California - Northern

[zooweemama]

Ron- my kids love them! My 8 year old snapped up the Show Girl so fast! My 4 yo has the Silkie, 6 year old nabbed the Frizzle (?). When Jeff finds me a couple more fun feathered chickens about the same size- my 11 year old will then have one. Chickens just for fun...love it!

Jeff & Mike- it was SO awesome to meet you guys! It was a twofer night.

Jeff- love your crib brooder. Very creative I must say!

Mike- we will have to meet up again so I can give you some duck eggs to try.

 

[zooweemama]

My Sizzle is nothing like my Silkies. She is much more skittish and flighty. I like her... just different. She is the only one I have had so dont know if it is typical.

She's soooo pretty!

 

[zooweemama]

Got a small stock tank thing from tractor supply. The rubber one was only $35. Since the ducklings are in the house - I turned their light off. They were panting. Weirdos. It's about 68 in my office and they seem comfy now. Might have to get the next size up. The metals were very pricy. Twice as much $$.

 

[Papa Brooder]

Ron- my kids love them! My 8 year old snapped up the Show Girl so fast! My 4 yo has the Silkie, 6 year old nabbed the Frizzle (?). When Jeff finds me a couple more fun feathered chickens about the same size- my 11 year old will then have one. Chickens just for fun...love it!

Jeff & Mike- it was SO awesome to meet you guys! It was a twofer night.

Jeff- love your crib brooder. Very creative I must say!

Mike- we will have to meet up again so I can give you some duck eggs to try.

Agreed! fun to meet you and your hubby as well. i will search the grow outs soon and let you know!

 

[Papa Brooder]

i keep meaning to post pics of the crib brooder. will have to do that tomorrow.

 

[cherylcohen]

My chickens get Seasonal Affective Disorder if I don't give them light. Then I get sad when I have to buy eggs from the store. I swear I saw a teer in the eyes of my co worker that eats the eggs I sell to her at work every day...When I told her I was about out of eggs.

It's ok, I judge myself about it too. I am splitting the time up so they are not getting the light all winter. I will also end it as soon as the other pens start laying again.

I did a lot of research on this last year and the one thing that swayed me was the fact that Red Jungle Fowl do not take a break in the winter because they have no winter down in the Jungle where they are from. Molting is their break and they still molt with the lights on. I had one start this week. I bet they take a much shorter break down in Cabo too.

Are you back yet?

Yep I'm back till end of January. We don't have any chickens there yet, but even there because we are still pretty far north of the equator we are only getting about the same amount of light as here. Only thoughts I have on the subject is that a hen has only so many eggs, and because of that will stop laying earlier.... I guess it depends if they are backyard pet chickens or more of an egg laying situation. IDK?

 

[cherylcohen]

A few of my new babies... Never get tired of my babies

ADORABLE what breeds? PM me I have some eggs for your New years hatch

 

[Happy Chooks]

Are you moving to Mexico full time Cheryl? I must have missed a post or something, I've seen you mentioning it, but can't follow what you are doing.

 

[lawatt]

$4.00 a dozen is a great deal.."12 delicious eggs is well worth $4.00"

i have no eggs yet (silly girls! the oldest ones are 28 weeks now), but my plan for springtime is to swap with folks at school -- either for garden vegetables (i have so many deer and no fences, so growing anything is chancy at best) or after a few weeks they can buy me a nice bottle of wine or something. or maybe a bag of chicken feed!

 

[cherylcohen]

Are you moving to Mexico full time Cheryl? I must have missed a post or something, I've seen you mentioning it, but can't follow what you are doing.

Through an unusual set of circumstances we've ended up having a place in the Cabo area. It's wonderful but we really need to have a yard if we are going to have our dogs with us, so at the moment we are only spending 1-2 weeks at a time down there. We are also renting it so that precludes us from being down there more.

Before the Cabo property happened we had been thinking of moving to San Diego to be somewhere warm, but now the plans have changed, as we have our "warm" place in Cabo! We are hoping to sell our house in Lafayette in 2 years and move to a "ranch" type place, 5+ acres in the Santa Cruz area. Wanting a much less expensive property more in the boonies! I've been cruising the web for properties and it looks like a great area for raises chickens!

In Cabo we met with many farmers and chefs on our last trip and I'm very excited about the many options we have down there.

So that's it in a nutshell. We plan to spend time in both regions!