Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Day Outside
Sarah took the camera...
AAACK!!!! Sarah took the camera!!!!!UGHHH
Tika - always bringing some sort of bone home. They drop all the taxedermy spare parts or poached carcasses behind our land on the BLM....Yes, I know...GROSS!
Chewbacca - loving it out here, loves to run around and too often he likes to play with the skunks....his new name is STINKY!
My sexy man practicing his aim...like he needs to. He is such a good shot, never has a problem.
Buddah
Poor Bunny - he has had his room taken over my the chickens. There are not any places to hide.... :-(
New Project
I removed the egg ceiling in the hall and textured drywall over the paneling. I will put a pine chair rail below the drywall and above and below for trim....I may replace the doors with pine and put a dark stain on them to match the panel...and new a light fixture and switches. Unfortunately this project has been put on hold because the fences needed repair and the chicken coop in the barn needs to be built.
Cleaned up and primered.
Back yard winter 2011
These were grazing in the yard behind the garge. By the time Dave got the camera they were startled and took off. We see them head across the property down to the haystacks across the road almost every day.
Becoming self sufficient
Self Sufficient for my pets anyway...chickens and lizard.
This is my first cricket house.
1,000 baby crickets
The top of the cricket breeding cage - wire screening
I bought 1000 adult crickets to get the cycle started.
This is the breeding cage - I left about 20 female crickets in here for a week. They are supposed to lay 10 eggs a day. I watched them stick their depositor in the soil. pretty cool to watch. Once the week was up, I fed them to the chickens. I will sait a week to 10 days and they will start to hatch. Then I will get my next breeding cage started with another 20 females.
It is heated 24/7 - It has to be about 88 degrees for the cycle to work.
These are the meal worms. The bottom of the cages have been cut out and wire screening put on. The worms (actually just larvae) will turn into beetles and then lay eggs. The eggs will hatch and the baby worms...beetles, will fall through the screen to the next level.
I bought 2 different sizes - a giant worm and a feeder size. The chickens get the giant ones and the lizard gets the feeder size.
The worms are now turning into pupae.
worm on the left - pupae on the right
Lots of Pupae mixed in...can you tell the difference?
How Beautiful!!
Living out here has been so fun...along with its challenges. But seeing these makes all the hard times (leaking roof, septic problems, bad wiring, rotten breaking fences, wind) worth it!!
right outside my desk window
Cheep, Cheep
The new chicks - Buff Opingtons and Barred Rock
We lost 6 out of 18.
They were kept in the house until they were fully feathered.
When we put them in with the 12 week Rhode Island Reds they were severly picked on and ran in a corner. When I put them out together the next day, they ran out before I could get them in. They knew what was going to happen and were traumatized....
They are doing really well now. I keep them separated still until they are big enough to stand their ground.
These ladies started laying a couple of weeks ago. This one is getting ready to lay her egg for the day.
These are expecting more treats. They love the meal worms and crickets that they get once a day.
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