California - Northern

[AmyPaperlady]

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Nah--for one thing, I don't have any rainy-season-proof quarantine quarters. For another, eggs are much easier to keep at someone's house for a couple of days, you horrible temptress, you

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Welcome! It would be great if you could find a place up north. I am in the foothills above Chico and we have plenty of folks that raise all kinds of poultry in the rural areas around here.

Thank you @Audio51 for the welcome

and the suggestion! I'll take a look around that area. I think this echoes some of the suggestions that follow...

@new 2 pfowl I live in the outside the city limits of Lakeport in Lake County. We have feral pea fowl in our North Lakeport neighborhood...The flock ranges from about 40 to about 60 depending on the season. There are sometimes rentals and property for sale around us. If you are interested you could contact one of the local real estate offices. This link might be helpful: http://www.lcaor.com/mls/

Feral peafowl in Lake County???? Sounds exciting

Thanks for the info and advice, @tommysgirl !

welcome! do you need internet? I'm in the bay area, so ecomomical and here don't cross paths, so im no help, lol. But id do some hunting on craigslist and do a wanted for the areas you are most interested in. Grass valley area , lake county, around lodi and stockton ( if you can take heat) or the placerville sierra nevada foothills and gold country are all good areas to look at. I LOVED living around grass valley, was a lot of remote there, but not idea about interent ascess anymore, been 20 years since i was there ( ok, more then that but whos counting)
sad but true. But you can ad a LOT to a laying flock!

Haha, I lived in SF for many years and grew up on the Peninsula so I know what you're saying - I sure can't afford that now. But I do need internet access...
The Grass Valley area sounds promising, I will take a look, thanks @chiqita !

I second looking in the foothills of Gold Country.

Thank you too, @CackleJoy ! Sounds like the suggestions are largely pointing in the same direction...

You Northern California gang are very welcoming, thank you!

 

[CackleJoy]

Nah--for one thing, I don't have any rainy-season-proof quarantine quarters. For another, eggs are much easier to keep at someone's house for a couple of days, you horrible temptress, you

 

[chrissyr]

I second looking in the foothills of Gold Country.

My laying flock got up to almost 30.

Trying to downsize to about 1/2 that. It's not easy!

It's not easy for sure. You can't let go of the older ones, cause they've been around forever. And the younger ones: well you can't get rid of a brand new nice layer, right?
it is hard to part ways

 

[DoubleMM]

Pita Pintas are light brown egg layers.

Solar lights are a good idea. Try to find lights that are warm white, 2700 kelvin. That color works best for getting them to lay.

I hung a string of little white Christmas lights in the rafters one winter worked like a charm

 

[ronott1]

I hung a string of little white Christmas lights in the rafters
one winter worked like a charm

I did last winter too!

They are led Christmas lights

 

[chrissyr]

@chiqita ok here's one with the dogs. We're all enjoying the nice weather this evening

 

[Audio51]

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Ah, but with my birthday being 3 days after Christmas, I can easily justify stopping in, say, Woodland, if I'm in need of eggs for a broody

(Yes, I know that, with chicks due this weekend, Frieda probably wouldn't be broody again by late December, but I can dream, can't I?)
You never know......my blue Wyandotte has been broody 4 times this season and is on eggs right now. She has already raised 2 clutches and I broke her the 3rd time.

Quote: That is because we LOOOOVE have partners in crime.....

Quote: The solar rope lights work great! I put one in almost 3 years ago now and it is still working like it did when I first set it up.....

 

[Minflick]

ronott1,

There are many professional sites for DVM's. I'm an RVT (fairly newish, got my license in 2012) and our doctors very frequently consult web sites for info about something outside their experience. You need to be a member of many of them, and our hospital pays the fee. Google may be a starting place for something they've never seen or heard of, but then they go on to the professional sites to see what other pro's have to say about the issue.

Melinda

 

[ronott1]

ronott1,

There are many professional sites for DVM's. I'm an RVT (fairly newish, got my license in 2012) and our doctors very frequently consult web sites for info about something outside their experience. You need to be a member of many of them, and our hospital pays the fee. Google may be a starting place for something they've never seen or heard of, but then they go on to the professional sites to see what other pro's have to say about the issue.

Melinda

Thanks!

Mechanics do the same thing but there are Diesel Mechanics and Auto mechanics.

I would like to see a vet that actually has worked on poultry if I am going to spend that kind of money. The closest one that has been posted about is in Roseville so not very close to me.