After a year of keeping chickens, I can’t see life without them.

[Brahmachicken240]

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[Stick Chicken]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! I hope you enjoy your time spent here.

 

[Arrowen]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Gorgeous picture!
Have you considered getting a hold of an older large shed and converting that into a coop? Local shed movers can be hired to move it for you. It gets you going pretty quickly.

Thanks DobieLover, I have a number of sheds which could work and which I have used. I’m wondering about starting with a fresh build this time. There are some nice plans on the sight.

 

[Arrowen]

Welcome to BYC!! So glad you joined us! You have such beautiful chickens!

Oh fun! What kind of cherry is it? I've got an Evans that's 4 or 5 years old (and six very young trees/sticks) and produces buckets of very very tart cherries, haha. I baked a pie for my husband last year and it was wicked sour. But he and our youngest liked it, so not a total flop.
I believe it was developed somewhere in Canada (Edmonton maybe?).

North of us they can grown Flathead cherries (in the Flathead valley) and they're about the best things you'd ever eat. We just get too cold here.

We are trying rainier cherries, they are yellow white with a beautiful pink blush. When you bite into them they have the most wonderful crunch and sweetness. But mine are just sticks at this stage. I’m going to check out the flathead cherries they sound wonderful. Haha, a sour cherry pie, I bet that was something to watch them eating!

 

[Arrowen]

I am SO happy for you!!!...jealous, but happy!!!

Ha ha Love it! I am so very lucky you’re right.

 

[Arrowen]

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She is a beauty. Thank you for the picture.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

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We are trying rainier cherries, they are yellow white with a beautiful pink blush. When you bite into them they have the most wonderful crunch and sweetness. But mine are just sticks at this stage. I’m going to check out the flathead cherries they sound wonderful. Haha, a sour cherry pie, I bet that was something to watch them eating!

It's so much work making the crust and pitting that many cherries! I was not impressed haha. So, I broke down and bought a cherry pitter for this years harvest...

I love rainiers, too. That's great you can grow them. We have people that set up little stands in parking lots and sell them or flathead cherries every year. It'll be exciting to see what you get!

 

[NonnasBabies]

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