California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

yes, as @tommysgirl said, i do have isbars -- right now just one breeding trio, but i could certainly provide some eggs if needed -- just let me know. i'm in sonoma county.

and hi everyone! apologies for being away from this site so much, work has just gotten insane this year... but the chickens are doing fine, and i have an incubator full of eggs that should be hatching next week...

Howdy ! So glad all is well. hope things mellow out for you as the school year closes.

Dag-nab-it, my broody quit her nest today. She also ate another egg. I don't think the remaining 5 will hatch even in the incubator but ill try anyway.

And then, the sheriffs came by to let us know that the state wants to put a 3-time felony convicted rapist in a house on our street when he's released from prison soon.
Um, NO! Our whole neighborhood is planning to show up at a local meeting next Thurs.
What's particularly egregious to me is that the state will pay the homeowner $3,500 a month for him to live there (2878 sq ftt, 4-bd, 3-ba) for ONE GUY.
Ah, so that's why the state's going broke.

Seriously??? Why in the world would the State make that deal. I am boggled.

 

[caychris]

Seriously??? Why in the world would the State make that deal. I am boggled.

Because it cost less than housing him in a prison.

 

[dldolan]

yes, as @tommysgirl said, i do have isbars -- right now just one breeding trio, but i could certainly provide some eggs if needed -- just let me know. i'm in sonoma county.

and hi everyone! apologies for being away from this site so much, work has just gotten insane this year... but the chickens are doing fine, and i have an incubator full of eggs that should be hatching next week...

Hi lawatt and Alchemist farm! I am in Healdsburg! Are you going to the Spring Fling at SRJC's Shone Farm? If anyone on this thread is interested, this is what DVM Jessica Baldwin, one of our local "chicken" vets posted:
Shone Farm, SRJC- Sunday April 19th! Dr Dan [Famini] was trying for a Saturday, but they are pretty much all taken already.

Still settling on a time, but it will probably span lunch time again. BYO lunch or get something from the SRJC pizza oven, but probably a bring something to share dessert table open the whole time. Dan wants to decrease or put an end to lines of people waiting for food.

Tentative schedule will be a talk for all, then several smaller stations that people can go to in whatever order they want (eating happens during this time), then a second talk.

Ideas for stations Dr Dan and I talked about- necropsy, chicken first aid box, fecal (poop) lab, walk out the the SRJC demo broiler coop/run to look and discuss.

Other thought for stations? These would be set up as a table with someone at it like me or Dan ect with something to look at and talk about for about 10-15 people. We need some more ideas.

Other possibilities- basic anatomy & wing trim/nail trim- very basic stuff.

Static displays (no person standing there to explain) Dan's egg rainbow, I plan to set up a display of chicken edible garden weeds, repeat of egg contest for colors, spotted, biggest ect. Any more suggestions for displays?

One of the talks MIGHT be a retooled Dr Dan's talk on parasites he did at Frizelle-enos.

 

[dldolan]

Deann, hysterical video on "cow drinks from hose". Too cute!
I got my first two small Premier plates today! Counting down... Tuesday March 17th, St Patrick's Day Hatch!
Chick names anyone?
Guiness
Blarney
Shamrock
Waterford
Leprechaun
????

 

[lualshannon]

I would like to share photos of my brand new joys of life: chicks : ) I would like to thank "DIDolan" for the beautiful eggs from her lovely hens, and delightful experience. When we first started to communicate, Dawn sent me some photos of her Blue, and Splash Marans eggs where the color was dark and quite impressive, but, they were much impressive and prettier in person. The eggs had 100% fertility, and the hatch started very early hours of the 21st.day, and was completed within 15 hrs. To my surprise, the first chick took only 3 hours from pip to hatch. Well, looked like all the chicks were in a big hurry to get out of their eggs. So nice to have fuzzy little chicks to love, and play with rather than doing my work...

Lual

 

[PetRock]

I would like to share photos of my brand new joys of life: chicks : ) I would like to thank "DIDolan" for the beautiful eggs from her lovely hens, and delightful experience. When we first started to communicate, Dawn sent me some photos of her Blue, and Splash Marans eggs where the color was dark and quite impressive, but, they were much impressive and prettier in person. The eggs had 100% fertility, and the hatch started very early hours of the 21st.day, and was completed within 15 hrs. To my surprise, the first chick took only 3 hours from pip to hatch. Well, looked like all the chicks were in a big hurry to get out of their eggs. So nice to have fuzzy little chicks to love, and play with rather than doing my work...

Lual

They are sooooo cute!!! I am getting Marans eggs from Dawn at the end of the month. I'm not planning on breeding them but just want to add a couple dark egg layers to both my town flock and the farm flock. I love BBS babies! I'll just have to make sure that I'm not hatching my BBS Langshan at the same time because they look almost identical!

 

[PetRock]

Deann, hysterical video on "cow drinks from hose". Too cute!
I got my first two small Premier plates today! Counting down... Tuesday March 17th, St Patrick's Day Hatch!
Chick names anyone?
Guiness
Blarney
Shamrock
Waterford
Leprechaun
????

LOL! I like Blarney!

 

[Kaylish]

First hatched babies of the season: Pita Pintas, Bantam Cochins and Blue Sumatras. I'm in love. .

Beautiful! What color cochins?

I would like to share photos of my brand new joys of life: chicks : ) I would like to thank "DIDolan" for the beautiful eggs from her lovely hens, and delightful experience. When we first started to communicate, Dawn sent me some photos of her Blue, and Splash Marans eggs where the color was dark and quite impressive, but, they were much impressive and prettier in person. The eggs had 100% fertility, and the hatch started very early hours of the 21st.day, and was completed within 15 hrs. To my surprise, the first chick took only 3 hours from pip to hatch. Well, looked like all the chicks were in a big hurry to get out of their eggs. So nice to have fuzzy little chicks to love, and play with rather than doing my work... Lual

Thank you both for the chick fix!

 

[fowlman01]

Hi lawatt and Alchemist farm! I am in Healdsburg! Are you going to the Spring Fling at SRJC's Shone Farm? If anyone on this thread is interested, this is what DVM Jessica Baldwin, one of our local "chicken" vets posted:
Shone Farm, SRJC- Sunday April 19th! Dr Dan [Famini] was trying for a Saturday, but they are pretty much all taken already.

Still settling on a time, but it will probably span lunch time again. BYO lunch or get something from the SRJC pizza oven, but probably a bring something to share dessert table open the whole time. Dan wants to decrease or put an end to lines of people waiting for food.

Tentative schedule will be a talk for all, then several smaller stations that people can go to in whatever order they want (eating happens during this time), then a second talk.

Ideas for stations Dr Dan and I talked about- necropsy, chicken first aid box, fecal (poop) lab, walk out the the SRJC demo broiler coop/run to look and discuss.

Other thought for stations? These would be set up as a table with someone at it like me or Dan ect with something to look at and talk about for about 10-15 people. We need some more ideas.

Other possibilities- basic anatomy & wing trim/nail trim- very basic stuff.

Static displays (no person standing there to explain) Dan's egg rainbow, I plan to set up a display of chicken edible garden weeds, repeat of egg contest for colors, spotted, biggest ect. Any more suggestions for displays?

One of the talks MIGHT be a retooled Dr Dan's talk on parasites he did at Frizelle-enos.

Dr Dan was one of my 4H kids........lol

Walt

 

[caychris]

Hi lawatt and Alchemist farm! I am in Healdsburg! Are you going to the Spring Fling at SRJC's Shone Farm? If anyone on this thread is interested, this is what DVM Jessica Baldwin, one of our local "chicken" vets posted:
Shone Farm, SRJC- Sunday April 19th! Dr Dan [Famini] was trying for a Saturday, but they are pretty much all taken already.

Still settling on a time, but it will probably span lunch time again. BYO lunch or get something from the SRJC pizza oven, but probably a bring something to share dessert table open the whole time. Dan wants to decrease or put an end to lines of people waiting for food.

Tentative schedule will be a talk for all, then several smaller stations that people can go to in whatever order they want (eating happens during this time), then a second talk.

Ideas for stations Dr Dan and I talked about- necropsy, chicken first aid box, fecal (poop) lab, walk out the the SRJC demo broiler coop/run to look and discuss.

Other thought for stations? These would be set up as a table with someone at it like me or Dan ect with something to look at and talk about for about 10-15 people. We need some more ideas.

Other possibilities- basic anatomy & wing trim/nail trim- very basic stuff.

Static displays (no person standing there to explain) Dan's egg rainbow, I plan to set up a display of chicken edible garden weeds, repeat of egg contest for colors, spotted, biggest ect. Any more suggestions for displays?

One of the talks MIGHT be a retooled Dr Dan's talk on parasites he did at Frizelle-enos.

Sounds like it would be good. Ill make a note please keep us informed as details emerge. I could make the drive for something like this.