October Randoms

nopegoat · October 2018

About a month ago I entered a picture I took into a photo contest and ended up winning an incubator and hatching eggs. Just checked on them and they're beginning to hatch! I'm so stinking excited!!

lillywonderland · October 2018

@nopegoat Chickens or Ducks? Would you post some pics? I love the fluffy little babies!!!

chichiphin · October 2018

It’s Sunday morning and I’m sobbing with the end of Call the Midwife season 7 ughhh

emeraldduchess · October 2018

@chichiphin all the feelings from Call the Midwife season 7.

I will say Lucille and Valerie teaching the feminine hygiene class was one of my favorite moments.

nopegoat · October 2018

@lillywonderland chickens this time around. We have done ducks in the past. Waiting for our Indian Runner ducks to start laying again. I'll definitely post some pics a little later!

kiki047 · October 2018

@nopegoat that is so cool!!

nopegoat · October 2018

They are hatching a bit early because of slightly high temps (first time with this incubator). It's killing me that I can't open it yet. I promise better pics later! 5 so far!

asupernovablizzardstorm · October 2018

@nopegoat so cute!

I never knew how uneven my feet are until I put on my new booties this weekend. It fit perfectly onto my right foot but such a struggle to put on my left. I got them off of zulily so trying on before hand.

nitnat007 · October 2018

@nopegoat That is amazing!

ruby696 · October 2018

@nopegoat Ahhhh!

dpjennifer · October 2018

@nopegoat awwwwwwww!!!!!! I loved baby ducklings when our ducks had them, and baby chickens are just as cute!!!!! Squealing with joy over here!!!!

nopegoat · October 2018

@dpjennifer ducks and geese are my favorites! Much messier but so much more personality!

What kind of ducks do you have (or had)?

holly321 · October 2018

I love ducks too! They are messy though.

dpjennifer · October 2018

@nopegoat currently I only have chickens, but in the past my family's had white pekings and mallards. What kind of chickens are these babies?

nopegoat · October 2018

holly321 said:

I love ducks too! They are messy though.

Besides our cow, Beefy, the ducks and geese are my favorites on our little farm! We currently have 20 ducks and 2 geese. 🙈🙈 We may have a problem lol!! But I seriously could watch them ALL day!

nopegoat · October 2018

dpjennifer said:

@nopegoat currently I only have chickens, but in the past my family's had white pekings and mallards. What kind of chickens are these babies?

These are a mixture of all different kinds. I'm pretty sure I won some barred rocks and Ameraucanas and then we added a few of our own Easter Eggers and Olive Eggers. I also won a few black copper maran and serama eggs but they didn't develop right and were dead before I locked the incubator down for hatching.

lillywonderland · October 2018

I am seriously envious of all you duck owners! I am obsessed with ducks and baby ducks. They are my favorite!! Thank you @nopegoat for sharing some pics!! (I may have also YouTubed the Indian runner ducks and I was not dissapointed!!)

holly321 · October 2018

@nopegoat we used to have geese but haven’t had any for many years. Right now, we just have chickens and ducks. We keep saying we are getting goats again, but it didn’t happen. I have been trying to talk my dad into a donkey for years ( all my stuff is at his house, they live about a mile away).

ducks can be so sweet and social. I had one years ago that was attacked by the chickens, so he was in a pen by himself for a while, so I would get him out each day and he would follow me and my dog around all afternoon, he would even climb in my lap when I sat down.

nopegoat · October 2018

@lillywonderland runners are my absolute favorite! They are so stinking funny. I call them my bowling pins!

@holly321 I want a donkey and another cow so bad!! If we had more land I'd do it on a heartbeat. Aww!! I want a lap duck. Some of ours will come eat out of your hand but that's as far as it goes.

Miss Broody has officially adopted them. 8 chicks so far. 😍😍

ETA wrong pic but still a cute one. Here's one with more fuzzy babies!

b_1029 · October 2018

@nopegoat all of these pictures are so adorable!

nopegoat · October 2018

Finally got some good pics yesterday. Last chick spam I promise. Im just a little obsessed with these fluffy distractions!

Image: https://i63.tinypic.com/wa1qv4.jpg

Image: https://i65.tinypic.com/2u3zfon.jpg

And this one's fuzzy little feet. 😍

b_1029 · October 2018

I’m very curious as to what happened yesterday on here after stalking the June board!

marebear15 · October 2018

@b_1029 - I don't know if I "violated" the blackout, but I stalked the Bump while not signed in to my account. There was this crazy cat troll that made no less than 5 accounts and went to each of the posts about the blackout and posted tons of cat gifs. She even trolled a troll that came in here asking about meds and "baby dust." The way she was trolling was hilarious and harmless and made a lot of people think it was a reg. All cat accounts were created the day we brought up the blackout. She even made an entire post called "When the cat is away, the mice will play." SOOOO many cat gifs.

meatballs37 · October 2018

::lurking::

It was definitely harmless most of the day and entertaining. But when they started posting screen shots of regs account activity, posting polls on regs, and screen shots of other things multiple times all over TTGP, it went a little far.

ruby696 · October 2018

@marebear15 Okay, I think you're a genius. It didn't even occur to me to stalk the boards while signed out.

lulu1180 · October 2018

@marebear15 Honestly, that did occur to me but I would've had to log out first and it would've bit a hit. And I wasn't sure if they would still get the hit if I wasn't logged in. *shrug* What really matters is that it worked!

lulu1180 · October 2018

Since you all were talking about chickens...I saw this in my FB ads today

https://www.amazon.com/What-Cluck-2019-Day-Calendar/dp/1449494080

emeraldduchess · October 2018

@lulu1180 that is hilarious. I think I found my holiday yankee swap gift!

nopegoat · October 2018

lulu1180 said:

Since you all were talking about chickens...I saw this in my FB ads today
https://www.amazon.com/What-Cluck-2019-Day-Calendar/dp/1449494080

Um. I think I need this. Lol!

kiki047 · October 2018

For those asking (@chichiphin), the reno is moving along so fast. They finished the plumbing yesterday, and finished framing/put up the drywall for our new pantry off the kitchen. Today I think they're going to finish drywalling the ceiling in the pantry/dining room, then tomorrow is finishing off the electrical and putting in the new potlights throughout the main floor.

We took out the gas fireplace in the family room because it's kinda long and skinny and we would rather have use of that wall for seating now that we've taken out the half wall.

It looks so much better re-framed, and they're going to do crown moulding around it to finish it. I'm having a hard time picturing it but he assures me it'll look nice.

This is what it looked like before (Realtor photo). We found it was so crowded, and we want that to be open to the kitchen instead. We also hated those columns. It's a supporting wall so we had to keep them but it'll look so much more modern with cleaner lines.

It was dark out by the time I got home (and no lights on the main floor lol) so no photos of the pantry with drywall up. You can see it better this way anyway. We'll have cupboards and counters on both ends, with open shelving along the long (back) wall. Doing a glass sliding door (is it still called a barn door if it's not rustic/wood?). Opposite side along the wall is going to be a coffee/wine bar.

chichiphin · October 2018

oooooh @kiki047 I love the decision to remove the fire place and to replace the half wall with traditional, clean support columns. It will look so good!

kiki047 · October 2018

@chichiphin thank you! I've had mixed reactions to taking out the fireplace. I think we'll put in a modern electric one if we eventually do built-in shelving on the entertainment wall, so we really had no use for the gas fireplace. My feelings about my reno are a lot like TTC - I try not to tell people too many details because everyone has an opinion on what they think we should do.

brookert615 · October 2018

@kiki047 LOOOOOOOVE this all. I can't wait to see the final product!

smmatt08 · October 2018

@b_1029 Bourbon trail?! Where are you going? Should be a beautiful weekend for it.

kbrown2385 · October 2018

@kiki047 I love watching your reno! Can’t wait to see it all come together!

b_1029 · October 2018

@smmatt08 willett, makers mark, and old forester! I can’t really drink bourbon straight but I like seeing all the different distilleries!

lillywonderland · October 2018

$4 Burritos at Chipotle on Halloween (3pm-close) if you show up in a costume!

I did it last year. 😁

kbrown2385 · October 2018

@lillywonderland well I guess I know what we are doing for dinner before trick or treating

lcking82 · October 2018

@kiki047: this is some SERIOUS reno! It's going to look so good. Are you going crazy while it's in process? Our 5 year plan involves a serious kitchen reno, and I'm nervous about it already!

kiki047 · October 2018

@lcking82 I'm surprisingly not as anxious as I thought I'd be, I think because this part moves relatively quickly. We have a seriously amazing contractor though so he's been really open and good about communicating exactly what's going on and what to expect day to day. The dust/mess is driving me a little crazy because evvvverything is covered in a film of dust, no matter how much we tarped and how careful they are. I also can't find anything, lol, but what else is new.

ETA: My only advice at this point is plan plan plan, be clear about what you want/don't want, and just make sure to find a contractor that you're comfortable with and get along with. We had a clear idea of what we wanted going into this but we also trusted his process and his eye. He came over 4-6 times before we started, saw how the space functioned/how we wanted it, he took us to see some of his completed work and we talked to the homeowners who had nothing but good things to say about him. We interviewed two other contractors first and we just clashed in so many ways, they disagreed with some of our designs and we hated their suggestions. I would not be this calm if I had any worries that things wouldn't be done exactly the way I asked.

This is basically my inspiration, our layout will be different but same cabinet colours (white with grey island) and countertops, same paint colour, and I'm looking for lights like that too.

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