Pic of the Day

Picture of the Day, or should I say the month........lol.

I really liked this one, I hope you all do too.

The sad thing is, this is sooooo true. Too bad I am the First Born!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Report

Well, I don't have a lot to report right know, just some little stuff.

My moms silkie mix hen has hatched four chicks so far, two partridge silkies, one black silkie and one white leghorn bantam chick. She has two more silkie eggs yet to hatch, when these last ones hatch I will try and get some pictures up for ya'll to see.

I am currently in the process of re-doing my website page again........lol. Well, I wanted to make it a little more user friendly and I have had quite a few people who were unable to use the links. The new page will have better linking and a large link database. I am also going to include some resource pages, with information on showing, washing, breeding.....ect. Hopefully I will have the site finished within the next few weeks. Work in progress, its taking a lot longer than expected. Also, if anyone has any information that they would like to add, let me know. I would like to get some resources on bantam ducks, peafowl, and turkeys.

I haven't been working much on my art lately, don't really have time to do it. I really need a studio, since most of my work is done on my bed...lol. I am hoping to have the Joseph drawing done by the end of the month.

I will be attending the Southern Ohio Poultry Association Lucasville Spring Show this month on the 24th and 25th. I will have quite a few birds for sale, silkies and leghorns so If you are interested in anything let me know to reserve the birds for pickup at the show.

In the future I do plan on being able to ship started and adult birds, this is also a work in progress.

Well, thats about it for now.

For Sale

I have two pair of SC White Leghorn Bantams for sale. These are young birds, Jan-Feb hatch, breeder quality. Asking $25.00 per pair, delivery to Lucasville Ohio Show in May or will arrange pick up withing reasonable driving distance. No Shipping. E-Mail me at bluerunbantams_08@yahoo.com for more information.

Um......bored.

Well, lets see. I haven't done much this past week. Just some spring cleaning, got my chicken house cleaned out, cleaned my room and I even got my car cleaned out. I did get me some more chickens. I got a very nice quad of Gray Game Fowl from a good friend and fellow breeder. They are some really nice birds, the young stag is about 5 months and the pullets are about 7-8 months old. I am planning on showing and breeding them later on, and I am hoping to have some young from these birds available next year.

I will try and get some pictures up soon!

I got an interesting gift today, very unexpected and quite interesting delivery method.....lol.

I have a little CLB Dutch Bantam Hen that is very social, and quite a sweetie. Well, on a routine basis I like to let her run loose in the chicken yard. Well, by doing this she dosen't have access to any nesting boxes. Earlier today I was walking to my chicken house and found this, in front on my chicken house door.

I thought is was rather funny, she managed to lay the egg right in the in front and right in the center of the step to my chicken house. Obviously, I need to give her a nest box to lay in while she is outside.

On other news, here are some random pictures I took today, just some flowers, chickens and goats.

These are the chicks from the first hatch in January. They are looking very nice!

This years baby goats, sure are growing!

Jack looking pretty!


Impala and yes that that is her udder sticking out, so lady like!

Silkie mix hen on some Silkie and leghorn bantam eggs.

Some really pretty flowers in the yard.

Well, till next time.

Some New Stuff

Well, this past weekend was a busy one! I spent most of Friday evening and all day Saturday at the Swap Meet. I took 26 birds and sold them all, I made $190.00 total. It was a little hard to sell of my Dutch Bantams as I have been working on them for about five years, but I managed. I picked up my trio of SC White Leghorn Bantams, they are beautiful! It was the coldest swap meet in a few years, 50's with a 50 mile per hour wind chill! BURR!!!! Anyways, I had a good time talking to old friends and conversing with other chicken people.

I have been working on a new art project, I want to start drawing game fowl in Graphite and Colored Pencil. I have no formal training, basically self taught, so I have to practice some before I finally get the hang of it. For years I have been able to draw just about anything, including people. I have never been able to draw poultry though, its really odd since thats my favorite subject. Here is my first attempt at Game Fowl in Graphite Pencil.
These images really don't do the picture justice. It looks a little better in person, for some reason it looks stretched somewhat. I think I am going to have to scan the images to get them to look good. This is just a first attempt, hopefully I will get better as I go along.

I'm going to work with the Graphite for now, since its what I am better at. I just want to get the basic shapes and shadows down first before I attempt colored pencil. My next drawing isn't going to be a game but a picture of my younger brother. I did a drawing of him a few years ago and mom really liked it. So I thought I might try it again with him being older.
I might decide on a different photo, but I think this one is going to work good. Its cute!

There isn't much else to report so here is the picture of the day.When I worked at the vets clinic, we had a Chinese restaurant right next door. I always wondered what they did with all those stray dogs?!?!

New News!

Just some general stuff. I have the first chick hatching in the incubator, a little early but there is one in every batch. The eggs I bought online, they are Blue, Black and Splash Leghorn bantams. Hopefully I will be able to start breeding these varieties since they are very beautiful.

Swap Meet weekend looks like its going to be dreary and cold as usual. There is a chance of Sever Thunderstorms on Friday, set up day. Then a cold front comes through Saturday and Sunday. So the temp isn't going to get out of the mid 50's to low 30's all weekend. Just great!!!! But its tradition that the "swamp" meet have some form of inclement weather, otherwise tradition would be broken and no one would look at the swap the same again! Other than the weather situation, it looks like its going to be a good swap, no precipitation expected except Friday. I'm already excited and ready to go!!

There really isn't to much to report at the moment. So its late and I need to get of this computer before it crashes!

Pic of the Day

Here is todays Picture of the Day!

Picture of the Day

Since I don't post very often I decided to try something. I am going to post a funny, weird and/or interesting picture every day.

With this picture, it makes me laugh every time I see it! Poor dog!!

On other news.
I will have a few new additions added to my SC White Leghorn breeding flock this coming weekend. I will be purchasing a trio of SC Whites from a Master Breeder. I am hoping to start a female line up, since I seem to be breeding better quality males than females with my current line. They will also help with keeping my lines pure, without inbreeding as I am getting very close to doing so. Out of all the Leghorn chicks I have hatched so far the male to female ratio has been about 80/20. More males than females, so I will have plenty of good males to chose from.....lol. Here are some pictures I the Leghorns I will be purchasing this weekend.

Beautiful Birds! I am very excited to be adding them to my flock!
Also don't forget SOPBA Spring Swap Meet, April 12-13.

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of our latest addition! He is solid black, weighing 19lbs, and the tallest goat I have ever seen!
This is my new Brooder, Its not finished yet, but its a work in progress. The chicks sure liked it, so I guess its going to work out. These are our babies born earlier in the year, Gabby our Dairy doe, and DD our Mix Diary doe. Both are growing like weeds and doing great!Don't forget the SOPBA Swap Meet, April 12-13th.

New Additions!

Here are some pictures of our latest additions to the farm.

This is a little dairy buck kid. He is only two hours old in these pictures. He is solid black.

Here are our latest baby chicks. One of my breeder leghorn bantams decided that she wanted to go broody. She hatched six chicks, three dutch and three leghorn chicks. On of the little dutch chicks died right after hatching, the mother rejected it, but all the others are doing very good.

These are the chicks I posted a picture of on March 3rd. They have sure grown a lot and I am almost able to identify cockerels and pullets.I am also going to be selling almost my entire flock of Dutch Bantams at the Southern Ohio Poultry Association Spring Swap Meet, April 12-13 2008.
I had to make a decision to pick just one breed to concentrate on. Since I have been breeding my Dutch for over five years, I decided that I am going to concentrate on my Leghorn bantams. I will be adding SC Blue, Black, and Splash leghorns to my flock, and possibly some Light Brown and/or Dark Brown.
I also have a Year Old Female dairy goat doe for sale. She is small, about 22inches at the shoulder. Her father was a pure breed Oberhasli, and her mother was 1/2 Alpine, 1/2 Sannen. She should be an excellent milking doe. She is available for pickup on the farm only.

For more information E-Mail me at bluerunbantams_08@yahoo.com