California - Northern

[SpringPeeper]

It's been a pretty bad year for my yellow tomatoes and my strawberries here as well. Most other stuff has done pretty well, though.

I'll usually start some fall/winter planting as early as August. The carrots tend to do pretty well, and generally to cauliflower and broccoli do fine.

 

[kande]

URGENT - birds need adoption/rescue!

My DH's nephew died unexpectedly about 10 days ago. He and his partner lived in San Juan Bautista. I got a call from his partner Ray today, and Ray is desperate - he has no money for feed, or anything else, since the nephew handles all finances. The estate is going to be tied up for a while because there's no Will, and they never registered as domestic partners. Ray is infirm and not too sharp. He can't really take care of himself, let alone the animals. He wants to move back to family in Oklahoma as soon as possible. In the meantime he is super stressed trying to find someone that will take their birds.

They have:

18 pet chickens living in their house, mostly Seramas and Silkies. One is setting (serama) on 12 eggs.
One 20lb rooster with a broken toe that he said was a "legger" - he is a house pet at the moment too.
7 more chickens outside, presumably hens

1 african swan goose
2 chinese geese - mated pair
1 blue-eyed gander, 2 hens, a three month old gosling
2 other geese
3 ducks

25 rabbits mostly lops, or lop/angora mixes. some might have jack rabbit (you can guess how that happened)
two lion faced angoras - a black doe, and her blue-eyed white furred son

If you think you can take any or all of these animals, or know of a rescue organization that can, please reply ASAP. I suspect that their living conditions are deteriorating, and Ray is desperate to not turn them over to the county.

Thank you so much -

Kande
([email protected])

 

[chiqita]

That sounds like a great idea!

I just got an email for OSH--Club Orchard members get 20% off of "everything thing that Grows" starting tomorrow! I will have to go there and see what they have.

Make sure they don't have bee killing plants.

A girl on here has ducklings that need a home but she lives in Arizona and I live in Cali. I'm hoping to have two of those but I'm not sure if I can get them

Ducklings are adorable! But they 100% need friends.

I have a silkie sitting on some muscovy eggs if you get desperate. Male ducks need to be either isolated or have acess to female ducks. Male ducks have anatomy that is dangerous to chickens.
S

 

[Kaylish]

I'd love to see pictures of the GCM eggs since they are out of the birds Jeff bought from me    

Next time I open the bator I take a pic for you.

URGENT - birds need adoption/rescue!

My DH's nephew died unexpectedly about 10 days ago. He and his partner lived in San Juan Bautista. I got a call from his partner Ray today, and Ray is desperate - he has no money for feed, or anything else, since the nephew handles all finances. The estate is going to be tied up for a while because there's no Will, and they never registered as domestic partners. Ray is infirm and not too sharp. He can't really take care of himself, let alone the animals. He wants to move back to family in Oklahoma as soon as possible. In the meantime he is super stressed trying to find someone that will take their birds.

They have:

18 pet chickens living in their house, mostly Seramas and Silkies. One is setting (serama) on 12 eggs.
One 20lb rooster with a broken toe that he said was a "legger" - he is a house pet at the moment too.
7 more chickens outside, presumably hens

1 african swan goose
2 chinese geese - mated pair
1 blue-eyed gander, 2 hens, a three month old gosling
2 other geese
3 ducks

25 rabbits mostly lops, or lop/angora mixes. some might have jack rabbit (you can guess how that happened)
two lion faced angoras - a black doe, and her blue-eyed white furred son

If you think you can take any or all of these animals, or know of a rescue organization that can, please reply ASAP. I suspect that their living conditions are deteriorating, and Ray is desperate to not turn them over to the county.

Thank you so much -

Kande
([email protected])

Can't take any birds but you should also post to Facebook. There's a California Poultry People & a California Poultry People North page with a lot of people. Good luck.

 

[chiqita]

Rhe morning catch

 

[ronott1]

Make sure they don't have bee killing plants.

NPR had a Segment on that recently. Just for information, several studies have shown that the coating on seeds, which is a neve toxin that comes from the same nicotine in cigarettes may be the main cause of colony decline in bees. The plant grown from the coated seed has the poison in it! Then there is the bug spray the plants are sprayed with.

But get this! One coated corn seed will kill a sparrow if eaten. A small bit will weaken the egg shell and cause fertility problems. What is the cause of the low fertility in our chickens over the past several years? Maybe some breeds are more sensitive to the poison effects. I wonder if places close to planted fields or even feeding the chickens greens that have the poison in it is a cause?

Nicaloids are banned in Europe.

 

[chiqita]

NPR had a Segment on that recently. Just for information, several studies have shown that the coating on seeds, which is a neve toxin that comes from the same nicotine in cigarettes may be the main cause of colony decline in bees. The plant grown from the coated seed has the poison in it! Then there is the bug spray the plants are sprayed with.

But get this! One coated corn seed will kill a sparrow if eaten. A small bit will weaken the egg shell and cause fertility problems. What is the cause of the low fertility in our chickens over the past several years? Maybe some breeds are more sensitive to the poison effects. I wonder if places close to planted fields or even feeding the chickens greens that have the poison in it is a cause?

Nicaloids are banned in Europe.

You can't use seeds with any coating on your lawn if you have either. Or you shouldn't. It makes resedding or buying sod a pita. Id like to break down and resod if we get a el nino this year but im uncertain I can find safe sod.

 

[Audio51]

Rhe morning catch

Nice one!

 

[Audio51]

Candled my "daughters birthday" hatch from Papa Brooder, Day 6 (couldn't wait) and 6/8 mixed-color Bantam Cochins, 1/3 white bantam Cochins, 4/4 CLB, 3/3 ST and who knows of 10 BCM & GCM developing (I need a better light). I'm so stoked!

Wow! That's great!. I'm not sure my Papa Brooder eggs have fared as well.

 

[Audio51]

Does anyone know why this chick might have a lump on one side of it;s skull? These chicks are 1 week old and this on hatched from a FBCM egg. When It first hatched I thought it was from a silkie egg and had a vaulted skull, but there were only 3 eggs total that hatched..or even pipped. 1 was the Bresse, one was the showgirl and one from a dark Marans egg. The lump is on the chicks right side of the skull. It seems fine in every other way (except for pasty butt...I gave scrambled eggs, plain yogurt and chick grit yesterday. Still pasty this morning). It is active ans alert. It eats/drinks, interacts with the other chicks. The lump feels firm and does not move. In fact...it feels very much like the skull on the showgirl chick, but it is only on the one side.