California - Northern

[lawatt]

So sorry that you guys are so far from one another. How often do you get to visit?

whenever we can, although i've been working on a book project this past year & have had to curtail travel... usually i'm there at christmas, and either me there or her & her kids here in the summer. school makes the rest of the year tricky...

 

[ronott1]

Hey Ron don't you think a flock composed solely of Pita Pintas, Mottled Javas, Delawares, Australorps SLWs and Lakenvelders would be stunning?

Yes! I can't wait to see the Pita Pintas mixes with my new Australorps.

Are you going to get those Breeds? Columbian Rocks and Silver Penciled Rocks would look good with them too.

Mottled Javas need a lot of work so that would be a hard but rewarding Breed.

 

[debs_flock]

Hey Ron don't you think a flock composed solely of Pita Pintas, Mottled Javas, Delawares, Australorps SLWs and Lakenvelders would be stunning?

Add in some exchequer leghorns, Columbian rocks, Columbian cochins, silver campine, SL polish, WCB polish..................just adding B&W birds form my flock

These are the ones I could provide for your theme

That would be quite the sight. Maybe it would confuse predators, like a herd of zebra!

 

[lawatt]

Yes! I can't wait to see the Pita Pintas mixes with my new Australorps.

Are you going to get those Breeds? Columbian Rocks and Silver Penciled Rocks would look good with them too.

Mottled Javas need a lot of work so that would be a hard but rewarding Breed.

might as well throw in some silver campines with this collection!

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Only if you only had males. The girls are brownish.

 

[lawatt]

and this is completely off-topic from chickens, but I'm very excited to have my first apple harvest! i only planted my first trees a year & half ago, but two are already producing a few fruits -- two on the pink pearl tree, and NINE on the caville blanc -- and the pink pearls are RIPE!




just love the pink color inside -- and so tasty! (the chickens ate the cores)

 

[gryeyes]

I planted a cherry and an apricot tree earlier this year; the apricot produced a single fruit I watched with anticipation.

One of the geese billed it off the tree for a game of goose soccer plus after-game snack the morning I planned to pick it.

 

[ChickNmamma]

I planted a cherry and an apricot tree earlier this year; the apricot produced a single fruit I watched with anticipation.

One of the geese billed it off the tree for a game of goose soccer plus after-game snack the morning I planned to pick it.

My apricots were amazing two years ago. Last year one tree died. The other is not in good shape and I have no fruit from it this year.

However, my Pluots (Plum x Apricot - on the Apricot taste side with plum crunchiness) is outdoing itself this year, absolutely LOADED! There is nothing like going outside and picking ripe fruit off your own tree. Hopefully next year you will get to enjoy the "fruits of your labor"..

 

[lawatt]

My apricots were amazing two years ago. Last year one tree died. The other is not in good shape and I have no fruit from it this year.

However, my Pluots (Plum x Apricot - on the Apricot taste side with plum crunchiness) is outdoing itself this year, absolutely LOADED! There is nothing like going outside and picking ripe fruit off your own tree. Hopefully next year you will get to enjoy the "fruits of your labor"..

i'm planning on planting a few more fruit trees this winter (so far have five apples & one plum, all started this year or last) -- still deciding what to add! my property (which i bought two years ago) came with two mature cherry trees that the original owner planted, but no other fruit trees (lots of oaks, though!) -- so am considering peach, apricot (or pluot!), olive, pomegranate, fig, etc...

and the birds (crows, not chickens) stole ALL the cherries this year -- it was a very small crop. last year they were amazing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

My pluots are loaded - I picked a bunch this weekend and still have more to pick. Santa Rosa plums are to die for, but they are done now. Peaches are ripening now. I lost most of the fruit from my white nectarine due to that late rain we had - the fruit split, some were salvageable. Apples are starting to ripen, but not ready yet. Figs are set for the fall crop.