My late wife raised Wolves AND Wolf-Hybrids. She also wrote and Self-Published 2 very fine books on "Wolf-Hybrids". AND...she Self-Published a well-received semi-monthly Magazine on that subject for 16 years.
Since she is gone now...the books are "Out-of-Print" and the magazine was shut down...
This is undoubtedly "Off-the-Subject" somewhat.....but, Yes....I've had a "City-Slicker" say something "Funny" to me.
( It wasn't about CHICKENS. )
On a Friday Evening, when I was in college in California, one of my college buddies ( from "Big-City" Boston, Massachusetts ) came into my...
PERSONALLY, I'd rather use that "porch-area" to grow veggies indoors ( under lights, if necessary )....year around....since you're in warm San Antonio. And I'd just built a sturdy, varmint-proof COOP and RUN out in the yard. .....BUT..."to Each..His Own". ( It's YOUR "place" ! )
I suspect that...
good idea ( small "g" small "idea"... )
It DOESN'T WORK !!!
Re-THINK !!!
and just WHY is it "necessary" to "sign-in" DIFFERENTLY ??? ( dumb idea, perhaps? )
WHEN You are TRYING to SELL something...you want to make that "purchase" as SIMPLE and EASY as possible.
CLOSE THE...
My Step-Daughter is a Vet-Tech that MANAGES 2 Veterinary Clinics and has written a well-received book on managing Vet Clinics. She also travels the U.S.A. on some weekends ( flying here and there ) "promoting" feeds for Purina. OF Course, she says that Purina Feeds are the BEST !
I have no...
PERSONALLY....
I would start a "Journal" ( Diary ) of this process....and take photos of the Police Chief and "accomplices" and document everything I could (with as many witnesses as possible).
THEN .... I would SERIOUSLY consider filing a "harassment suit" against the parties responsible (...
It appears to be VERY WELL BUILT ( and planned ).....especially since it was built of "scrap" materials !!!
GOOD JOB !!!
It appears STRONG ENOUGH to endure those sometimes Tough Winters you occasionally get in Lyons, Colorado.
I HOPE that you gave your Dad a BIG kiss and hug !!!! ( Dads...
gmendoza,
We cain't bare-knuckle wif Wimmen.
REAL "Bare-Knuckle Gentlemen" would LOSE......'cause we ain't allowed to "hit a Woman" !
( I reckon it's O.K. fer Wimmen to fight amongst themselves, however.... )
-Junkmanme-
Wimmen shoodn't git involved wif tings dat iz PURELY "Manly" !!!
STUDY this:
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-Junkmanme-
Well now ...Boys and Girls.....I've got a beard (gray/white) and a full mustache ( red ).
And I've done my share of "bare-knuckle pugilism". ( Quit at age 54 when I LOST and felt bad for a couple of weeks ( 3 fractured ribs ). Wife said "That's ENOUGH of THAT ! ( I readily agreed....too old and...
I just feed MY chickens "left-over" dry Dog Food that my super-sophisticated Boxer dog won't eat.
The chicks AND pullets AND hens do very well on it. ( I do "bust-it-up" some for size...depending upon the size and age of the chickens.)
TWO PROBLEMS have developed however.
1. When the Roosters...
Our LOCAL feedstores HERE in Gallup, New Mexico get their inventory of "day-old chicks" from Privett Hatchery in Portales, New Mexico. I have bought chicks from 2 different feedstores HERE ( both supplied by Privett Hatchery ).
ALL of the chicks that I have purchased in this manner have been...
My Buff Orpingtons laid about TWICE as many eggs as mentioned in this piece....although they did slow-down a bit in Winter...they continued to lay quite well. ( Cold Winters at 6800 feet altitude in the "High-Desert" of New Mexico. )
G'Mornin' to ya thar in thet-thar Tar-Heel "neck-o'-tha-woods" !
I 'spect hits gonna be a nice cumfurtable day hyar in Western New Mexico !
I've got a LOT ta do today...BUT...
I think I may decide to do NONE of it !!!
Ha-Ha !!!
Best to ya !
-Junkmanme-
You should keep the lamp at one end of their brooder....so they can be under it or move away from it. One week at 90F next week at 85F next week at 80F and so on....
leave them room to get away from the lamp OR get under it.