Mabel's World Cartoons

[ksbkeys]

This next cartoon is the 7th of 9 cartoons in a series called "You are What You Read." Even though her friends don't like it, Mabel loves to read and gets all sorts of ideas from books...let's see where this goes!

Here is "A Little Dirt Never Hurt".

We all know gardening is hard work!
Marmalade, Melvina, Sandy and Beatrice are discovering this for themselves and Sweetheart is sure he is losing his mind!

Here is "A Little Dirt Never Hurt"

 

[Sally PB]

How long does it take you to draw these? They are lovely!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Mabel good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Just checking in.

Have a great day!

 

[ksbkeys]

How long does it take you to draw these? They are lovely!

Thank you! It usually takes 4 to 8 hours. Sometimes a little less if I can use parts of drawings from previous cartoons as templates. I draw on a pen tablet using Adobe Illustrator.

 

[Sally PB]

What a labor of love.

 

[ksbkeys]

This next cartoon is the 8th one of 10 cartoons in a series called "You are What You Read." Even though her friends don't like it, Mabel loves to read and gets all sorts of ideas from books...let's see where this goes!

Here is "Watching Cabbage Grow".

Does anyone else have chickens who love cabbage? I have sometimes put one on a rope in their yard for them to nibble...they LOVE it...and when I let them free range, they have tried to eat mine.

Remember the expression, "Watching paint dry"? Here is the the chicken equivalent---"Watching Cabbage Grow." This is 8 out of 10 in this series.

 

[MaryJanet]

Does anyone else have chickens who love cabbage? I have sometimes put one on a rope in their yard for them to nibble...they LOVE it...and when I let them free range, they have tried to eat mine.

Remember the expression, "Watching paint dry"? Here is the the chicken equivalent---"Watching Cabbage Grow." This is 8 out of 10 in this series.

I have never offered them cabbage, but now I know how much your chickens like it, I will!

 

[AntiqueB]

Mine prefer Lettuce. And plants would never make it in the run for 30 days!

 

[ksbkeys]

I have never offered them cabbage, but now I know how much your chickens like it, I will!

Maybe I am over cautious, but I never give whole leaves or large pieces...only tiny bite sized pieces or giving a whole head for them to peck off bite size pieces is fine.

Just like I never give long strands of grass but rather little snips. When a chicken eats grass, since the grass is attached they are only eating what they snip off. Otherwise they slurp down a long piece and might get an impacted crop.

 

[ksbkeys]

Mine prefer Lettuce. And plants would never make it in the run for 30 days!

So true! Mabel's World chickens are very self-controlled when it comes to THEIR cabbage!!