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[Chickielady]

Yes, we noticed that right away & had to get this pic because of it. *whispers* He did it in utero, too.

ha ha !!!
That is going to be a conversation piece his entire life !

 

[Chickielady]

CL -- this picture is especially for you -- I know it says Farmville, but simply "replace" it, in your mind, with BYC
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f....220822004658144.54824.100001910388567&type=3
since Facebook shows up in the URL, you might need to be signed in to Facebook, I dunno

ha ha ha that's me !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

here's a link to the Wikipedia article on "Iz", who is/was a person, rather than a group, though he did often have backup musicians
I think his surname translates as something like "child without sorrows"; my Hawaiian dictionary has gone walkabout so I can't confirm that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo'ole

OK I remember my brother telling us when he (IZ) had died & sent photos from Oahu (he, my brother) was living there at the time)
The music he (my brother) has is recordings of a few groups of Hawaiian men who started singing down at the docks where he worked.
My brother reported that at any given moment, the men would stop working & sing for quite awhile, attracting others & soon no work was getting done, and nothing could be done about it but stop & listen to their wonderful music.
I will ask him the group's name.

 

[Hinotori]

Good Morning all... I hope everyone had a good weekend... Just wanted to give everyone an update on my chicks I got last friday.... I only lost 2 babies one RIR the first night and one Barred Rock yesterday afternoon, so I am pleased. 2 out of 25 isnt bad.

And this morning I was pleasantly surprised when my husband found a very light colored egg, sort of a pale pink almost off white and a completely different size and shape then my normal eggs so I am thinking my Ameracana layed her first egg.

Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day

Glad you didn't lose to many chicks. I love the baby chicks and am so jealous right now. I should hopefully have two or three for Valentines day. None of the rock X silkie eggs I gave the silkie were fertile so she has two silkie eggs and an EE x silkie egg I can't see in. And the other silkie is broody again, too! arrgh! That one just got off broody the week after christmas since I didn't give her any eggs. I wish they would wait for warmer weather, but hopefully I can find some chicks to give her. She accepts all chicks and feeds them.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Well, Bacchus is out in the orchard again, although getting him through the gate caused trepidation; I tried to pull one of the branches down and it turns out that there's a U shaped break and two branches hanging down on either side of another, still attached, branch So: no way to take it down without an orchard ladder and a skilled chainsaw operator.

So, after I take oatmeal down to the young BLRWs and peanuts to the elder ones, I'll take the loppers and at least take out the little twiggy bits that are whacking me in the face and making the branches swing to the tune of "You're going to dieeee-eeee..."

 

[Kaneke]

two more Hawaiian music makers ---

Manoa DNA ... two brothers and their dad, especially find the link for the song Haleakala

Jake Shimabukuro ... what he does with a ukulele is startling --- not necessarily ethnic !!!

 

[Sudsy Chick]

This is for RonB! Here are his new Mottled Javas

 

[Kaneke]

Well, Bacchus is out in the orchard again, although getting him through the gate caused trepidation; I tried to pull one of the branches down and it turns out that there's a U shaped break and two branches hanging down on either side of another, still attached, branch So: no way to take it down without an orchard ladder and a skilled chainsaw operator. So, after I take oatmeal down to the young BLRWs and peanuts to the elder ones, I'll take the loppers and at least take out the little twiggy bits that are whacking me in the face and making the branches swing to the tune of "You're going to dieeee-eeee..."

one way to get those higher "widow maker" branches down --- tie a light string to a tennis ball co-opt one of those kids who thinks he/she is a terrific pitcher or passer throw the string-laden ball up and over the branch you want down (retaining the other end of the string securely on ground or tied to fence of course) remove ball from string after it's on the ground (or reachable) on the other side tie a sturdy rope to the string, and pull the rope up and over the branch until you have both ends reachable, on either side of that branch then pull both ends of that rope, sideways, well away from where the branch will fall ... alternatively, tie a loop on one end of the rope, pass the other end through, snug the loop up to the offending branch, and pull if you don't have a suitable thrower --- but you do have a bow and arrow -- tie the string to the arrow .. have used this method many times to get widow makers out of our trees, both the firs and the oaks

 

[Chickielady]

Here is some more pics for RonB......his baby Buckeyes....they did not like the flash at all !!!!!!!!
The larger black/yellow babies are Black Javas, the smaller blacks & Blues are OEs hatched a few days ago.
OK Ron, start picking out names !

Cute little boogers


Funny how this one snuck up on the camera & flew from the flash !


so far, this batch is all getting along great.

 

[Chickielady]

This, for FlyRobinFly:

Is this enough, or ya want more ?
Sorry my older OEs just are not laying very often, but the younger onees are.
Two flavours OE shown here, one Marans (a dark brown egg layer)xAmeracauna (the dark olive egg) and the many light green eggs are Rock (a light brown layer) x Ameracauna, producing a lighter green egg.
I love OEs !
Oh and the dark brown are your BCM pullet, the light brown /speckled are Rocks.