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post #21 of 100
6/15/11 at 7:50am
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I have never in my life gotten my tomatoes in the ground this late in the year, but guess what?  I'm doing it today.  I have 2 roma tomato plants and 1 cherry tomato.  That's all I'm gonna do this year.  Winter was just too long. 

I had some celery plant starts, but they all died when we got snow on May 15th. 

I also have discovered that the soil at our new place is worthless.  NOTHING I've planted directly into the soil has even so much as sprouted, but DH went down to the bottom of the ranch the other day and lugged me up a wheelbarrow full of fresh alpaca poop for the garden.  That should help a lot, and you don't have to wait for it to breakdown because they're complete herbivores!  You can plant directly into it (I would do that with flowers but not food LOL).  Hopefully, it'll help our soil be less worthless.

Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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post #22 of 100
6/16/11 at 8:43am

Just this past week our weather has finally warmed up to close to where is should be..............my matoes died sad  About a week ago, we had a night drop down into the low 20's - killed the matoes, froze the new leaf buds off the trees, and took care of any dreams of lilac blossums.  hmm

Fowl adventures happening daily       

"Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you." ~ Sally/Ranchie - we miss you.
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Fowl adventures happening daily       

"Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you." ~ Sally/Ranchie - we miss you.
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post #23 of 100
6/16/11 at 9:35am
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Okay, so I have this issue and I'm just gonna be cheesy about asking.

I need a bantam pullet/hen, preferably some type of cochin, for my bantam roo who has reached the age of mating.  He's half the size of the hens in the yard, and he's chasing them and grabbing beakfuls of feathers but isn't able to "engage" with any of them due to size differences.

Here's a post I made in the Wanted To Buy section this morning... and at the risk of getting in trouble for cross-posting, I'm going to post a link to it here because most likely, someone that could help out my poor Roy might be here in the area.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=524606

Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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post #24 of 100
6/16/11 at 10:49am

lol  That is a great post HnH.    If we can find someone going your way, I have pullets - bantam cochins, in both Silver laced and Mille Fleur who would love to meet you guy.

Fowl adventures happening daily       

"Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you." ~ Sally/Ranchie - we miss you.
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Fowl adventures happening daily       

"Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you." ~ Sally/Ranchie - we miss you.
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post #25 of 100
6/18/11 at 6:36am
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Hi everyone,

We're having a BYC get-together at the California State Fair!  Please see the link below for information.  This may be a cross post for some of you, as I'm posting the information in all of the California threads.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6703222#p6703222

Hope to see you all there!

Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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Living in the Sierras, raising chickens, groovin' on alpacas, growing food, loving my fabulous husband, and closer than ever to living my ideal dream!

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post #26 of 100
7/11/11 at 11:01pm

Just saying hello from Sonora. Get my first flock next week and we shall see how it goes. Feel free to give me any tips or tidbits of info you may have about raising these bugars in the hills as I am brand new to this and am gonna need some help. This should be interesting to say the least.

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post #27 of 100
3/13/12 at 12:44pm

frow.giffrom Reno, Nevada. Is it okay if I join in as well here?

Happily Married for 33 years. 3 FBCM (Alberto, Bridgette & Maybelline), BLRW (Lacey), LA (Amanda), CM (Monique). RIP Wynonna - 3/23/11-3/25/12, Little Guy (LG) - 4/28/-5/6/12, Harmony - 3/17-9/7/12, Leroy - 3/7/12-4/14/13

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Happily Married for 33 years. 3 FBCM (Alberto, Bridgette & Maybelline), BLRW (Lacey), LA (Amanda), CM (Monique). RIP Wynonna - 3/23/11-3/25/12, Little Guy (LG) - 4/28/-5/6/12, Harmony - 3/17-9/7/12, Leroy - 3/7/12-4/14/13

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post #28 of 100
3/13/12 at 12:49pm
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frow.giffrom Reno, Nevada. Is it okay if I join in as well here?


Of course! We need more activity on this thread and a new "member" is just another way to do it!

Welcome!

-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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post #29 of 100
3/13/12 at 2:23pm

Thanks! I hope this thread starts to really grow.

Happily Married for 33 years. 3 FBCM (Alberto, Bridgette & Maybelline), BLRW (Lacey), LA (Amanda), CM (Monique). RIP Wynonna - 3/23/11-3/25/12, Little Guy (LG) - 4/28/-5/6/12, Harmony - 3/17-9/7/12, Leroy - 3/7/12-4/14/13

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Happily Married for 33 years. 3 FBCM (Alberto, Bridgette & Maybelline), BLRW (Lacey), LA (Amanda), CM (Monique). RIP Wynonna - 3/23/11-3/25/12, Little Guy (LG) - 4/28/-5/6/12, Harmony - 3/17-9/7/12, Leroy - 3/7/12-4/14/13

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post #30 of 100
3/13/12 at 9:08pm

Well then I hope you don't mind if I chime in :) My husband and I moved to Placerville (Pleasant Valley area) in November and are in the process of building our chicken coop and run. I love this forum and all the great information available here. Glad to find some local peeps here too!

I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

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Happily married for 8 years. Proud mama to an assortment of critters (and the list just keeps growing!) : 1 kitty, 2 pups, 1 turtle and 6 spoiled chickens. Someday (hopefully sooner rather...

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I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

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Happily married for 8 years. Proud mama to an assortment of critters (and the list just keeps growing!) : 1 kitty, 2 pups, 1 turtle and 6 spoiled chickens. Someday (hopefully sooner rather...

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