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let's hear it for gay whale sex

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I love that she still has a little cowlicked crest. It's probably not a good thing, in terms of conformation, but it's cute as hell.

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*GASP* Can you please kiss the babies for them then???? Thank you!!!!

I will certainly do so

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they had no reason to be serving challengers realness for hsm promo 😭

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idk thinking about how sometimes you have to show up for people you aren't that close to, because sometimes you're just the person who's there. sometimes you invite a new friend to a party and end up having to sit with them through a panic attack. sometimes you run into an acquaintance on their worst day and they need to talk about what happened. sometimes someone is crying in a stairwell and you're the only one around to ask if they're okay. and none of this is "trauma dumping" or whatever the fuck it's just being there for people because you're the one in the room with them.

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The Conference of the Birds, Persian Manuscript, circa 1600; Safavid Iran (Isfahan)

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Today I have pics of my quilt. Pattern is called Felix and is by Meags and Me.

Close up of Felix with the spider on his tail 😜

He is pretty chill about it. Off to do some more binding. Just got a few quilts back from my long arm quilter

(She loved her Highland Coos). 💚

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Toothless is also asleep, and mimicking when the quail fall asleep passed out like they're dead

He's a great mom for them, they sleep all over him when they first hatch.

They love to fall asleep in a pile

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They are bubbling!! I believe that means it's working!

Now to wait a few weeks, until it can be bottled, and a few months for it to age!

So, I ended up with just enough maple syrup to make some maple mead. I'm looking forward to tasting it in a few months. Hopefully it will be ready at/around the new years, as I would like to toast the new year with it. Maybe give some to friends to taste test. It's my first try at making any kind of alcohol myself, although Sark has made a few different kinds over the years, so we already had most of the materials on hand, and collective experience.

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(via @rookiek13)

CHMPK

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That one is a dotted white (homozygous for DW gene). It came from the fee group, so I'm not really sure why it exists since that group shouldn't have dotted white, but it also shouldn't have fee since it was from a purely SLB Jumbo group with no white feathers. One hen in the fee group has a couple of white feathers, but the make doesn't appear to, and tuxedo (het DW) usually makes the whole belly and some of the wing feathers white. But, here we are.

They love to fall asleep in a pile

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How

CHMPK

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CHMPK

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And in case you're worried they're cold, they're not. They're actually perfectly warm enough.

They're avoiding the center of the heat lamp, which is why I was over there- moving it up for them so they're not as hot, but this is actually only half the brooder, and they're not sleeping smushed into the cold side, which means for now, they are mostly content with their temps, and just need a minor heat adjustment.

Coturnix quail are actually VERY cold hardy; by 2 weeks of age, they're generally off heat indoors, and they can tolerate freezing temps by 4 weeks just fine. They do not, however, appreciate when it's too hot outside (or in the brooder). They need it very very hot (95F) for the first couple of days, and then the heat can rapidly back off; the youngest of these are only 2 days old.

Looking forward to thinning them out as sale weekends approach!

They love to fall asleep in a pile

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They love to fall asleep in a pile

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Sometimes I get asked "is that bird okay?" when I have the birds out at expos or swaps. Because they're laying on the ground like this, like a dead or dying bird. And it IS scary to find the first few times you see it.

But. This bird is fine. It's just zonked out asleep.

They are tiny, fuzzy babies that sleep like the dead.