California-Southern

[hosspak]

From the Crazy H-Bar Ranch;
I see many asking about a Meet-Up. I want to know how many people would want a Meet up sooner than November? What is the interest level for doing a Elsinore meet in July or August...

 

[ZEbonyfox]

Hi everyone! New signing up here though I've been lurking for months on this site when I ran into trouble!.
You can call me Ebony
I am VERY new to birds. Just basically impulse bought my first Rouen ducklings about four months ago.

Live in the Antelope Valley. Specifically Quartz Hill.

Total family includes myself with:
2 Dogs.
1 Cat
1 Horse
5 Rouen Ladies.

In the future, I want to add Quails into the mix. Also looking for a juvenile drake for my current girls to swarm over <3.

I'm not a chicken fan. But I admit that serma's and silkies might soon change my mind.

That's all for now!

Hope we can be friends!

 

[perchie.girl]

Hi everyone! New signing up here though I've been lurking for months on this site when I ran into trouble!.
You can call me Ebony
I am VERY new to birds. Just basically impulse bought my first Rouen ducklings about four months ago.

Live in the Antelope Valley. Specifically Quartz Hill.

Total family includes myself with:
2 Dogs.
1 Cat
1 Horse
5 Rouen Ladies.

In the future, I want to add Quails into the mix. Also looking for a juvenile drake for my current girls to swarm over <3.

I'm not a chicken fan. But I admit that serma's and silkies might soon change my mind.

That's all for now!

Hope we can be friends!

Hi Ebony Welcome to BYC

from San Diego. Silkies are a hoot. I dont have any poultry right now... sigh.

deb

 

[ZEbonyfox]

Hi Ebony Welcome to BYC

from San Diego. Silkies are a hoot. I dont have any poultry right now... sigh.

deb

They are soo fluffy and cute!! Serious temptation to cuddle one!

Hope you get some soon!

 

[perchie.girl]

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I dont live at home right now... only one that lives there is My horse. The neighbor is feeding her for me.... I am living sixty miles west of home at my grandmas house....

When i had poultry I had Guinea Fowl, Welsummers, Two Silkey Roos, and an Araucana roo. Almost thirty birds total. The setup was good for them but bad for me.... so next go-round I want to rebuild the coop moving it to a new location where I can run actual water lines for all my livestock. A long with running good fence with hot wire for predator exclusion and to keep the goats respectful to the fence.

I also had three goats two Nigerian Dwarfs and one Pygmy. Love love love them but they are little reprobates. I will do goats again but I think I want to go with something a bit larger... For horse companionship. And their real job of walking weed whackers.

deb

 

[ZEbonyfox]

I dont live at home right now... only one that lives there is My horse. The neighbor is feeding her for me.... I am living sixty miles west of home at my grandmas house....

When i had poultry I had Guinea Fowl, Welsummers, Two Silkey Roos, and an Araucana roo. Almost thirty birds total. The setup was good for them but bad for me.... so next go-round I want to rebuild the coop moving it to a new location where I can run actual water lines for all my livestock. A long with running good fence with hot wire for predator exclusion and to keep the goats respectful to the fence.

I also had three goats two Nigerian Dwarfs and one Pygmy. Love love love them but they are little reprobates. I will do goats again but I think I want to go with something a bit larger... For horse companionship. And their real job of walking weed whackers.

deb

Yea my coop isn't the best in the world but it does keep the predators from getting them. My dogs are good at chasing everything away before they can get to the ducks. I want to buy a dog run and put them in there but it won't happen for quite awhile.
I'm on an acre, the horse free roams the backyard quite happily. So far I'm lucky right behind me my neighbor has three horses she lets free roam as well so he always has company.

Started with four pygmies I love them dearly but those little escape artists were driving me Bananas! Had electric fencing and they totally blew through it. When I bought the electric box I was confident because it was supposed to be strong enough to deter cattle. Set it up and stood back. First the baby goat blew through it, followed by my puppy, and then the mother goat starts to nibble on it!! I touch it because I'm stupid it like that and I think it must be busted. x.x instant K.O.
Decided rabbits were better. I'm going with rabbits in the fall. lol!

 

[perchie.girl]

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My Dog kennel coop was very secure.... but not big enough nor could I access it without crossing through the goat pen.... Its mostly dog kennel panels and they are good for dogs but dont keep chickens safe from other predators without going to extreme measures.

So in the new coop the chain-link will be just for the interior partitions. The goats destroyed enough of my kennel panels that I will be stripping off the chain-link and replacing that with Either wood or Aviary wire and using those for exterior walls to defend against predators. I used to raise finches and parakeets in walk in Aviaries. So with existing aviary materials I can cover 24 linear feet of the chicken coop. Someone gave me four aviaries when he retired each was four by six by six.... So that gives me another fifty Linear feet appx of Aviary wire... Its all 12.5 gauge and in order to cut it you have to either use a saws-all or an angle grinder.


The problem With hot wire here in Southern California is getting a good ground. Goats are naturally insulated.... between hair and hooves... My horse is a Percheron and only seventeen hands.... when I boarded at a nice boarding stable there were three percherons and one Clyde living in a row of pipe corral set up for them 24 x 48 pens.... The Big Percheron gelding named Knight was eighteen hands plus and about 2200 lbs... Hagrid was his barn name Lol because of all the mane and forelock he had.. The big guy didn't respect fences and was known for bending pipe corral.... So they put hot wire on his fence... what a hoot. He would stand there and leave his upper lip on the hot wire.... and you could see his lip twitch with the charges.... He LIKED it... Thank goodness Katee pretty much respects fences....

At my house which is in the high desert the ground rod has to be about ten feet deep... But it doesn't make the connection to the animal... So in order to do hot-wire that works you have to do a double line or a bi polar charge.... meaning positive and negative are running right next to each other.... The best way I have found is a tape

http://www.horseguardfence.com/

The rest of the fence will be Cattle panels Areas where they will want to rub .... Chainlink doesnt do the trick because it stretches over time and the dog kennel panels I have been using for coop construction are put together with Aluminum wire fasteners.... Not strong enough for goats. Cattle panels are four gauge....

deb

 

[Camp Julsby]

Hi everyone! New signing up here though I've been lurking for months on this site when I ran into trouble!.
You can call me Ebony
I am VERY new to birds. Just basically impulse bought my first Rouen ducklings about four months ago.

Live in the Antelope Valley. Specifically Quartz Hill.

Total family includes myself with:
2 Dogs.
1 Cat
1 Horse
5 Rouen Ladies.

In the future, I want to add Quails into the mix. Also looking for a juvenile drake for my current girls to swarm over <3.

I'm not a chicken fan. But I admit that serma's and silkies might soon change my mind.

That's all for now!

Hope we can be friends!

Hi Ebony,

You will find many enablers that will get you hooked on some sort of foul I have Quail and Chickens. We raise our quail for eggs and meat. They are funny little birds too. There are a few of us Quail raisers here.

Hope you enjoy the group.
Welcome, Julie

 

[PinkyLee]

I'm from Lake Isabella

 

[perchie.girl]

I'm from Lake Isabella