we are back, look out!!! LOL!!! Chicky time!!!
Hold up funny guy!!!! I AM NOT older than you!!! You are older than dirt!In fact, you are so old you fart dust!
My kids love to say that to me.
Such fabulous photos of your pretty, pretty girls, Dawn!And here are Blueberry & Blackberry with their 1.5 week old chicks.
Little Chipmunk EE from Ogress
Doesn't this EE have a super long face? And cutie little Spitz just fits right in =) She's feathering out like a girl!
This one is a boy - I'm pretty certain.
This is the little Spitz from Hallerlake (not sure if it is a Brabanters cross?)
OK - enough for now - I'll post the Brabanters teenagers tomorrow.
