California - Northern

[Feathersprings]

I thought I recognized the look. I have partridge, blue, buff, porcelain & white from Karen.

Deb

I had some black / lav splits from her eggs and have a white Rooster and another white pullet from her eggs as well. These are the first I have bought from her though. I decided to cut my colors to partridge, black and white so sold off the others.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I took a Geology class at Shasta College that explained how run off works. The instructor used Shasta Lake as an example. The storms come in waves here. Usually three in a series. The first storm wets the soil. The Second storm wets it a bit more. By the third storm, the ground is saturated and will not hold any more water. If on a slope, the ground can start to move without roots and etc. to hold it up. Also, since the ground is saturated, more water will go into the streams and lakes even if the third storm drops less water.

You can see this happen if you watch the daily water levels in Shasta lake this week. The lake did not go up much after the first storm. It will go up a bit more with this one, but the one over Saturday to Sunday will really increase the lake level.

Amy, I am sorry you lost the rooster. No chicken dinner from that one!

Mike, The latches on your nest boxes are not just to protect the eggs. Raccoons can lift the lid, get into the coop and kill the chickens. Make sure they are locked each night! I am very certain you have raccoons near you. I say 4 dead raccoons on the freeway between Woodland and Redding on Thanks Giving Day.

 

[zooweemama]

I took a Geology class at Shasta College that explained how run off works. The instructor used Shasta Lake as an example. The storms come in waves here. Usually three in a series. The first storm wets the soil. The Second storm wets it a bit more. By the third storm, the ground is saturated and will not hold any more water. If on a slope, the ground can start to move without roots and etc. to hold it up. Also, since the ground is saturated, more water will go into the streams and lakes even if the third storm drops less water.

You can see this happen if you watch the daily water levels in Shasta lake this week. The lake did not go up much after the first storm. It will go up a bit more with this one, but the one over Saturday to Sunday will really increase the lake level.

Amy, I am sorry you lost the rooster. No chicken dinner from that one!

Mike, The latches on your nest boxes are not just to protect the eggs. Raccoons can lift the lid, get into the coop and kill the chickens. Make sure they are locked each night! I am very certain you have raccoons near you. I say 4 dead raccoons on the freeway between Woodland and Redding on Thanks Giving Day.

I believe it. The first storm wet the ground but good. Made our pond overflow. Neither has recovered from that before this next one hits. I am so glad I dig the trenches around it to divert the flow behind the coop (which is downhill). I wrongly assumed that because someone else had chickens there it was a good spot. Lesson learned.

 

[zooweemama]

My baby ducks are being shipped today. I pray this storm doesn't affect them and they arrive safe and sound tomorrow or Saturday. She put several cups of grow gel in there for the wee things. Can't wait to get them. Appleyards from a good breeder. Why does that always feel so good? It just feels so worth it! I hope to have a nice Appleyard flock in a couple years!

 

[chkndaddy]

Greetings from Montague (6 miles south of the Or border), I didn't know the No Ca group existed until ronott1 told me,
how wonderful.

The winds has been terrible, but if you could just get all the birds to turn with their vents to the wind, you could do a
quick inspection. We have been registering gusts at the airport to 43 knts. It only took 1 gust and a couple of 3 month
old Orps rolling across the ground for all the babies to go to the coop. The older birds haven't done much but poke their
heads out. Argh...


Len

 

[zooweemama]

Greetings from Montague (6 miles south of the Or border), I didn't know the No Ca group existed until ronott1 told me,
how wonderful.

The winds has been terrible, but if you could just get all the birds to turn with their vents to the wind, you could do a
quick inspection. We have been registering gusts at the airport to 43 knts. It only took 1 gust and a couple of 3 month
old Orps rolling across the ground for all the babies to go to the coop. The older birds haven't done much but poke their
heads out. Argh...


Len

Welcome! I am in Redding- there are a few of us actually here! We are practically neighbors!

My chickens are hiding in the coop too. lol Chickens!

 

[ronott1]

Greetings from Montague (6 miles south of the Or border), I didn't know the No Ca group existed until ronott1 told me,
how wonderful.

The winds has been terrible, but if you could just get all the birds to turn with their vents to the wind, you could do a
quick inspection. We have been registering gusts at the airport to 43 knts. It only took 1 gust and a couple of 3 month
old Orps rolling across the ground for all the babies to go to the coop. The older birds haven't done much but poke their
heads out. Argh...


Len

It is good to see you here!

I have an Uncle that lives up that way. He works on old cars and rebuilds Carburetors. He calls himself Carburetor Bill on his Business card.

 

[zooweemama]

Ohh question. When the new coop is done and we move the chickens into it- they are going to stress and stop laying aren't they? If they do, does this sort of thing generally last days, weeks or months?

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Really? No wind here. Calm as can be and no rain either.

We had a lot of wind here yesterday and today is supposed to be worse. The storm is about to reach us and the forecast says we will have 30-35 winds with gusts to 45... The chickies will be in the coop another day!

Now it's pouring buckets!

 

[zooweemama]

Now it's pouring buckets!

Hasn't quite reached us yet but it should be here very soon. eek!