CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[sol2go]

Hi to the Whole State from the SoCal thread.
Mind if I pop in?

 

[sewandgrow]

Hi to the Whole State from the SoCal thread.
Mind if I pop in?

Absolutely......you are welcomed. We wouldn't even care if you weren't from California but most of us are............LOL
What chickens do you have & where are you? I am in Turlock & have several breeds.
Karen in Turlock

 

[wolftracks]

Hi to the Whole State from the SoCal thread.
Mind if I pop in?

Pop away! We like everybody!

 

[rambob59]

@sewandgrow I'm not in search of any breed right now but knowing me, if I see something cute or something I may need for a random project, I sometimes get it lol.

 

[sol2go]

Absolutely......you are welcomed. We wouldn't even care if you weren't from California but most of us are............LOL
What chickens do you have & where are you? I am in Turlock & have several breeds.
Karen in Turlock

Thanks Karen, seems like this group has a nice time visiting on BYC. You are definitely in a great region for chickens. Seems like most breeders I find in CA are in the Central Valley or up towards Sonoma.

I guess I could answer that question like most people if I would update my profile...I see you have some of the breeds I am working on or just enjoy having - feathered blue & black copper marans, lavender ameraucanas, & nice fluffy orpingtons. Although the blue and green and brown egg layers get my attention, I also keep some white layers as you do, because the eggs set off the other colors so nicely. I also have cream legbars and tahitian pearls - well, that's really just my olive eggers, but they come in so many pretty shades.

Hi to Wolftracks and your purple eggs =)

Jane in Palos Verdes

 

[sewandgrow]

Thanks Karen, seems like this group has a nice time visiting on BYC. You are definitely in a great region for chickens. Seems like most breeders I find in CA are in the Central Valley or up towards Sonoma.

I guess I could answer that question like most people if I would update my profile...I see you have some of the breeds I am working on or just enjoy having - feathered blue & black copper marans, lavender ameraucanas, & nice fluffy orpingtons. Although the blue and green and brown egg layers get my attention, I also keep some white layers as you do, because the eggs set off the other colors so nicely. I also have cream legbars and tahitian pearls - well, that's really just my olive eggers, but they come in so many pretty shades.

Hi to Wolftracks and your purple eggs =)

Jane in Palos Verdes

So nice to see where you are Jane, place wise & chicken wise........... Even when I don't know where that is I can always look it up. I do wish more people would fill out a profile. It is a nice way to start to get to know others & their interests. I am constantly rethinking my birds & moving things around trying hard not to add too many more & get back to where I was (an explosion of birds...LOL).................LOL I am hatching this year after a 2 year vacation except for a few. Deciding what to hatch is the decision now.....LOL

 

[sol2go]

<< I am constantly rethinking my birds & moving things around trying hard not to add too many more & get back to where I was (an explosion of birds...LOL).................LOL I am hatching this year after a 2 year vacation except for a few. Deciding what to hatch is the decision now.....LOL>>

congratulations on redirecting your hatching efforts...I'm hoping to evolve to that point too =) Reading your words is a good reminder of what I am trying to stay focused on. I have more or less a 5 year expansion plan working towards a refined group and then a lot less of them. Maybe I'll be tired of cleaning coops by then =)

 

[wolftracks]

Thanks Karen, seems like this group has a nice time visiting on BYC. You are definitely in a great region for chickens. Seems like most breeders I find in CA are in the Central Valley or up towards Sonoma.

I guess I could answer that question like most people if I would update my profile...I see you have some of the breeds I am working on or just enjoy having - feathered blue & black copper marans, lavender ameraucanas, & nice fluffy orpingtons. Although the blue and green and brown egg layers get my attention, I also keep some white layers as you do, because the eggs set off the other colors so nicely. I also have cream legbars and tahitian pearls - well, that's really just my olive eggers, but they come in so many pretty shades.

Hi to Wolftracks and your purple eggs =)

Jane in Palos Verdes

Its nice going to Karen's and seeing her birds. I love my birds, but seems like lately I see them and I see work. LOL

So nice to see where you are Jane, place wise & chicken wise........... Even when I don't know where that is I can always look it up. I do wish more people would fill out a profile. It is a nice way to start to get to know others & their interests. I am constantly rethinking my birds & moving things around trying hard not to add too many more & get back to where I was (an explosion of birds...LOL).................LOL I am hatching this year after a 2 year vacation except for a few. Deciding what to hatch is the decision now.....LOL

I agree. I never know where people are and I always have to look places up. Being out in the Bay for almost my whole life, I rarely went to far to do things. When I moved out here I found places I though were Southern or way North, were mostly in this are. Go figure.

congratulations on redirecting your hatching efforts...I'm hoping to evolve to that point too =) Reading your words is a good reminder of what I am trying to stay focused on. I have more or less a 5 year expansion plan working towards a refined group and then a lot less of them. Maybe I'll be tired of cleaning coops by then =)

I'm tired of cleaning coops. I did 2 yesterday and today I'm dyin. Make Ill do 2 more tomorrow. Wish I had something I could just hose down and that would be it.

 

[sewandgrow]

I don't think any of us enjoy cleaning coops/pens. My son , Aaron, usually does that for me when he has time to come over & work. I have had "Spring Fever" lately & have been out with the chickens more. I am trying to talk myself into letting a few more go since I have new ones coming in. .................. Sometimes that is so hard to do. It feels like it took forever to get where I am & have what I have...........It reminds me of that song "Pop goes the weasel"...................LOL. I need to call a lady in Modesto that wants more colored layers & let her buy a couple.

 

[wolftracks]

I don't think any of us enjoy cleaning coops/pens. My son , Aaron, usually does that for me when he has time to come over & work. I have had "Spring Fever" lately & have been out with the chickens more. I am trying to talk myself into letting a few more go since I have new ones coming in. .................. Sometimes that is so hard to do. It feels like it took forever to get where I am & have what I have...........It reminds me of that song "Pop goes the weasel"...................LOL. I need to call a lady in Modesto that wants more colored layers & let her buy a couple.

And dont forget me if you hatch out Lt Sussex. Id settle for a cockerel.