Mini Horses
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Love your pictures! But it's only way I like snow anymore.
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Baymule
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Me too!!
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Alaskan
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Snow sure is warm!!!!
In photos!
In photos!
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Alaskan
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Yep, yep... snowing today... lots....
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Alaskan
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Snowing again today.
Walking home from church... our dog running on ahead.
And by my front door, my chicken tractor, the "Chicken Troop Transport". Clearly, we only use it in the summer time.
The little black thing to the right is a metal wire hanging basket... must have been blown over there. And no, I am not trudging through all of that snow to grab it... it can wait a month.
Walking home from church... our dog running on ahead.
And by my front door, my chicken tractor, the "Chicken Troop Transport". Clearly, we only use it in the summer time.
The little black thing to the right is a metal wire hanging basket... must have been blown over there. And no, I am not trudging through all of that snow to grab it... it can wait a month.
Mike CHS
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I look at your pictures and then get back to reality here where we already have garden in. 
The pictures are pretty though as long as you keep that stuff in Alaska.
The pictures are pretty though as long as you keep that stuff in Alaska. Mini Horses
Herd Master
I love that your dog goes to church with you!
Baymule
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How many people live close enough to walk to church?
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The priest and his wife, and one single guy (who is Orthodox) live in the 4 plex by the church. My family lives in the house west of the church property.
There is one other house west of me that has been vacant for years.
Then north of the church property is one big house with basement apartment, one small house, a garage apartment, 2 cabins and 1 tiny cabin/former banya.
And that is it.
North and east of the cluster of houses is nature center.
South, is one strip of houses along the main road that the driveway joins to.
West is a bigger chunk of private property (40, or 80? Acres), there is a house on it... someplace.... but it is a fair hike from this side, and driveway access is from far west, not through this little "subdivision".
Most of my pictures face south and show how the land slopes down to a tiny creek and a wetlands area that drains to the west. That area isn't buildable because of that.
After the creek area the land rises a bit to where the road runs west to east... and then the land drops again.
Because the land rises a bit before the road, it is very hard to see from my house. And that road isn't all that busy anyway.
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I started a set of eggs last week....
So last night I candled them.
Out of my 5 white Spitz eggs... THREE clear.
Out of the 21 bantam blue eggs... well first, blasted things are blue so hard to see... but it almost looks like they are all clear? Maybe?
I have 4 bantam hens, with 2 clocks.
Sheesh....
Must be the snow, it hasn't been horrid cold so I didn't expect fertility rates THIS bad.
Kind of funny.... I was miffed at the Spitz... I have uh.... 8 hens? I think 1 pullet???
clearly I need to count again.... and it is 3 clocks? Whatever...mind blank... point is, I KNOW they have at least one pullet in there, maybe 3... and still in the time the bantams, 4 old ladies, laid way more than 21 eggs (6 or so were too dirty, odd shape, whatever, not good for incubating) the Spitz laid a pathetic 5 eggs.
But.... at least 2 of the 5 Spitz eggs were fertile.
So last night I candled them.
Out of my 5 white Spitz eggs... THREE clear.
Out of the 21 bantam blue eggs... well first, blasted things are blue so hard to see... but it almost looks like they are all clear? Maybe?
I have 4 bantam hens, with 2 clocks.
Sheesh....
Must be the snow, it hasn't been horrid cold so I didn't expect fertility rates THIS bad.
Kind of funny.... I was miffed at the Spitz... I have uh.... 8 hens? I think 1 pullet???
clearly I need to count again.... and it is 3 clocks? Whatever...mind blank... point is, I KNOW they have at least one pullet in there, maybe 3... and still in the time the bantams, 4 old ladies, laid way more than 21 eggs (6 or so were too dirty, odd shape, whatever, not good for incubating) the Spitz laid a pathetic 5 eggs.But.... at least 2 of the 5 Spitz eggs were fertile.
