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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Chickens

Back in April we bought a dozen chicks, Buff Orpingtons. They were just a few days old, no way to tell how many hens or roosters we had.

They spent several weeks in a dog cage in the laundry room and grew very fast.

I built a brooder for them out of scrap wood.

Moving out to the former puppy pen.

Building a coop.

They like watermelon.

Now in September they have started laying. We had 5 hens, 6 roosters, and 1...transgender? Probably a rooster; he and 3 other roosters got banished from the chicken pen by 3 tough roosters.

The fence is 5 feet tall. Not tall enough to keep them in.

The "puppies" found the 4 outcasts. Dogfood bill went down for a day, chickenfeed bill went down for until we hatch some more chicks.

Why do we say "dogfood" and "chickenfeed"?

Why does "dogfeed" and "chickenfood" sound so odd?

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Longest yet, 4 months, 70~ pictures

Prepping the floor at the Manor

Applying stain

Stain with sealer on top

Kitchen cabinets going in

Bathroom progress

I built a countertop

Sink installed

Finally finished bath tile

Thanksgiving

These were as good as you would expect.

Cristina driving back to Cali for work.

Her sleeping nest in the back of the xB.

I found where we keep the rebar

The dogs brought this to the yard

Ben going to a banquet at school

Nick was in the Christmas parade on the Cub Scout float

He got to sit in the kayak

Ben's yarn art project

Completed. He won 3rd place in the show. $25 prize!

My Grandpa's football uniform is on display at the high school. Hard to see; black sweater on black background. This is all the padding they had back in those days, just a thick wooly sweater.