California - Northern

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Quote: Because of this rainy wet weather, it's likely the chooks will get worms. Check the poops for any foaminess,

 

[capayvalleychick]

The necropsies at the lab at UCD are free. Checking for parasites has a fee. Your vet can do just as good of a job. I've heard that it's simple, can be done with a microscope. If you homeschool your kids, you might want to make it a science project for them. I agree that you should check for parasites before worming again. If you worm too much, it causes drug resistance.

Kelly, your chickens have the same coloring as Red Dorkings, very pretty.

Chiquita, I like to see turkeys. Turkeys are on my someday wish list. You were at the same talk as me, at the Expo. I wish I would have known it was you. I keep trying to remember what the person looked like who asked about the Marans.

 

[chiqita]

I think they grow even after 1 year. But, I'm just on 11 months of chickens( well breeding chickens, 1.5 on ownership 1 year of eggs on Nov 27th!). How old is the dauphin ( now called louie becuse hes king rooster) ? Same age as the girls? He seems to be just gaining weight in the chest, not getting taller or rounder. just fuller and deeper.

Chooks, ALL my hems are practacly bare of color, i was trying to breed down speedys riot. But the more I see marans, the happier I am with my hens, they all have good backs and tail set and chests. I got shockingly lucky picking them up. The Universe wanted me to have Marans!

I really don't know much about combs except for the space from the head thing .

Its my poor little showgirls that are not really up to snuff. At least Iggy appears to have a sex linked gene so all his smoothed feathered chicks are boys. At least my other silkies are good so besides the not great feet the next generation of chicks is pretty. And I can help the pullet % by holding back the smooth feathered ones, a good thing for silkies. they should be even better in spring with the new boys. we shall see....

I'm making pork this week! Pozole for dinner and 1-3 day roast ( from the Zuni cafe cookbook, so called becuse they tell you to rest everything for 1-2 days before cooking. even hamburger! grind your own, spice, rest 1-3 days...) for later in the week. The thing was too big to fit into the slow cooker, so I thought I'd do 2. The house is starting to smell good now!

 

[chiqita]

The necropsies at the lab at UCD are free. Checking for parasites has a fee. Your vet can do just as good of a job. I've heard that it's simple, can be done with a microscope. If you homeschool your kids, you might want to make it a science project for them. I agree that you should check for parasites before worming again. If you worm too much, it causes drug resistance.

Kelly, your chickens have the same coloring as Red Dorkings, very pretty.

Chiquita, I like to see turkeys. Turkeys are on my someday wish list. You were at the same talk as me, at the Expo. I wish I would have known it was you. I keep trying to remember what the person looked like who asked about the Marans.

ahh! See, I'm loud people remember me at least! I was not the Hispanic guy with the award winning roosters. I was the dirty blond chick in the front. Next to the Japaneses guy who snuck out to get food.

Now which one were you?

Turkeys are a bit of a hassle, but i love them right now. They really Will NOT go to bed, they roost on the top of the coop and have to be hand put away every night. I have a roosting bar ( OK its the spa cover bar, but who is counting) they like to sit on, I'm thinking about making a cage to go over it and seeing if they will sleep there. Just not sure how I explain turkeys watching TV till all hours to the guests...) . I was feeling poorly yesterday and watching old reruns of coach, They were outside watching too, they did NOT like his redheaded wife, kept complaining when she came on.I guess they are not as color blind as one would think.

We should have eggs next year unless something is wrong with stuffing. Cranberries is already displaying for us and her so I'm guessing he knows what he is doing. You can try them and see what you like! They are royal palms.

Oh! about the fish. Apparently not all tilepia are 100% illegal to sell. Fish and game is worried they will get loose and out compete the local fish. So they made some types illegal, some types illegal to sell , and some types they just complain if stores have them. Mario's crazy fish guy friend has the low down on what type is what. Crazy fish guy is a aquaponics nut who used to be a hobbyist and is now doing seminars and growing lettuce comically with his fish poop. ( http://www.fishnetaquaponics.com/) He is a lot of fun. he used to do tours of peoples set ups before he went pro, that is where we saw the 3 tier IBC fish set up I want to try next year. If we get solar so we can afford to heat stuff, I want one tier to be freshwater shrimp! The ones you can grow taste ammmmazing. So many plans, so little all other things needed beside plans .

I think its silly, however, because even the very cold tolerant ones die off in California outside even when they have help, let alone when they are wild. Clearly fish and game guys have not tried to keep these suckers alive. The only thing I can think of is maybe they are afraid they will stop spawning or eat babies, because they are not going to be out in our water in the winter and make it to spring.

Wow, that post was all over the place!

 

[ronott1]

I think they grow even after 1 year. But, I'm just on 11 months of chickens( well breeding chickens, 1.5 on ownership 1 year of eggs on Nov 27th!). How old is the dauphin ( now called louie becuse hes king rooster) ? Same age as the girls? He seems to be just gaining weight in the chest, not getting taller or rounder. just fuller and deeper.

Chooks, ALL my hems are practacly bare of color, i was trying to breed down speedys riot. But the more I see marans, the happier I am with my hens, they all have good backs and tail set and chests. I got shockingly lucky picking them up. The Universe wanted me to have Marans!

I really don't know much about combs except for the space from the head thing .

Its my poor little showgirls that are not really up to snuff. At least Iggy appears to have a sex linked gene so all his smoothed feathered chicks are boys. At least my other silkies are good so besides the not great feet the next generation of chicks is pretty. And I can help the pullet % by holding back the smooth feathered ones, a good thing for silkies. they should be even better in spring with the new boys. we shall see....

I'm making pork this week! Pozole for dinner and 1-3 day roast ( from the Zuni cafe cookbook, so called becuse they tell you to rest everything for 1-2 days before cooking. even hamburger! grind your own, spice, rest 1-3 days...) for later in the week. The thing was too big to fit into the slow cooker, so I thought I'd do 2. The house is starting to smell good now!

I have been using the pressure cookers this week. Beans in 25 minutes and pulled pork in 45 minutes. The pulled pork was tender and tasty too.

Please post the Pozole recipe. I have been asked to make it.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: If you think it was all over the place to read this post, imagine me putting it into the digest tomorrow! I better get started on it right now

 

[ronott1]

Chiquita:

Thank you for the Talapia information. I watched a Doomsday Preppers episode where they had converted a swimming pool for Talapia. The chickens lived over the deep end with a screen that allowed the manure to fall into the pool to feed the fish. The Preppers would fish each day to catch their dinner. I would get very tired of fish.

About the banning of Talapia. The same thing happened with Burmese Pythons. The only live in a narrow band in South Florida. They don't hibernate, so they die in the winter every where else but they are banned for the entire US.

Weird.....

 

[ronott1]

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[PetRock]

I want to be part of the push to reach 10,000!!!!

 

[zooweemama]

Chiquita:

Thank you for the Talapia information. I watched a Doomsday Preppers episode where they had converted a swimming pool for Talapia. The chickens lived over the deep end with a screen that allowed the manure to fall into the pool to feed the fish. The Preppers would fish each day to catch their dinner. I would get very tired of fish.

About the banning of Talapia. The same thing happened with Burmese Pythons. The only live in a narrow band in South Florida. They don't hibernate, so they die in the winter every where else but they are banned for the entire US.

Weird.....

Wow for once something almost grosses me out! lmbo!