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  1. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    What an impressive pile of boxes! Congratulations on getting everything sorted and packed up. What did you decide to do about the ink cartridges? Belated birthday wishes 🎂! Both the cake and the sundae look delicious. Today, my youngest chickens are one year old, and I gave them some special...
  2. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    Homeacres is AMAZING! I learned so much in just a few hours. We got to see everything -- the veg and fruit gardens, the greenhouse, the various compost methods. I'm not really sure that Charles remembered meeting me last year (although I pretty much gushed all over him like a teenager with a...
  3. Callender Girl

    Massive first egg!

    There's always got to be ONE overachiever!
  4. Callender Girl

    Intro

    It's so kind that you are taking care of your friend's chickens! And, it sounds like quite a lovely flock. Integration is always challenging. One of the hardest parts for me is watching as the flock establishes its pecking order. I have six youngsters (who turned one year old today) who live...
  5. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Congrats on your baby tomatoes! My tomatoes are one of the stars of my garden this year. Also doing extremely well is the mixed lettuces. One of the highlights -- and a main reason I wanted to take the homesteading and garden tour to England - was a visit to Charles Dowding's Homeacres gardens...
  6. Callender Girl

    Hello everyone!

    Very nice intro, Rachel! Kudos for taking in the ducks you have (drakes and over-aggression during mating is a constant battle with mine) and best wishes with future ducklings! Welcome to BYC! Let us know what we can do to help you with anything, any time.
  7. Callender Girl

    I've got my first egg, and a lot of questions!

    Hurray!! The eggs will, indeed, get larger as the girls get more proficient. And, judging by the color, you can eliminate the RRs as suspects. I LOVE a good, dark egg.
  8. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    It's taken me a while to get the fogginess out of my brain -- partially from jet lag and partially from the incredible heat -- to the point where I THINK I can make sense when I write. First off, thanks for your prayers at Mass. Although I am glad I made the trip to England, I have no desire...
  9. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I also had no idea a skunk would kill chicks. How are you ever going to get the smell out of the coop? I've read that while it's not their strongest sense, chickens do have a sense of smell. Poor little things!! A dead coop mate and skunk aroma wafting through their coop. Jim, hope the rest of...
  10. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Hurray for cooler weather and a free fixit for the tiller. Finding something like a stray screw always make me nervous that I will too soon learn where it SHOULD have been 🙁 Yesterday was the first day I've felt okay since I've come home from my trip. I still don't feel great, but there's...
  11. Callender Girl

    IA here

    Did anyone else get a "surprise" downpour this morning? The sky was bright and sunny, suddenly there was a deafening thunder clap, the open living room window blew shut and the heavens opened. For about 10 minutes. Then, it was again a bright and sunny day.
  12. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I'm still not feeling 100 percent. But, I'm overjoyed that the extreme heat is over. It's 79 degrees this morning, and everyone has survived. Of course, now the chickens believe that chilled watermelon should be part of their daily routine. I'm hoping to get some weeding done and at least mow...
  13. Callender Girl

    My first chicken I bought myself

    Congratulations on getting Nebula and giving him a home! He is a very handsome boy and seems to be getting along quite well with Astra.
  14. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    Sorry I haven't posted anything since my return from England. I haven't been feeling at all well -- probably a combination of jet lag, a bug I picked up during the trip and this almost-unbearable heat wave I came home to. I can't quite get back into my routine, and my brain is foggier than...
  15. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    If I had to do math in order to use a microwave, I would be sunk. It would be easier to eat the food raw or frozen solid. I am trying to figure out if I'm feeling the way I do because of jet lag, the bug I picked up, this ridiculously hot weather, or a combination of all three. I can't quite...
  16. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I have returned from across the pond! But, like you, Lisa, I caught some nasty bug. After we got home, we learned that one of our group tested positive for COVID. I'm hoping this is just a run of the mill virus. Initially, the symptom was motion sickness, which isn't unusual for me. When we got...
  17. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    Today is the day; I leave for England this afternoon. I hope my trip has as many highlights as yours. I LOVE the photo with the sunlight streaming through the round church window. I also hope your prayer does the trick for keeping my airsickness at bay. At my sister's suggestion, I got some...
  18. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Jim, thanks for the advice on helping the plane get off the ground. I will surely do my part. Sounds like you also gave Dave some good advice! You might want to start your own Dear Abby column. :lau Sorry you lost your dance floor. Maybe now folks will have to dance on the table? Lisa, it's...
  19. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Sounds like things are going well with the new goslings, Lisa. Hope things are also going better with your back. Are you going to do physical therapy? Jim, did Dave enjoy the "surprise" you had for him? Hurray for your "cute" beans and happy peas! My first beans are doing so well that I...
  20. Callender Girl

    Greeting from San Diego

    You will have so many "ups and downs" with your new flock. Joining this community means you will have ample support for both. As much as BYC folks like to help with challenging situations, we also like to applaud successes. Chicks move from a brooder to a real coop? A first egg? Yeah, those are...
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