We spent this weekend with some wonderful friends from Chapel Hill. They called last minute to see if they could come up, hang out, and help with the house! We really do have some amazing friends! We did a little of the siding, but Toby is getting really tired of it, so we decided to start on the storage building. We weren’t planning on building one, but Toby’s mom offered to help build one as Toby’s b-day gift. So, we figure, now we will have a space to keep our tools (which are getting rusty out in the elements), and put all of our stuff that we are currently paying to keep in storage. I’ll post pictures later. But for now, for your viewing pleasure, I have some lovely ladies who would like to say “hi!”
On the left is Faye, our Speckled Sussex. Ruby, the big ol’ mean Delaware is the white one
This is Honey, one of the Americaunas.
This is Sweety, the friendliest of our chickens, and the one who comes to get us when she wants to go to bed!
On the Left is Spike, our Buff Orpington, and Ruby again.
Missing are Rudy and Ralph, the black Australorps. They weren’t in a photographic mood.
Kaia said, and I quote, “We should name our Australorps ‘Black’ and ‘Black’, since they are black” 🙂
I went out for a walk the other evening and spotted some new mushrooms. The first one was under a dead tree in a large orange patch. I believe it is called an orange peel cup fungus (Aleuria aurantia), also called “orange fairy cups”. It’s supposed to be edible, but I am too chicken to try it.
I think this is a Pigskin Puffball
I don’t know what this one is. I think it is a polypore of some sort. It was growing out of a dead tree and most of them had no visible stem, or offset stems.
Wow, nice to see your avian lady friends. Great mushroom pix, too. Do you have much fairy activity around the house? (I remember seeing a great huge fairy ring up at Max Patch years ago. Do you have any of those on your property?)
I haven’t seen any mushroom rings, but I have seen some wild irises in a circle that look very fairy suspicious 🙂
I have been a “voyer” for a short while now. The progress you have made with your home is wonderful. I had to comment today instead of just continue lurking to share about “honey”. I too have an americauna exact to yours that is named “honey”. Just thought is was kinda neat- how many people out there would have the exact same colored americauna & have named it the same unusual chicken name as mine.
~Tammie
That’s awesome that Honey has a twin! How old is she? Do you remember when she started laying? My ladies will be 15 weeks old on Saturday and I am so anxious for eggs. I especially can’t wait to see all the egg colors!
Our ducks hatched in May and started laying in October. Whether that timing applies to chickens or not, I have no idea. 🙂 They’re beauties!
Nice chickens! I was just out taking pictures of my “girls”.
The orange peel fungus is in the category of “edible but don’t bother”. I think it has some medicinal value but I don’t remember exactly what, now.