California - Northern

[casportpony]

I have no shame!

 

[GuineaFowling]

I found the gal's email and would be happy to provide it to you by PM if you're still interested (I have no idea if she'd be okay with me posting it publicly, so better play it safe). To answer your previous question, the one time I went, they had various breeds at various ages. You can email her and ask if they have any older legbars. By the way, my legbar lays true blue eggs. I can take a photo if you'd like.

In that case, please do! I’d love to see what they have available right now!!

 

[HeSaves]

Hi we have been traveling since the beginning of February till now from Washington State from before the first Corona BS happened there and are now in Baja Mexico for a funeral but had to keep our birds with someone in Santa Rosa, CA because of the thirty day quarentine rules for birds in and out of Mexico and USA. One mallard duck has developed feather loss on his chest and we have been told by family to stay in Mexico during this Corona insanity but our birds need some help. The person watching them is a bit overwhelmed with animals and can't seem to take the best care of them. Or keep clean water in their pen. Is anyone near Santa Rosa, CA that could help them? Can anyone tell me why he's losing all these feathers for the last month over time? Can someone help our birds while we are in Mexico? Heard borders are closing and our home state is going psycho with basically martial law and 1984 social distancing laws.​

 

[ronott1]

Hi we have been traveling since the beginning of February till now from Washington State from before the first Corona BS happened there and are now in Baja Mexico for a funeral but had to keep our birds with someone in Santa Rosa, CA because of the thirty day quarentine rules for birds in and out of Mexico and USA. One mallard duck has developed feather loss on his chest and we have been told by family to stay in Mexico during this Corona insanity but our birds need some help. The person watching them is a bit overwhelmed with animals and can't seem to take the best care of them. Or keep clean water in their pen. Is anyone near Santa Rosa, CA that could help them? Can anyone tell me why he's losing all these feathers for the last month over time? Can someone help our birds while we are in Mexico? Heard borders are closing and our home state is going psycho with basically martial law and 1984 social distancing laws.

I am sorry to hear this!

Maybe @Wishing4Wings knows someone

It could a molt or feather picking.

 

[Nor-Cal Chickens]

Wish I could help but unfortunately I'm over 3 hours away.

 

[Sylvester017]

Pretty sick and tired of the Corona pandemic plus it's been soggy weather with lousy Santa Ana Winds here in the south:

The day before this photo my DH put a new top on this crumpled mess! -- TY Santa Ana Winds!

Slushy slippery gooey mud and rain everywhere

The one canopy that didn't blow away or crumple is over the only dry sandbox our girls can use!

 

[stavo]

Pretty sick and tired of the Corona pandemic plus it's been soggy weather with lousy Santa Ana Winds here in the south:

The day before this photo my DH put a new top on this crumpled mess! -- TY Santa Ana Winds!
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Slushy slippery gooey mud and rain everywhere
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The one canopy that didn't blow away or crumple is over the only dry sandbox our girls can use!
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Yeah, we know that soggy mud all too well over here. This weather is perplexing. Fruit trees blossomed and then a cold spell started - guess I should forget about any good harvest this year.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yeah, we know that soggy mud all too well over here. This weather is perplexing. Fruit trees blossomed and then a cold spell started - guess I should forget about any good harvest this year.

Same here -- yearly if I get ONE fruit off each citrus tree I consider myself lucky! My small veggies -- lettuces and chard -- I plant in containers and keep under the patio roof to protect them. Otherwise they'd all be washed away in the winter rains or scorched to death in summer if they're planted in our open raised beds!

This is the cucumber raised bed and the winds and rain have decimated the cover -- but luckily cukes are fairly hardy in all kinds of weather.

In between downpours I managed to pllant ONE tomato seedling in the tomato bed and then the rain poured down on the poor thing. Gonna go out and squeeze a couple more plants into the bed before the next rain comes either tonight or tomorrow.

 

[stavo]

Same here -- yearly if I get ONE fruit off each citrus tree I consider myself lucky! My small veggies -- lettuces and chard -- I plant in containers and keep under the patio roof to protect them. Otherwise they'd all be washed away in the winter rains or scorched to death in summer if they're planted in our open raised beds!

This is the cucumber raised bed and the winds and rain have decimated the cover -- but luckily cukes are fairly hardy in all kinds of weather.
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In between downpours I managed to pllant ONE tomato seedling in the tomato bed and then the rain poured down on the poor thing. Gonna go out and squeeze a couple more plants into the bed before the next rain comes either tonight or tomorrow.
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Yes, enjoy the sun while it lasts!

I know your winds are more impactful than ours, but I've found chard is quite hardy in various conditions.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes, enjoy the sun while it lasts!

I know your winds are more impactful than ours, but I've found chard is quite hardy in various conditions.

Chard is VERY hardy. I had a potted Ruby Chard in the front yard and seeds must've blown elsewhere on the lawn and a seedling started by itself in the corner of the yard. The darn thing grew FOUR feet tall through heatwaves of summer and frosts of winter until I finally had to pull it out! Before the next rain started this afternoon we managed to finalize the raised tomato bed. We need more netting and hope JoAnn's craft store is open for business tomorrow so we can get more yardage.

The hens are confused by the up-and-down weather but for some reason their production hasn't decreased - TG -- because we can't find a dozen organic free range eggs anywhere on the grocery shelves or else the stores that DO have eggs will ration them one dozen out to each customer. This is busy laying season for hens so if stores can't keep an egg supply that shows how much shoppers are hoarding groceries and supplies -- idiots! I'm so thankful to have our hens!