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[FirewifeJess]

Um....my VERY sick chicken laid an egg! I just went to check on her and sitting right there was an egg. HOW?! I still don't know what's going on. Clearly she's not in too bad of shape since she's laying eggs!

 

[hallerlake]

Lyda Rose 4 weeks ago:




Anthony had to pose !




Lyda Rose today:










Grew like a weed after butching it back !
(unknown rose to the left, forground)




Feeding beezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz here a dark bee~~~




Bee burrowed in~~~~~~~~~~



A light bee~~~~~~~~~~~




Sea Holly~




It's crazy with bees here !

Why do you keep calling your poppies sea holly? Am I missinng something?

 

[Breshcandra]

One of my newest chick... Is she considered a laverender?

 

[FirewifeJess]

One of my newest chick... Is she considered a laverender?

Gah!!! She's adorable

Yes, she's lavender...or blue? I have a blue...she looks more like grey, so I don't know how to tell the difference.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: She could be a very light blue...will have to wait and see when she's older...she almost looks too dark gray to be lavender...

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Feeding beezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz here a dark bee~~~




Bee burrowed in~~~~~~~~~~



A light bee~~~~~~~~~~~

It's crazy with bees here !

The dark bees are most likely Carneolan (sp) or Russian and the light one is Italian !

 

[Breshcandra]

One of my newest chick... Is she considered a laverender?

She hatched out of my barred rock egg so she is a sex-link...

This is one I hatched last year.. she is a little bit darker.

 

[Chickielady]

CL that garden is just awesome as usual. I love pics of your garden. I hope someday I can have one half as good. I love the nasturtiums. I want a whole garden of just them. They are so tasty, nice and peppery. I didn't plant any this year. I'll be doing so next year.

So I think I'm moving the one 10x10 run out to the garden area for the winter. The birds can dig through all the weeds and fertilize. I'll just rotate it around on areas I'm not using that year. Hmm, I could put it where I'm planting in spring for a few months then move it. That should give it time before I till and plant to break down and not be as hot. I'm also thinking of penning off the cherry trees come spring and let the chickens keep the weeds down around them. That should also keep the stupid deer that keep trimming them during the summer out.

In the next few days I am going to make a serious attempt to collect as many nasty seeds as I can...as you can see they have taken over !
It is not too bad though, the peas are dying off by the time the nasties over take the pea bed, but I do not like the nasties in betwix the cucumbers...makes it awful hard to get to the bed to pick.
They have also washed down the driveway in winter storms and are all over down the hill, volunteer.

So I may have plenty of seeds to give away !
There is many color combinations including peachy-apricot ones, some are trailing, some bush and well behaved.

 

[Chickielady]

Why do you keep calling your poppies sea holly? Am I missinng something?

Those are sea Holly, look alot like poppies but not quite.
I have not planted poppies.......I did plant sea Holly.

I agree they do look kinda like poppies, but what kind are they and where di they come from ?

I have waited for the Sea Holly to bloom, and have not seen the thistle -type blooms...so just figured ????????????

Stuff just pops up here !

 

[Chickielady]

The dark bees are most likely Carneolan (sp) or Russian and the light one is Italian !

I figured...and must be from 2 different hives, right ????????