California-Southern

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

REPORTING FOR DUTY SIR

 

[hensplease]

i live in san marcos area with 2 goats 25 chickens one lucky roo 3 ducks and 2 turkeys lol

 

[flower]

missy hensplease, (one lucky roo)

What a funny post ! Does your roo make his girls happy ? I have four girls and would like to find them a roo some time later.

Tell us about your flock and yard ? What type of birds and how much space do they have ? I have a cousin in San Diego and I love that city but doubt if I could afford to live there as I am retired on a fixed income.

Mary in Ridgecrest which is 100 miles sw of Beautiful Death Valley. (It is really!)

 

[hensplease]

my girls space is appocimitly 100 by 55 feet and i have every breed imaginable every time i go to the feed store and i find something new i get and i check craigslist frequintly if you get a roo be sure to get a bantom as they are much more silent you can pm me if you have other things you want to ask me

 

[Zoopathy]

Hi all! I'm in San Diego, near Santee, and have a Barred Rock, 2 Buff Orps, and 2 EEs (one lays a tan egg and the other hasn't laid at all--hawk attack just before Thanksgiving). Would love to connect with anybody down this way! Am planning to get some more girls soon--anyone selling marans or EEs?

Happy New Year!

 

[Carlyle]

We think you should post a picture of "Bad Dog Owen".

 

[Zoopathy]

Ask and ye shall receive...(hope the pics post!)

Okay, not really...here he is:

 

[flower]

Hensplease

Do you keep all the birds together in on area or do they have their own space? I am asking because I am wondering how to place the different breeds that I have as I do not want any mutts for now. I bought silkies eggs to hatch because I like their personality and to use as broodies. The EE eggs are in the incubator because I think that these are all around good birds, gentle good layers and very unique looking. I also have four brown layers called red Star link . They are very good girls and very spoiled as I make them special foods like rice fried with pork fats and scrambled eggs. The also like the green leaves form my Kolirabi and brussel sprouts. I would love to let them range all over but not until I fence in my veggies. They eat them down to the ground. Bad for the plants !

The feed store in the area sells chicks only once a year so I am not tempted as you are, besides I have more specific ideas of what I need/want.

 

[flower]

What a handsome dog, regal even. Just how bad is Owen ? Please say that he does not kill chickens !

 

[Zoopathy]

We adopted Owen from Helen Woodward Animal Center a year ago tomorrow. Since that time he's eaten...

One sofa
One reclining chair
Five pairs of shoes
One pair of cycling shoes
Too many stuffed toys to count
Lawn furniture and pillows
More books than I can count
One torchiere
A (down) sleeping bag
Clothing pulled off the clothesline
Numerous clothespins
Assorted tools (with rubber handles) off of the tool bench
All manner or cardboard boxes and styrofoam fillers
Two bags of pine shavings
Assorted plastic feed buckets
Two lemon trees (both died)
One fig tree (survived!)
My entire drip irrigation system (various points at various times)
And the list goes on...

He's a notorious escape artist, and he chases anything that moves, including chickens if they run...

BUT: He does NOT EAT chickens. In fact, he scared off a Cooper's hawk that nabbed one of my EEs, saving her life. So for as destructive as his first year with us has been, he's got a big, scary bark (I'm a single mom) and a sense that those chickens belong to me! He's worth his 65 pounds in gold!