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Chicken Coop Update

Kari — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:06:27 +0000

It’s been a couple months since I’ve updated the Blaix.com readers on our chicken coop progress. Justin and my dad have been working on it sporadically and they got a little more done on it yesterday.

Jake loves coop building days

so does Nathan

My dad built some really awesome windows!

It’s starting to look like a real building now.

It’s almost time to paint which means we have to make our final decision on which color. Should we go with a traditional barn red, or maybe a color that doesn’t stick out as much?

Happy Birthday, Bobby!

Justin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:24:30 +0000

Today is my brother-in-law’s birthday. His name is Bobby Hall and he is married to my sister, Lindsay Hall. They have a pretty awesome boy named Joshua Hall who is also my nephew.

FAMILY!

Bobby makes graphics for a living and video games for fun. Someday it will be the other way around.

We both like Harry Potter which means we are compatible. We have not seen each other in three years.

Our special bond

Justin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:10 +0000

1:39:27 PM Justin Blake: n0000000000000bs!
1:39:33 PM Justin Blake: thats the new lag
1:40:08 PM James O’Donnell: how many people in the world would what you just said make sense to?
1:40:25 PM Justin Blake: just you i think

Chicken Update

Kari — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:59:00 +0000

It’s been just over 2 weeks since we brought home our 8 baby chicks. They’re all doing well and growing very fast.

The Easter Egger is growing the fastest, she’s going to be a big girl. She’s very sweet and loves to sit on me whenever she gets the chance. I think she may be my favorite.

This little yellow chick was supposed to be a Buff Orpington, but I think she’s actually a White Leghorn. I guess only time will tell. She’s a fun and quirky little chick.

The Rhode Island Red is a pretty calm and easy going girl so far, which surprises me a little.

The other 5 are all growing fast too, though some a little faster than others. It’s just a hunch, but I think we have two boys. The one on far left and the one on the far right I suspect are going to be roosters.

It was exciting to watch the feathers come in on the feet of the 4 cochins.

It’s also fun watching their personalities develop. Some of them are very quite and some are very cheepy.

Just for Bill, an out of context Justin quote

Kari — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:15 +0000

Justin Blake: i like the idea of raising and selling babies in general

Inside jokes

Justin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:20:47 +0000

4:58:13 PM Justin Blake: FANCY
4:58:45 PM Kristine Evans: fancy like gourmet
4:58:50 PM Justin Blake: exactly

An experiment

Justin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:49:43 +0000

Put one hand on top of the the back of your other hand so that your four fingers line up with the index finger of one hand on the pinky of the other, the middle finger on the ring finger of the other, and so on. Your thumbs should stick out on opposite sides.

Now wiggle your thumbs.

Man that looks weird.

Chicks!

Kari — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:19:00 +0000

As Justin mentioned in the previous post we spent most of our Valentine’s weekend picking up chicks.

Baby chicks, that is.

Of the chicken variety.

On Saturday we picked up three babies. Each of them is around a week old. The one on the left, hiding behind the feeder, is a Buff Orpington, the one in the middle is an Easter Egger, and the one on the right is a Rhode Island Red.

Nathan loves them

On Sunday we picked up 5 more babies. These babies were only a day old. We got one Welsummer, and four Cochins.

Guess what we did on Valentines weekend…

Justin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:19:20 +0000

Went out and picked up some chicks.

Justin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:45:15 +0000