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  1. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    We have had lots of stuff happening at our place. We're trying to put in a pond to collect the wetness in our lower area. (Potential future use by water fowl.) Dug it out partly with a bobcat a few weeks ago, and Friday my husband had someone come out to dig it bigger and deeper. We'll see how...
  2. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    My husband found these by our barn today. We have never tried morels before. Does anyone know how they grow and if they are more likely to multiply for future years if unpicked? (Also - this looks like the real deal?)
  3. Nikasha

    Duck pond

    Hi @bobble07 - have you made any progress on your pond? We are digging one of a similar size (I think. I'm on imperial measurements. :D) We had a first go at it, and it largely filled up with rain water. We are supposed to have someone come in with a backhoe tomorrow to make it deeper and...
  4. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Hiya Minnesotans - I popped up on BYC a few years ago when we moved to our hobby farm-ish property in Anoka County. Then I got overwhelmed with life and dropped off. Just coming back on as we have finally gotten chicks. (Poppyseed) Right now we have 9 ~5 week backyard mix chicks, 9 ~2 week...
  5. Nikasha

    Got cute pics of goslings, chicks, and ducklings? Funny stories?

    Here's Poppyseed, one of our turken-mix chicks.
  6. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Almost forgot to add the new indoor animal we're getting Labor Day weekend:
  7. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    LOL, I was wondering if a little one was a Paw Patrol fan. Love the pic with the chicken suit - maybe I'll have to look for a couple of those next year. DH put a game cam up at the bottom of the hill below our house for about a week. We got the pictures off it yesterday - 4 deer together, a red...
  8. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    lvie- glad you found a home for your extra hens. Ralphie - sorry to hear of more health issues. :( And the disappointing results of the lawsuit. Holm - hope your swelling is going down. My 5 yo son got his first bee sting this week - on the lip, no less. Luckily, only minor swelling. BC - I'm...
  9. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Morning, all. Well the irony after the insurance talk yesterday is that I got a call from my dad. Someone from the insurance company must have come by the property, and my dad got a letter yesterday that they don't want to insure the buildings that look like they could fall down. They recommend...
  10. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Well, we have standard home insurance from AAA through my dad, so we aren't really looking elsewhere.... but, I guess I didn't realize farm insurance was a thing. If someone wants to PM me some info on the benefits of farm insurance, I'd look it over. Currently there is just a percentage...
  11. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Thanks, Tfred. We knew there was a significant risk of this, especially since we weren't able to properly evaluate the barn prior to purchase. We figured the price we paid for the property didn't include any additional cost for the outbuildings, so we took the risk. Nonetheless we had high hopes...
  12. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Hello chickeners - fun to read all your updates. I'm hoping y'all will have more birds to downsize once I'm actually ready for some. We've had more people out to look at our buildings, and the sad sad news is that it's looking like we'll have to take our barn down. (I may have shed some tears...
  13. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    We have two small black barn cats we inherited with our property. They are said to be good natured and they have started coming closer to us. There is the groundhog we've seen that I mentioned last week. With the help of binoculars and google, we are pretty sure on that ID. Then my husband has...
  14. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Ralphie - I've got a goat lead for you as well. St Francis, $100 for the pair. Listed in Facebook Pets & Farm Animals of Minnesota: Time to start downsizing. Would like to rehome a pair of 5-year-old pygmy goat wethers ("neutered" males). We raised them as bottle babies and they are very curious...
  15. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Our house is relatively close to a road with a decent amount of fast traffic (~60 ft). The chicken house is closer to 200 ft from the road, and down a hill with lots of trees. There's lots of room for birds to roam, but I've wondered if the road is a recipe for dead guineas...
  16. Nikasha

    Dog chat!

    Okay, here's my pups: Niko, a boxer - RIP Toby, another boxer. This pic is a couple years old. He's 11 now, didn't stop acting like a puppy until a couple years ago. He has been so amazing with both of my kids. Diligently helps me put the younger one to bed almost every night. He sleeps...
  17. Nikasha

    Dog chat!

    I just went through and looked at all the pics of your beautiful pups. Pulling pics of mine momentarily. I give these two the best pic award: Edit: okay, that didn't work how I wanted to, and I tried to edit it and made it worse. KikisGirls' pic of the boxer and horse, and igorsMistress' pic...
  18. Nikasha

    Boat Chicken Ahoy!

    Do you have a blog? That's super unique to have a boat chicken, I hope it continues to go well for you. I follow several blogs of nomads, as my husband isn't adventurous enough to be anything but a stay-put landlubber in the state he was born in. I gots to live vicariously through other...
  19. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    I'm interested in guineas, but it doesn't sound like yours are ones I'd want! Hopefully Im not ridiculous to think I could have both chickens and guineas. No birds until next year regardless... I'm curious, holm - did you raise them as keets together with chicks or poults? (I've read raising...
  20. Nikasha

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Ralphie - are you on facebook? Central MN Farm Animal Swap usually has some listings - someone just listed a pygmy fainting wether for $100 in Grasston. Someone had a post in mid-July looking for cheap goats, and there were a couple offers of $50/$70 - don't know whether they've all sold by now...
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