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[Lilisa]

Hilarious Travis! Must have been a VERY enjoyable Xmas :-)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Mankinis everywhere!!!

[Travis]

I might be late to this. Maybe it happened already so for those of you in the proper location. Is anyone planning to see, or already saw, the eclipse today with the ring of fire?

[Esther]

just popping up to wish a belated merry Xmas to all.
I am off to bed...

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Esther wrote: "just popping up to wish a belated merry Xmas to all.
I am off to bed..."

Sleep well, Esther. Merry Christmas!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis wrote: "I might be late to this. Maybe it happened already so for those of you in the proper location. Is anyone planning to see, or already saw, the eclipse today with the ring of fire?"

There was an eclipse? All I can see is smoke anyway, but I had no idea.

[Shirley]

A little more rain here overnight. Wish we could send some down your way Rusalka.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Shirley wrote: "A little more rain here overnight. Wish we could send some down your way Rusalka."

Me too!!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Hiding from the smoke and the heat isn't all bad...

[Peggy]

Ahw! Too cute!

[Margo]

Aww, they're gorgeous! Quite the posers lol

[Sarah]

They are adorable Rusalka! Are they the same kind as your others?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Aw! So cute! Glad they have somewhere to go to get out of the heat and smoke. Looks like they're enjoying story time. :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Hehe thought you would like them :D

Sarah, they are. They are Australorps (the black) crossed with Rhode Island Reds (the red). So you can see the different expressions already in the colouring! I always find colouring interesting.

These girls are not sexed, so please think henny thoughts our way. They will go back to the farm we got them from to live out their days in a paddock if they are boys as we can't keep them in the city. But I am crossing all my fingers and toes that we got two girls. As they are adorable and I love them.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh no! Henny thoughts being sent your way!

[Renee]

Oh they are adorable . I would love to have some.

My niece got me a membership to books a month club. It means I get a new book each month. Its gonna make for a fun year.

[Janice, Moderator]

Aww! So cute. I love the eyes on the black one.

[Sarah]

Sending henny thought to the chooks.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Hehe thought you would like them :D

Sarah, they are. They are Australorps (the black) crossed with Rhode Island Reds (the red). So you can see the different expressions already in the colouring! I..."

City girl here. What do you mean they are not sexed? Or is that to naughty to talk about!?!

[Sandra, Moderator]

They are so cute! Finger crossed they are girls!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Jayme, I am not an expert, chicks need to be certain age before their sex is obvious. Those two are not old enough to know if they are male or female.
Rus, correct me if I'm wrong.

[Shirley]

They must be girls. They’re showing their best camera-angle. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Shirley wrote: "They must be girls. They’re showing their best camera-angle. :)"

hahaha, true! They are definitely posing for the camera!


Jayme - I thought the same as Sandra. Rus needs to wait until they are a little older to determine if they are male or female, so as of now they are not sexed, meaning no gender has been applied to them.

[Jayme, Moderator]

I love this group. I am continually learning something new!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Haha Shirley. Love it!

No, you can sex chickens if you have the knack/skill. The chicks we usually get are sexed, so you know you are 95% likely getting a hen, usually with a money back guarantee.

Some chicken breeds can be sexed at birth by feathers, but most have to be flipped upside down and looked at down canals to see tiny tiny things is my understanding. Chicken sexers are one of the most highly paid jobs in the world, as they save poultry farms ridiculous amounts of money.

These two have not been, as they are from hobby farmers. But they are delightful.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

P.S. City girl too. I had no idea until I owned chooks (in the city).

I thought you would all love them!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Renee wrote: "My niece got me a membership to books a month club. It means I get a new book each month. Its gonna make for a fun year."

I am so interested in what you get! Please keep us informed. What a present!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

And in other news, Victoria (one of our States) has just evacuated an area (EDIT: HALF) the size of Belgium or Maryland (depending on what you are familiar with) due to bushfires down here.

And that's just one state out of the 8 of us. We are really not okay.

EDIT - the news story i read was wrong. It's still a huge area to evacuate though.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "And in other news, Victoria (one of our States) has just evacuated an area (EDIT: HALF) the size of Belgium or Maryland (depending on what you are familiar with) due to bushfires down here."

Oh my God, there is no end to this nightmare?

[Peggy]

I can't even wrap my mind around that..

[Margo]

Oh Rusalka, that's horrific.

[Kristie, Moderator]

That’s horrible, Rusalka. And from the reports I’ve seen here there is no end in sight.

[Sarah]

That's awful. And terrifying.

[Shirley]

And right in the middle of school holidays. That area is popular with holidaymakers. What a disaster.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I know! They've just asked anyone on the Far South Coast of NSW (where Lexx's family is at the moment, some live there, and where the entire city of Canberra holidays) to get out or get to the 4 main towns by 8am tomorrow, as they don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.

These towns live on January money for the entire year! I have no idea what these communities will do.

Although, today the north of Melbourne caught on fire. Last week, Adelaide. So they're right, who knows what will happen.

In unrelated burning news, the house across the road is currently on fire. So that's also fun.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

And in completely unrelated but fun news!

Yay Sam for being featured as one of Goodreads' "super readers" in the article giving us tips how to read more!
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1...

Love it when Goodreads likes to show off our awesome members!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Yay, Sam! It's awesome that you were featured. :)

[mars]

I don't who that is but, woo, way to go super Sam

[Sandra, Moderator]

Congrats, Sam!

[Shirley]

Rusalka wrote: "I know! They've just asked anyone on the Far South Coast of NSW (where Lexx's family is at the moment, some live there, and where the entire city of Canberra holidays) to get out or get to the 4 ma..."
Wait. The house is actually on fire?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Rusalka, this just keeps getting worse and worse. So sad and scary.

[Shirley]

One of the scariest things is the way the fires get so big, they generate their own weather in the form of thunderstorms, which create lightning which lights more fires.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Yeah, 3 fire engines across the road last night. I need to go check it out today. I think it was an electrical fire from what I could work out last night talking to the neighbours and smelling the smoke. Nothing compared to what's happening down the coast.

Lexx's sister and her family are stuck on a beach having evacuated from their brand new coast house, and that's the safest place to be.

Lexx's brother and his family, along with Lexx's mum who's visiting, just started having houses go up in their town where they live.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Lexx's sister and her family are stuck on a beach having evacuated from their brand new coast house, and that's the safest place to be..."

I read that they were evacuating people to the beaches. I can't imagine how devastating it is there. I've seen pictures of people giving water to the Koala's. Wild animals so desperate, they'll drink out of a can held by a person.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I've seen the poor koalas too. They are worried about how many there are left. These fires have been devastating all around.

I hope their new home survives, Rusalka. As awful as it is to be evacuated, it is even worse if there is nothing left to go back to.

[Peggy]

I want to say 'how horrible' but that doesn't even cover it. I hope your family will be fine, and like Kristie says, that they'll have a home to get back to.

I just saw on the news about Mallacootta.

[Kay]

Jayme wrote: "I love this group. I am continually learning something new!"

I'm happily following the discussion thinking the same thing!

[Kay]

Rusalka wrote: "Yeah, 3 fire engines across the road last night. I need to go check it out today. I think it was an electrical fire from what I could work out last night talking to the neighbours and smelling the ..."

Rusalka I really do hope all of your family remain safe. We have been having our share of fires and constant haze/smoke in the air up here in Central Qld but nothing like what is happening down there.

[Lilisa]

Rusalka - so sorry to hear - hope your family is safe and have homes to return to.

[Margo]

Rusalka wrote: "Yeah, 3 fire engines across the road last night. I need to go check it out today. I think it was an electrical fire from what I could work out last night talking to the neighbours and smelling the ..."

Rusalka, I'm thinking of you. Stay safe.