babies here now.....

                                  A frizzle showed up in one of my cochins, this one is out of my Columbian pen  .I do have a birchen hen in there. I did have frizzles at one time

 

I kept this one back just to see what color it would turn out  to be ...he was chocolate in color as a chick...looks like a roo, from my brown egg layers. The top two are with Indian.

             
                                           A blue cochin, I picked up at farmers market

           
                                           A black cochin , I picked up at farmers market
                                       the above two are with a mixed hen that insisted on setting

         
                                          This little one`s wings looks like a butterfly wings....looks like a rooster

                                             
                                              I hope this one is a hen......a calico, maybe...

                                                                    Spike, a frizzle roo

                                              Don`t know about this one, it has some gold leaking thru the blue,
                                               another roo I think

                                                 
                                          another roo looks like it
                          The above 5 are from a blue cochin hen I picked up at a local swap

                                              
                                                  Introducing Mis Mary Margaret
                                               Mascara`s baby we are keeping

                                
                   This is Lilly according to my oldest....I think glimmer, can`t tell in the picture , but it looks light silver......survivor/sparkles baby, don`t really know which one as they both were laying there at the same time...lol

          
                                             This is another chick from the Columbian pen , only a few days old

           
I know this one isn`t a baby, but he is my new roo...a buff bantam cochin....hoping to raise buff barred bantam cochins...now need a barred hen...I do have some buff hens for him .

Here are some more babies.....tigeress had four little kitties....looks like 1 male and 3 female, two have tails and two don`t....tigeress is a bob-tailed kitty

that is all the babies for now......I just love baby animals...they are so cute.......

alitte of everything.....

 First off , the garden.....the green horned tomatoes worms have hit...grrrrr. I have been picking them off by hand and watering them every day with soapy water, this is helping somewhat, still have to pick them off though.

 

                                                   The above pic of the tomatoes

 A couple of pictures of the hens and chicks in the garden. The one in the cooler I just moved from a washer tub, they wasn`t doing what I wanted ....I wanted them to grow out of the little holes in the tub. Was thinking on trying to find some glass pop bottles, to put in this cooler, don`t know where I could find any, that isn`t expensive. I replanted the little ones in the wheelbarrow to spread them out alittle.

                                 
                                        My one and only so far canna blooming, one of the clearance bulbs I got

                                     
                                                            Mums are starting to bloom

                                                      
                                                  Cucumbers are having to be trained to climb up

                                  
                                                   A daylily blooming

                                        
   this is a picture of the chicks that have hatched this week, two are which of are cochins...yay... they are from my Columbian cochin pair, I do admit their is a birchen hen in there as well.

                                      
                                            This is Mascara with her little one, in which am keeping for now
                                 have named her Mary, the oldest calls her Mary Margaret from once upon a time
                                    show.

             The above picture is buff cochin banty hens I traded for Muscovy ducklings to get these. will not trade with these people again, unless their birds are better looking then these were....they was half dead...I gave them some apple cider vinegar water and have given tlc and still have not put them with my chickens. Yes I did get two reds one as well. They do look better then they did when I first got them. I probably won`t use them for eggs or breeders this year.

                  last of the chickens, this is my standard cochin Big boy, he is such a sweetheart.

                                                                     Now on to quilting

                                              The center block is done except for the star...beading

                                                   January block is done except for the star( beading) and some of the branches for the tree....gotta try and find what I need to do the branches. also need some grass on there as well.

This is a start to the August block, I know I should to do the next month , but have decided to do the block with the lions on it, so I won`t use the yarn up for the mane of the lion.

Well everyone have a beautiful day.....

alittle gardening and alot of chickens

 I have been picking blackberries about every morning, about a quart each day. the above picture is of a briar in my garden...waiting for them to turn black, this briar is just so full of berries. I have been getting a few green beans as well , but not enough for a mess yet, so I have been putting them in the freezer when I get them and when I get a quart will fix them. I picked first yellow squash this morning. I am watering my garden every morning ....we so need some rain, a slow steady rain not a storm.
Flowers are still blooming somewhat, watering those as well, sorry I didn`t get a picture of those on here today. Only one of the roses has a bloom on it right now, the marigolds are blooming away though.

                                                              On to the chickens

                                                       
                                                            one of the welsummer hens

                                  This is Eddie, don`t know what kind he is, but love his comb.

                                          This is a pair of silkie mix, that I was gonna rehome, but decided on keeping them...the roos is very pretty....further down is a pic of their offspring that I hatched out...different color.

             This is Attitude, don`t know if he will stay here or not, he has a attitude and tries to get me everytime I put my hand in the pen....first cochin I have had with this problem.

I have decided to build up my cochin chicken this year, don`t have that many and I so love my cochins.

                                    Black bantam cochin chick , I picked up at farmers market

 

                                     They also had a blue cochin chick, only one they had, I put them with a broody hen, that insists on setting where the other chickens are laying.

 

                               This is Bert, my Columbian cochin bantam, don`t know how I got this color, but I am guessing he is from my birchen roo, I had .He was raised here

 

                                                    Birchen cochin, she is in with Bert.
                                                      Raised here.

 

                This hen is also in with bert, I do believe she is considered a Columbian as well.
                                                                        raised here

                                This is a black cochin roo that I have, he was raised here

               
                             This hen is with the black roo, she was also raised here
                           she has gold feathering around neck leaking thru the black

                             Here is two little chicks that Was hatched this year...a chocolate one and the other one is from the silkie mix pair., Wondering what color they will be.

 

         This is a cochin chick, from the Bert and his two hens, don`t know really what hen it was from . 

Here is a calico , I picked up at a local swap meet , I got this little one with a blue hen , it has 4 brothers and sisters with frizzling on some of them.

 

 

Well I guess that is enough for now......

 

Everyone keep cool out there , summer has returned here.

 

 

garden and some quilting

These tomatoes came from my garden, I know not very big , but hey homegrown....yummmmmy.
I have been picking beans as well, no very many at a time . I have started t o pick blackberries again , both the wild ones and the tame from my garden, got almost a quart of them so far. I have only went out one day for the wild ones, so just now starting .

A few picture of some flowers around the yard. I am thinking the daylily needs to be moved into the garden, or maybe a start from them.

  A few new additions to my chickens, The first picture is a mamma banty cochin hen and 5 babies, a couple of frizzle babies in that lot....more babies....
And a pair of splash banty cochins as well, can`t wait to get eggs from them.

Now on to quilting project.

The center block from the quilt I am working on....still needs a few things....beads for the eyes of some of the animals and the beaded star on the block...am having a hard time finding some of the things I need for this here locally, like the for the mane of the lion....I used yarn for it instead.
The leaves were suppose to be a ribbon of some kind. used actual fabric( scrap)

This is the start of the January block, it will have a horse on it and of course a star...each block around the center block has a beaded star.