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[perchie.girl]

Ok cant drive so been thinking.... I love Chimineas and I love Talavera Chimineas.... What about a Talavera Chiminea for a nesting box....

They are hard glazed so sterilizeable.... Room enough for a hen to get comfortable.... In this hot climate the air would pass through the big opening and up and out the Chiminea.... Of course there would have to be an anti roost cap hung over the top....

What do you think? Outside of it being totally impractical.....
deb

 

[drumstick diva]

Love it perchie. I think any hen would love it. There would be a lot of wrestling to see who gets to keep it.

 

[sourland]

Fabulous! thank you for sharing the glorious day!

Thanks, 'Al'.

Hello Pond. Late to the party and tired. I'm just going to rest on my lily pad for a bit. Hope that it's been a good day for all.

 

[dan26552]

Those are stunning


Wow! Slow bugger, is he out yet?



Just woke up -yawn- 10:30 my time.. staying up until 3:30am. .... just not my thing.

He did take awhile. He hatched sometime this afternoon.

 

[room onthebroom]

Ok cant drive so been thinking.... I love Chimineas and I love Talavera Chimineas.... What about a Talavera Chiminea for a nesting box....

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They are hard glazed so sterilizeable.... Room enough for a hen to get comfortable.... In this hot climate the air would pass through the big opening and up and out the Chiminea.... Of course there would have to be an anti roost cap hung over the top....

What do you think? Outside of it being totally impractical.....
deb

Beautiful & brilliant!!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Love it perchie. I think any hen would love it. There would be a lot of wrestling to see who gets to keep it.

Oh sooo impractical though... Id have to have at least two each for three breed pens .... at 125 each....

 

[perchie.girl]

He did take awhile. He hatched sometime this afternoon.
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oooh pooor baby goosie hatching is so exhausting.....

deb

 

[drumstick diva]

Not only are Alaskan's kids amazing, they are so good looking too. Do they favor your wife or you Al?

 

[bobbi-j]

Ok cant drive so been thinking.... I love Chimineas and I love Talavera Chimineas.... What about a Talavera Chiminea for a nesting box....

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They are hard glazed so sterilizeable.... Room enough for a hen to get comfortable.... In this hot climate the air would pass through the big opening and up and out the Chiminea.... Of course there would have to be an anti roost cap hung over the top....

What do you think? Outside of it being totally impractical.....
deb

Do it!

Thanks, 'Al'.

Hello Pond. Late to the party and tired. I'm just going to rest on my lily pad for a bit. Hope that it's been a good day for all.

After you're all rested up, Sour, could I ask a huge favor? Could you please send some of your broody magic to my coops? Not buying chicks this year, but would love to have a broody hatch some out.

Oh sooo impractical though... Id have to have at least two each for three breed pens .... at 125 each....

You wouldn't have to buy them all at once.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Ok.... feast day photos.

Saturday morning... the icon of Jonah and the whale. Since he was swallowed by the beast for three days and yet emerged whole. Also note the floor is still clean.
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Now we know that the resurrection is going to happen...but it hasn't yet... so we are halfway between. So the priest has changed to white, but the altar is still dressed in dark. And here the priest is tossing out laurel leaves, because we know that Christ is being victorious in Hades.
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But we wait....

And now Saturday evening everything starts out dark, because Christ, the light of the world, is not yet with us. Here the Priest has just lit the first candle and is starting to share it with the congregation.

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Here is kid 4 as altar server, sharing the light. Kid in plaid is kid 5, helping someone else's kid. I have always told kid 5, since he is youngest, he has to work hard to play "big brother" to other kids. He has picked the kid infront of him to "brother".View attachment 1755691
We process around the church, to move from the darkness and death of this world to the light and life of the Kingdom of God. At the end of this part the priest bangs on the door, reciting lines from psalm 24. Eldest kid got to be the one inside the church shouting out the response "Who is this King of Glory?"
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Eldest kid on the left. The thing he is holding is supposed to represent the cherubim, or angels, and that is why he is holding it at an angle over the priest's head.
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And here is kid 5, helping his adopted baby brother go to sleep.
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And yeah...he passed out too! But he didn't drop the kid he was holding!! Pretty cool.
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Yep, and there ya go, Pascha! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs, bestowing life!
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So overwhelmingly touching.
Luv it!