Seamaiden said:

Well..? I think I locked one of the chickenbirds out of the coop last night, Dave found her outside the coop this morning. She won't let me catch her, and I won't just leave the coop open for her to get in and the others out, so...? We have a bit of a Mexican stand-off goin'. Also, her sister (the bird in question is Eleanor), Guinevere, is brooding an egg. An unfertilized egg. I keep saying, "Guini! It won't HATCH!" And she growls at me, literally (I never knew a chicken could growl, well, they can)(they also sneeze and it sounds HILARIOUS, but also disconcerting), and is pecking me pretty hard when I try to get said egg.

That means that Guinevere needs cock! And I'm the gal to help her out. We've located three real cocks, but don't have a quarantine area. I'm thinkin' a small shed in one of our fenced gardens should be ok, though I prefer the upper garden and it may not offer enough distance. Otherwise, he's gettin' tossed in with all the ladies. He's a German-raised cock, so he'll probably try to do some astonishingly weird things with the chickenbirds.

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caregiverken said:

You will Love watching Guini with her babies! :woot:

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sky high said:

Same house with the funky electrical panel you showed pics of, cort.....or another place?

Yup...fun stuff. Best of luck

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Seamaiden said:

Indeed, I'm sure I will, it's kind of an exciting prospect to think I could get a photo like that. :D Adorable!

But now she's changed her mind and it's Olivia who's become the broody hen. I'll have questions, I've got a couple of Ameracauna cockerels lined up to choose from. Friendly birds, from what the owner says, but only about 6mos old, so a wee bit younger than the ladies. I'm sure whoever is selected will still be very happy to cover the hen. The last issue will be where she raises the chicks--all nest boxes that they like to use are a ways up off the ground.

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Seamaiden said:

So, this isn't going to be happening until after Christmas, but I got a hair across my ass and decided that I want to take our granddaughter to see the ballet. And not just any ballet, The Nutcracker Suite. And not just any Nutcracker Suite, the San Francisco Ballet's production of The Nutcracker Suite. Which, I recently learned, is the same location of the very first U.S. production of The Nutcracker Suite.

I can't tell you guys how excited I am! I've already gotten her a dress (it's an evening show, we're gonna be like all hella FANCY an' shit!), and we've planned a whole day around it. My mother took me when I was a little girl, I don't remember where we were living at the time but I do remember the ballet, very distinctly. She also took me to see the Lipizzaner stallions when I was small, and I distinctly remember that, but I don't think they're doing any U.S. tours anymore. Plus, the granddaughter really prefers COWS. Like, all day long, she digs cows over horses. I give her a ration of shit for it, though. :D

We're goin' to the ballet! BALLET!! This is gonna be better than a go-go dancer with a fat feather boa, I can feel it.

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Seamaiden said:

So, this isn't going to be happening until after Christmas, but I got a hair across my ass and decided that I want to take our granddaughter to see the ballet. And not just any ballet, The Nutcracker Suite. And not just any Nutcracker Suite, the San Francisco Ballet's production of The Nutcracker Suite. Which, I recently learned, is the same location of the very first U.S. production of The Nutcracker Suite.

I can't tell you guys how excited I am! I've already gotten her a dress (it's an evening show, we're gonna be like all hella FANCY an' shit!), and we've planned a whole day around it. My mother took me when I was a little girl, I don't remember where we were living at the time but I do remember the ballet, very distinctly. She also took me to see the Lipizzaner stallions when I was small, and I distinctly remember that, but I don't think they're doing any U.S. tours anymore. Plus, the granddaughter really prefers COWS. Like, all day long, she digs cows over horses. I give her a ration of shit for it, though. :D

We're goin' to the ballet! BALLET!! This is gonna be better than a go-go dancer with a fat feather boa, I can feel it.

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chickenman said:

Make a maternity ward in your house.....

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putembk said:

Goo, you seem like the kind of guy that hires the trimming done. Only thing I DON'T like about growing is the tedious task of trimming, especially if there are multiple plants to trim. My trimming starts out good and goes to hell in a short time. When I get to the end you could do a better job with a spoon.

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