New member to the family

I added three more Boer Doe (girls) to the Herr's Little Farm.  The second one with the brown neck to shoulder is already in heat.  She should be pregnant in a few months with Blacky's kids.

I started last year with two goats to clear out my black berries, now I have a few more helper to continue to keep the black berry and grass down to controlling limits.

My hens

My hen started lying eggs a week after I bought them home. I believe the feed (layers palette) that I was feeding them help them started lying eggs. I'm so excite to having some baby chick in a month or so. The exact days would be 22 days once the hen has sat on her eggs. The eggs would start to hatch their after. So excited.

Palm Tree

Phoenix and Lily Flower Tattoo

In mid of January, my friend told me tattoo by Bong and tattoo Rich was coming back to town. I had been considering a tattoo but wasn't really sure when I wanted to do it. What I wanted was a traditional Japanese Phoenix on my chest wrapping around over on shoulder to my upper back. Also I've been putting a lot of tribal/ Polynesian tattoo on my body so I thought I would be unique to incorporate the Phoenix flying through the polynesian tattoo. I haven't seen this particular type of tattoo infusion.

 

The reason I choose the Phoenix bird known as; the mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail gold and scarlet (purple, blue and green according to some legends) Wikipedia. The Phoenix is known at the end of its lifespan it builds itself a nest of twigs and then ignites; both nest and the bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new young Phoenix or Phoenix egg arises, reborn to live again. This is the reason why I chose the Phoenix tattoo to be placed on my body because I got the chance to relive life or a new rebirth.

Secondly on my upper back I also put a lily flower pebbles to symbolize rebirth as well. It is very small design in Polynesian tattoo. If you don't look carefully you won't be able to noticed the flower pebbles. The reason for my lily flower because someone by the name of lily flower has help me through a very dark time in my life. So I dedicate this to her!

Undergrowth

Taken in Tillamook, Oregon 2012

Thailand Gamefowl

Since the chicken coop was built, last weekend I made a quick trip to California to pick up a few Thailand birds from my nephew. Did I mention he has some of the most beautiful Thai birds around IMO. I selected a black bird and he gave me two hens and one rooster. 

The bird I chosen is in black color all around.  A very pretty rooster.  The hens are black as well.  I can't wait to see what they will produce in a few months.

I got a similar hen like this one. Such a beautiful birds. She should produce some black birds just like her. 

Chicken Coop

From the time when I got divorce, I wanted to live out my life and do the things I love that I did not get the chance to do during my marriage.  I had mention in one of my earlier blog, that I purchased a new home in 2011 with 7.8 acres a year ago.  It’s has always been a dream of mine to own a place so that I could raise my own chickens without anyone complaining about the chickens.  I’ve waited for over 7 months, and it couldn’t be any better timing then now.  Because I’m so happy to be alive and living the dream.  I like to thank my love ones and those people around me, encouraging me, to be who I am, stay humble, and things will be alright.

Stage one…

A few weeks back, on a Saturday evening, while I was watching the weather news the forecast was sunny and lite clouds. On the following day, I got up bright in early to head over to Lowe to purchase the lumber and supplies to build my chicken coop.  Prior building my chicken coop a few months back when I purchased my land I had scratch up some drawing of what I needed to do. So I knew what I needed to do.

Stage two…

Planning the structure of the chicken coop; I knew that living in the northwest I needed the chicken coop to be a little weather resist to the rain. In order to prevent wood damage I would need to purchase treated wood to make my chicken coop last a little longer. Since treat wood is twice as much then non-treated wood so I opt to purchase some treated and some non-treated.  I’m keeping in mind that wood in contact with the ground would get faster rot because of the damp ground. 

Stage three…

So my structure, in contact with the ground should be treated wood. From there I started building the frame with treated wood on the ground and non-treated wood on top. After the frame was built, I installed the wire fence for chicken on the chicken coop.  I pre-installed the roofing to see how it would fit.

Stage four…

After I completed the wire fence I installed the roofing.  The roofing is constructed of plastic materials which will help prevent rot and longer life to my coop. The last thing was build my door for the coop.

Stage five...

The last stage is to paint it, when the weather permits and getting my chickens.