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  1. Travinara

    Colorado

    "Winter? What's winter?" -- Little Egger Been a while. Made it through the semester intact. We've been getting a fair bit of cold, but the girls don't seem to mind in the slightest. In fact, Little Egger gave us our first egg this afternoon :) My mixed flock is 18 weeks, so I really wasn't...
  2. Travinara

    Colorado

    Welcome Lisa! I'm pretty new myself, but this group is just awesome at helping. I had all sorts of nerves and jitters and they've been fabulous! It's been a couple weeks, and I've just been buried. Between the garden exploding and school starting I'm finally able to catch a couple minutes to...
  3. Travinara

    Colorado

    We had a gorgeous day and I needed to get some work done in my fenced bean bed, so I thought it might be nice to introduce the girls to dirt. They went running around like mad and seemed to really enjoy the outing. I know they're awfully young, but I figured in a natural setting they would be...
  4. Travinara

    Colorado

    I have a pair each: Rhode Island Red, Golden Buff, and Easter Egg :) Dog has already been by to give them a sniff, with the cover on the brooder, and Dog is completely uninterested. Their little personalities are starting to show, and I'm laughing my head off at the whole 'but I don't want to...
  5. Travinara

    Colorado

    They're finally here! (squeals like a 6-year-old)... They took to the chick starter and water right away, and have settled in for a nap.
  6. Travinara

    Colorado

    @alebuela - I'm 2 years into a BSN... nursing. My last career was in IT and I found it a little too dehumanizing.
  7. Travinara

    Colorado

    I'm a full-time student, and while I'm no expert, the vaccination debate in humans opened a lot of discussions in class last term. The short answer is yes, if you are mixing unvaccinated with those who received a leaky vaccine - the risk of the unvaccinated animals contracting a stronger strain...
  8. Travinara

    Colorado

    Thanks for that! I'm a whole lot less worried. We got really lucky when we bought the house. The previous owners loved 'natural outside' as much as we do. We've been fighting the usual suspects and I've run across a few tiger salamanders, but no lizards. I think it may have been too wet for them...
  9. Travinara

    Colorado

    Question.... do I need to be trying to figure out a way to keep the toads away from the girls? I've searched through the site and read dozens of threads. The answers are all over the map and all seem pretty specific to the geographic area, so I thought I would ask here. I know they release a...
  10. Travinara

    Hullooooooo

    I will happily update as I can! Thank you for the reassuring words and the pointers, it helps take some of the anxiety away. Right now I'm in that wonderful place of waiting, and filling the time with the lovely stories here.
  11. Travinara

    Colorado

    Hi All! New here, just getting started. We bought a place on the western edge of Grand Junction back in January, relocated from Westminster. I'm just outside of the city limits, have no HOA, no significant zoning restrictions, and Very Big Plans. I'm also a full-time student (decided I hated my...
  12. Travinara

    Hullooooooo

    Hi! I'm Trav. This year has been a whirlwind. We purchased our first home on an acre in western Colorado in January, and I've been scrambling to figure out the plants and trees and garden ever since. July has been wonderful, because I finally have a break from...
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