Pen of the Month for September 2016
.30 Caliber Bullet Pen, Bolt Action configured for left hand operation. Rifle clip. Rose gold tip, gun metal hardware. Featured with Cherry Burl wood for a superlative look. Views: 121
August 2016 Egg Production
Nine of the ten hens are laying this month. The Ameracauna has not started. I expect she may not start until around the end of September. We had a couple egg mishaps, where an egg was laid without a shell. This was on August 1st, and again on August 26th. Those are not accounted for…
Dehydrating Basil
Fresh herbs are a delight. We picked some basil, rosemary and some sage. Washed the dust off and put on the dehydrator. Wow! The scent coming out of the dehydrator as the leaves were drying was so good! We packaged some of it, gave some to friends too. Looking forward to the next batch now.…
July 2016 Egg Production
We added chickens to the place March 11th. Five each, Barred Rocks, Black Laced Wyandottes, and Easter Eggers. After culling the cockerels in early July, we were left with five Barred Rocks, four Wyanodottes, and one Easter Egger. The Barred Rocks started laying first, beginning July 18th, at about 18 weeks and a few days…
Monster Egg
A Monster egg? From a Monster Chicken? Well, not very likely, but one of the hens did lay this really big egg, which as I suspected, turned out to be a double yolk egg. Views: 89
Pen of the Month for August 2016
The pen of the month for August 2016. Features Fly Fishing for Trout embellishments. Antique brass hardware. Natural Oak, with Blue Lapis inlace where insects have bored through the wood.This pen is sold, but you can order one similar, contact us for additional details. Views: 103
Making a Dragon Pen – Part 1
A chunk of a pecan tree that was removed to make way for some construction in Baxter county. While much of the tree was cut into firewood, some of the more interesting parts were saved for the shop. Some pen blanks were cut from the chunk of wood on the bandsaw, then cut to length…
Making a Dragon Pen – Part 2
Continued from Making a Dragon Pen – Part 1 A pen mill is used on the drill press to trim the extra wood at the end of the blank, and to square the wood to the brass tube. Care is taken to trim just to the end of the brass tube so as not to…
Making a Dragon Pen – Part 3
Continued from Making a Dragon Pen – Part 2 View Making a Dragon Pen – Part 1 Ready for assembly now. Here is all the components ready to go together. The wood is still on the bushings, kept together for grain alignment. The lower barrel assembly, which is the finished wood and brass tube, is…
Roosters – Not Hens
When we purchased our chicks from the local farm supply this past Spring, the chicks were advertised as pullets. Down in the fine print somewhere I am sure was a disclaimer about the actual sex of the chicks. As the chicks grew, some had some real personality. One of the Ameraucanas we named Clover, because…