California - Northern

[new 2 pfowl]

How exciting that you get to move up North?

Is there a specific area you need to be in for work?

It will be great seeing more Peacock pictures too.

Thanks for that! No, I work at home so I can be anywhere.

I'd be happy to post pea pictures, but if you want an overwhelming eyeful, hop on over to the BYC Pea Department!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/51/peafowl

 

[Audio51]

Quote: It is, but definitley exhausting too. As for the flies.....I think I was breeding them in the chicken yard....especially after the rain! I swear I had to be sure I kept my mouth closed when I wal thru the pen or I would be picking them out of my teeth!

Quote: Well I feel much better about my low yield then! I have gotten 4 so far today and there was nother hen in the nest box when I collected them, so I think they are trying to make up for it....

Looks like we're going to be heading to Sacramento just after Christmas to visit family this year.

Is it bad that I'm halfway hoping that someone's broody around Christmas?

Not at all! I will take a broody anytime if I have eggs to put under her. I do prefer them during warmer weather though...

Quote: I think mine are pretty much done now too...all except the broody raising chicks. I have been seeing a lot of feathers inside the pen I am moving her and her chicks to every morning and thought she must be grabbing other hens that get too close to the babies, but then I realized they are her feathers and she is looking really ragged. Hopefully she ill be all done by the time she is ready to let the chicks be one their own and will get right back to laying.

Greetings all of you Northern Californians!

I hope you don't mind me hopping over here to your friendly thread from the Peafowl thread (hi Kathy!). I am currently living in SoCal, but I'm really a born and bred Northern Californian.

The reason I'm barging into your thread is that we will have to move fairly soon

and I am trying to explore every possible relocation option. Moving with a peacock is kind of tricky! I thought I would ask, just in case, if by any chance any of you know of a rural, peacock-friendly cabin/shed/shack/cottage/yurt anywhere in Northern California for rent? Major requirements being quiet, not crowded area, not too expensive! Fairly remote is OK.

If you happen to know of anything, I'd so greatly appreciate it if you would PM me, thank you so much in advance!

Here's my demanding roommate, Peggy:

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.

 

[sol2go]

I do what ron does. everyone gets a grower and there is calcium on the side for the laying girls

I always have multiple feeding sites when there are PO issues

Thanks for your post @tommysgirl
I also supply multiple feeding sites to reduce competition.
Recently I have decided to provide grower and layer in separate feeders, in addition to the free feed calcium, for my rooster/hen groups.
While everyone seems to like the grower feed (hopefully solving the rooster health issues), the hens definitely utilize the layer feed as well and their eggshell quality is better with the layer in the mix.
The roosters seem more interested in the grower than the layer.

On a side note, does anyone know if the calcium in rainbow swiss chard is readily absorbed by chickens? Also, if the oxalates in raw swiss chard are good/bad/indifferent?

 

[tommysgirl]

@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/

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Quote:
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?)

 

[CackleJoy]

Check on the thread for them but they likely are winter layers. The Pita Pintas are winter layers and they picked back up after molting very quickly.

I've heard the Swedes to well in the winter but you know how biased people can be I'm going to wait and see. If production really drops then I'll probably get some solar lights. Are the Pita Pintas dark egg layers?

Icelandics - Now that is a bird I know very little about. Is that like the Marans where even the singular has an S? I shall google them. Although I have promised myself and everyone else, no new breeds (for breeding) unless I replace an existing breed. So I'll just have to satisfy my curiosity via research and face the reality - a sad reality - one simply cannot own all the kinds of chickens.

 

[chiqita]

Greetings all of you Northern Californians!

I hope you don't mind me hopping over here to your friendly thread from the Peafowl thread (hi Kathy!). I am currently living in SoCal, but I'm really a born and bred Northern Californian.

The reason I'm barging into your thread is that we will have to move fairly soon

and I am trying to explore every possible relocation option. Moving with a peacock is kind of tricky! I thought I would ask, just in case, if by any chance any of you know of a rural, peacock-friendly cabin/shed/shack/cottage/yurt anywhere in Northern California for rent? Major requirements being quiet, not crowded area, not too expensive! Fairly remote is OK.

If you happen to know of anything, I'd so greatly appreciate it if you would PM me, thank you so much in advance!

Here's my demanding roommate, Peggy:

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)

I've heard the Swedes to well in the winter but you know how biased people can be I'm going to wait and see. If production really drops then I'll probably get some solar lights. Are the Pita Pintas dark egg layers?

Icelandics - Now that is a bird I know very little about. Is that like the Marans where even the singular has an S? I shall google them. Although I have promised myself and everyone else, no new breeds (for breeding) unless I replace an existing breed. So I'll just have to satisfy my curiosity via research and face the reality - a sad reality - one simply cannot own all the kinds of chickens.

sad but true. But you can ad a LOT to a laying flock!

 

[CackleJoy]

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?)

Maybe you could pick up a new broody and eggs

 

[CackleJoy]

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!

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!

 

[ronott1]

I've heard the Swedes to well in the winter but you know how biased people can be I'm going to wait and see. If production really drops then I'll probably get some solar lights. Are the Pita Pintas dark egg layers?

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.