CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[ChicksterJo]

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Yep! That's what I was thinking...people live in Siberia, and well, people live across the lake in Canada, so we should be ok!


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Oh, don't get me wrong - I wouldn't live in LOWER Michigan (the mitten)! lol
I haven't been there, I've only been to the Upper Peninsula. We did go to the Keweenaw Peninsula which is the northernmost part of the U.P. We camped along Lake Superior and there were fewer mosquitoes and black flies!

Or it might've been a good summer (last summer) lol. I didn't think I would like it up there at first. My SO was born in Iron Mountain, MI which is on the central part of the border of Wisconsin and the UP. The inland parts swarm with mosquitoes and ticks in the summer, so I told him I needed to live closer to the lake. And he will go where I want to go, so he's glad I like it up there.

And the people I have met there have been the nicest! I really don't know why I tell people all about this but I am so amazed by the people I've met there. When we camped last summer it rained and we tried to buy some firewood from a guy just outside the campground. Well it turned out that his wood was not completely dry, and we only found that out when we were ready to burn it. So the people camping across from us and next to us helped us get a fire going, and when the fire wasn't stable, the guy with his family across from us came over and brought his own wood. Then he said, "If you guys like, you can sit with us at our fire tonight." We didn't need to ask anybody for help, they just came and said, "You guys need help?" There are other instances, but I haven't met very many people here who have asked us that (and not in IL either!).

I refuse to learn how to cross country ski. I am soo bad at ice skating, too. I will go sledding and learn to ride a snowmobile though

 

[wolftracks]

My mom wanted me to learn to ski. She drove me to the school and you drive straight up from the road. At the bottom of the mountain is a cemetery. I told her on the way up I that if you broke your leg they just buried you at the bottom. Freaked myself out so bad, she even grabbed my foot trying to pull me out the door and I held on to the steering wheel. I've never skied. Every time I have ever thought about learning I'd know someone who would suddenly get badly hurt or worse, so I'd change my mind again. I know. Coward!

Oh, Holly was like thw sausage capitol of the world. It was everywhere. I gained so much weight from November to February, when we moved back on my birthday, people didn't recognize me. Rwo weeks later the weight was all off. We lived in the boonies and there were woods on the property and hunters would use them. One almost got me on my Skidoo. It wizzed past the back of my head. I wasn't able to ride or even go away from the house after that, so vegetated and ate sausage.

OK so I went to work on my little coop and Karen did all the work. It's not finished, but I just need to put the roof on and add the nest box and then figure out how I'll set up the inside and then decorate the outside. She even pre drilled the hole for me so I only have to add screws. She's looking into a second bin for me. Those things are awesome. They look so plain and smallish, but they have lots of room. She has some painted up and they are just so cute, I was dying to have one. Wish I wasn't so brain dead. I could have been more help.

 

[taylor2]

Glad to hear things went well. Those boxes sound great. I went to Escalon and surprise got a new pair of chickens. A cute pair of buttercups. We are all so addicted. Lol

 

[ChicksterJo]

Will you be able to post pics of the finished coop once you get it all decked out? It would be cool to see one made out of a peach bin! I like the painted coops; they are so cute and look so home-y for the birds. I want to make a coop like that for my big flock one day.

 

[wolftracks]

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I'll probably post once I have it all together. Karen is just the sweetest woman. I love her!

I'll at least get the inside painted before the birds go in. I just want to be able to clean it easier. I was thinking about those tiles and remembered we bought them at a Big Lots a few years ago. We bought extras and we only used them in a rental since it had horrible floors whe we moved in. Old yellow and yellowed lanolium. Nasty. I wanted it to look better, but no one had touched it and just needed it to look decent for the year we were there. HD also has some ceramic tiles on a shelf in their clearance area. If I can't find the box and can scrape up a coupleof dollars I may just buy some. I just don't want this thing too heavy. Already took 2 of us to flip it over all the way to the shop. I know when I move I won't have anyone that will help me move the coops, so I need to be able to try by myself. It's not going to be anything fancy. Not even close to my favorite at Karen's, but it will be safe and more closed in. Karen had some brooder tops that were in with her wood pile and she gave me one to use as a top opening. It's covered in wire, so it will be a slightly open air roof. It's angled towards the back and the hole for the nest box is at the side. We made a long ladder and the door will be in the front so they can enter the run. I think she thought I was crazy with the longer ladder, but I've seen some of my birds knock eachother out of the way on short ones, so hoping fewer get clobbered.

Taylor, you're easy! LOL

BTW remember the bantams I bought? I thought they were OEGBs, but I might be wrong, so I need to take some picks and post, but I think they may be Seramas. Could be mistaken on that too, but maybe not.

 

[taylor2]

How funny, I got some nice Seramas here in Turlock off of a craigslist add. My brothers son wanted a pair so I got 5. There in my brooder now and were born 10 1

 

[wolftracks]

I need pics. I'm not sure if they're moulting or just looking funny after the auction and new home ordeal. Right now they're on wire while I'm getting things done. Dumb birds keep knocking waterers and feeders over. The other birds come running where they eat, because they know they'll get most of their feed. They're cute though. I'd like to know what their colors are and if they are pure, whatever they are.

 

[taylor2]

In the breeds etc. forum there are some good pictures I found by searching Malaysan serama chickens

 

[ChicksterJo]

Have you considered putting castors or some type of heavy duty wheels on the coop? If it is small enough it could be a good idea especially if you are thinking of ever moving and don't want to tear it apart. But then if you had the coop with the run underneath it would be impossible to put wheels on it. What a conundrum.

Linoleum would be decent in a coop; it might be easier to clean than ceramic tiles with grout between them. But I don't have experience with tiles in my coop.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Yeah I would go with linoleum over tile with grout or were you using the tile somewhere else?

ChicksterJo now you've got me thinking about finding a short flatbed trailer to put the coop on!!! It would be off the ground so the chickens would have the shaded area to use underneath but the next time we move it would be a snap! Ok now I gotta hit CL to see if I can find an affordable trailer.