+ZeroHecksGiven Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I might have to get one of these... Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Wow! Those turned out nice!!! CF30 Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Sarah sent me the mint photos of my samples today. Note: These are "samples." I already see some changes to be made Wow! Those are stunning! I love both of them, but I think the detail shows up better on the silver finish. BTW, samples or not, you may want to touch up the photos to hide the tracking numbers. Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 My samples from the mint came in! Yayyy! I must say these coins are a lot prettier in person. My goal was to design a rooster that was still yet a little feminine. A coin that would be worthy of a Southern Belle. I think I did it! I will make a few changes and the minting will begin. Oh, Sara said the mint will be closed for a week or two for holiday?? They must be exhausted after the rush to get GCF coins out! LOL! I will take pics later today. My husband took my camera to a gig with him. I'm excited! PS.. I'm sending one of these along with the Halloween Mission, too. Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 My samples from the mint came in! Yayyy! I must say these coins are a lot prettier in person. My goal was to design a rooster that was still yet a little feminine. A coin that would be worthy of a Southern Belle. I think I did it! I will make a few changes and the minting will begin. Oh, Sara said the mint will be closed for a week or two for holiday?? They must be exhausted after the rush to get GCF coins out! LOL! I will take pics later today. My husband took my camera to a gig with him. I'm excited! PS.. I'm sending one of these along with the Halloween Mission, too. Haha, you'll need to get him his OWN camera for Christmas!! Quote Link to comment
+ThePetersTrio Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I think these are very cool. I was thinking they would be more colorful (more like your avatar) but they turned out very well even without all the colors. I'd love to work out a trade with you when they become available. Nice job! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Chicky-Babe, SOoooooooo Happy for you. And real happy that things are looking up. you deserve it Girl!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+CUTT4 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Wow! They turned out great!! I can't wait to get a look at them the next time we see each other. I'm so excited for you. Congrats and I can't wait to see the final version Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 I took these pictures yesterday evening. I'm really starting to like them! LOL! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 ***********squEEEEEllllllllll*********** Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Chickahominy, we love the the gold one, would you be interested to trade with us, please feel free to contact us thru our profile, send us your seeking list if you are interested. Very Beautiful Personal. Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Really, really nice coins Chicka!! CF30 Quote Link to comment
+cache_in_hand Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Wow, that is such a nice looking personal. And I read you were worried about putting it out at the same time as a Yime..... Not to worry, not at all. Quote Link to comment
+Chur Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 WOW! Congratulations! This is a nice personal Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 I made a few changes to the coins and they are now in production. 100 being made. Any suggestions on how to handle the circulation of my coins? Do you keep track of where your personals are? Trade only? Trade some and sell some? There are a few people who I owe coins to. For example, Dr. Neal pre-traded me a beautiful Kathy's coin. I will be contacting him. Once I get my paybacks out of the way, I would like to share with others. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+CUTT4 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I made a few changes to the coins and they are now in production. Yay, I am so excited for you Molly! I know you've been looking forward to them. Congrats to you!!! Quote Link to comment
+drneal Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I only will trade the Kathy's Coin (although a gave some away too,) but I wasn't really worried about trying to recoup(sp) any of the cost. I'm sure you'll have no trouble trading or selling or selling/trading these beautiful coins. Congratulations on a winner! ILYK Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Any suggestions on how to handle the circulation of my coins? Do you keep track of where your personals are? Trade only? Trade some and sell some? First off, very nice personal Chickahominy...it is a wonderful representation! As far as your questions go...it's entirely up to you. You can sell some if you want to recoup some of your costs or you can trade them all away. I think for my next one, I might have one finish that can be bought to help fund the project and then another finish that will be trade-only. I didn't keep track of where all my coins went...never thought to do that. Looking forward to trading with you at some point! Best of luck, ELTADA Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Do It All, Chicky- Babe!!!!!!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+FScout Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 They are really nice. Hope I can buy one or trade. Quote Link to comment
+Toojin Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 This is a very classy coin !! Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Introducing the arrival of my personal coin! This coin took a long time to produce and is my first effort at coin producing. The rooster goes hand in hand with my Geo Nickname, Chickahominy. The Chickahominy is a river in Virginia near Williamsburg, named after a local Indian tribe, the Chickahominy. Chickahominy means people of the burnt corn. I have spent a good bit of time in Williamsburg and had the childhood nickname of Pocahontas. My daughter and geocaching buddy, Laura (PV=nRT) went to college at William and Mary. The two of us went on a dream trip of mine to see Tasha Tudor in Vermont. Guess what? She had an indoor rooster named Chickahominy! With that, the name came full circle. I love roosters, don't you? Gold 30 made Trading for personals only. Copper 35 made This one is really my favorite. Silver 35 made Trackable at Geocaching.com with its own icon; a gold rooster inside a red circle. The coin is 3D and is 3.5mm thick. Each coin has 4 red gemstones. (Yes four, not 5. The flower arranger in me did that ) I will be contacting those people who pre-traded me and who I "owe" a coin to. If you have a personal and are interested in trading, please email me. Once I get these shipped, I will offer some of the coins for sale. Hopefully by next week. Thanks for your interest! Quote Link to comment
+julia51:) Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I think this is one of the nicest 3-D coins i've seen (especially the copper!), great job! Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I would die & go to heaven if I could trade for the copper version of your lovely rooster coin! I still have some of each version of my own personal (in addition to many other coins) that I would be happy to trade for one. E-mail sent. Please let me know. CF30 Quote Link to comment
+Howlingmoon Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Email sent. Paws crossed. Beautiful coin! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Congrats Chicky!!!!!! WOO HOOOOoooooooooooooooo I can see you smiling all the way up here!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+grodan & fiabus Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Email sent. Hope I left an offer tempting enough. grodan Karin Quote Link to comment
+UFgatorgirl Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 congrats chickahominy they look great and i am sure you are very excited. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey Voyager Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 these turned out really awesome! congrats! i have a feeling we will all be seeing many very nice designs like this with runs of only 100 coins total or even less. these will quickly become extremely rare and hard to find! Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Wonderful Coins!! You've really done yourself proud! Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Chickahominy's Cointest It has rained here all day. We are shut in! I imagine those of you higher up on the East Coast will be experiencing this same weather in the next few days. While we are all sipping coffee, tea and hot chocolate, let's have a cointest! FOR: One of my gold roosters. This is the version reserved for trading for other personals. THE OBJECTIVE: My husband and I live in the country and hope to get some chickens soon. We want them to eat the bugs in the yard and lay eggs. Wonderful big brown eggs for baking homemade pound cakes and omelettes! Y'all can help by posting facts about raising chickens. : -) Short posts, I have a short attention span and won't read a long long post. THE RULES: One post per person per 24 hours. DURATION: This cointest will be over on Sunday morning at 7AM EST. WINNER: Will be chosen by a random number generator. ( I will have to learn how to do this! Okay? Thanks everyone.. and have fun! Cluck::: cluck::: cluck:: Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Moderator.. Please change title to Chickahominy's Cointest Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment
+kini_ont Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Well growing up on a farm we had chichens but we also had a rooster (add your own joke here) but there is a social role and a hen may stop laying to act like one (add your own joke here too) Thanks for the cointest love the coin Hey a FTP Quote Link to comment
+Toojin Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Get a batch of chicks all at the same time. Sometimes you have good luck introducing new chickens to an established group but usually you don't... we will skip over what bad luck means Quote Link to comment
+kini_ont Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Chicks will star to lay eggs at around 6 months old Darn read the rules and I'm out, here's a freebie for someone (this is like laying a golden egg ) Edited November 11, 2009 by kini_ont Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'll take it kini, Thanx. Chicks will star to lay eggs at around 6 months old !!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+AlliedOz Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Alektorophobia is the name given to "The Fear of Chickens" Quote Link to comment
+smgsmg Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours. (source = internet, credibility = ???) Quote Link to comment
+gardengorilla Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Here in Perth Western Australia (a city of 1.5 million people) and in many cities around the world you can have 'chooks' in your backyard. In Calgary, Alberta Canada (1 million people) you can't. Quote Link to comment
acadiahiker Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 How to tell if an egg is fresh: In a saucepan of water, place an egg. If the egg lays flat on the bottom, it is fresh. If it tips up, it is not. Quote Link to comment
Maine Family Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Food for the chickens: Most people go with chicken layer feed / pellets. Quote Link to comment
+julia51:) Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Fun cointest! Here's one from us: "A chicken can travel 9 miles an hour." (that's pretty good!) Quote Link to comment
+anne.and.eli Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I grew up with chickens, they're awesome! My fact: It takes 4 lbs.+ of feed to make 1 dozen eggs. Quote Link to comment
+Chickahominy Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Thanks for the replies.. We have enjoyed reading them. Any one know how many chickens equal how many eggs? Quote Link to comment
+anne.and.eli Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 (not for the cointest) Generally you get one egg per hen per day during the summer. As the days shorten, and winter approaches, a hen will lay fewer eggs, skipping some days. Some hens stop laying eggs all together until the spring arrives. Even during the summer it isn't unusual for a hen to skip a day now and again. Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 My father brought home a cardboard box full of chicks one day and my mom almost had a heart attack! We raised chickens for awhile -- it was great fun (until we did the slaughter part - Anyway, Chickahominy wanted brief...so here is my fact... To encourage hens to lay eggs, you can put a plastic egg (or golf ball) in their nest. Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 D'ya remember that scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex eats the lawyer? Chickens eat mice in exactly the same way! Source: Personal observation of my b/f watching his sister's chickens. CF30 Quote Link to comment
+murphyrulez Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 A single chicken produces about 10 watts of heat, so if you buy enough chickens and let them run free in your house, you can shut off your furnace in the winter!!! Quote Link to comment
+DJ.J.ROCK Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 my sitter when i was a kid did not have any but she had the coop, i remember there was lots of hay lieing around , i figure thats how they make a warm nest. so hay for the nest!! Quote Link to comment
aniyn Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 On Earth, chickens outnumber humans roughly 5:1. Quote Link to comment
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