As evidenced by yesterday's photo-heavy post (the top photo is yesterday's sunrise), my camera can still shake off its sensor-sickness sometimes. But it seems to be sick more often than not lately, when it sees everything in disturbing shades (second photo). So today I'm going to check out the Fujifilm digital camera that a local store has on sale. I've liked my Fujifilms, two of which I got used (another was stolen), and if I stick with the same brand I can utilize the memory cards I already have. We'll see.
The new chicks are doing well. The Speckled Sussex are already living up to their reputation for being calm, curious, and friendly. They will let me reach out and stroke their backs while they are eating, and yesterday they mobbed me to eat out of the can of Start & Grow I brought in to refill their feeder. The two Easter Eggers are far more wary. The one with a hint of blue I'm calling Muffy:
The lighter one I call Buffy; she's a "mean girl" to the Sussex girls which does not please me. I've thought about throwing her in with the older hens to give the babies a break and so she can experience being the "pickee" instead of the "picker," but really don't want her dead, so I just catch and hold her and tell her she can be nice.
During the day the two breeds stay mostly segregated, but at night they all pile together in a feathery fluff to stay warm.That's it for now from . . .
6 comments:
Maybe your camera dropped acid - it looks like those pictures from the 70's...
I have a Nikon 40 and really love the pictures that I take..
I really am annoyed when a camera doesn't work well..It's very frustrating.
I think it's so cool you name your chickens.. There is a gal north of me that has boar goats and she has them all named...and she knows them all..
Thanks for the nice remark about the ram. I am hoping it was a good decision. Who should I ask about finding out if any of my girls carry the polled gene? I don't know enough about all of this. Hope you get your camera issues resolved. I don't know what I will do when mine quits.
Sharrie, if you want fine fleeces and polled genetics, I don't think you could do better! The person to ask about polled genetics is Juliann Budde, hands down. I might be able to help if there are obvious, up-close poll-carriers. Have any of your girls thrown what you think are scurs in their ram lambs?
I have a Fuji FinePix S6000fd that I just adore. There are so many features on this thing that after 4 years I still don't understand all it's potential while being completely satisfied with what I DO know how to use. The prices keep coming down on it and it is nearly at the prices for no-name cheapies. It is more like my old Nikon than most digital cameras and in many ways a better deal.
One did but gave me triplet rams. I kept the one with scurs. I also got a ewe from a mom who Tami Mulder said carried..... bred from that ram. That is about all I know. She will go with the new ram for sure.
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