Colorado

[FlaRocky]

sad day.
This morning i found out an old friend drown. He threw his life jacket to a friend that couldn't swim when their canoe tipped while fishing. The friend made it, he didn't.
He would have been 26 on thurs.

kmatt87, So sorry for your loss. He was the very best friend anyone could've had. He will be a true hero in our eyes, to give the ultamate so another could live. Can you tell me his name so I can say a prayer for both of you. God Bless..... Maye Ride the Glide......Got Gait.....I Do.....

 

[gardendufus]

Matt,

So sad to lose a friend.

My thoughts are with you.

 

[kmatt87]

kmatt87,
So sorry for your loss. He was the very best friend anyone could've had. He will be a true hero in our eyes, to give the ultamate so another could live. Can you tell me his name so I can say a prayer for both of you. God Bless.....
Maye
Ride the Glide......Got Gait.....I Do.....

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/172977641.html?refer=y

His name was james welter

 

[Pozees]

sad day.
This morning i found out an old friend drown. He threw his life jacket to a friend that couldn't swim when their canoe tipped while fishing. The friend made it, he didn't.
He would have been 26 on thurs.

So sorry for your loss, kmatt. I am sure he will be in your heart forever.

 

[dennarahl]

In Denver you can actually only have 8 hens. I know many people do not get permits (I found this out on a coop tour hosted by Botanical Gardens) but I got one for 6 just to be safe, it only costs $25. You can also have 8 ducks, but the max of ducks and chickens combined is 8. Also if you want, you can have two dwarf nubian goats (females only). I highly doubt that there is someone who goes around checking coops to count the number of chickens.

You're right, I mixed the number with the Colorado Springs one. Doh!

 

[wsmith]

I just ran the year to date report on Chiken traking.........

So far this year I have spent over $3000 on chicken projects.

BUT- if you subtract all the one-time purchases of equipment and building materials, and add in the bird sales, cost savings from eggs, etc, I am only about $150 in the hole.........

I anticipate that next year it will be better........

 

[gardendufus]

Did you put a price on the entertainment/stress reducing savings?

 

[wsmith]

Did you put a price on the entertainment/stress reducing savings?

LOL, no, unfortunealy that would be difficult to quantify........ :

 

[dennarahl]

LOL, no, unfortunealy that would be difficult to quantify........ :

very difficult, but the hubby notices a difference in my stress level when I get to spend time with my chickens so it's totally worth it in his opinion. That my girls bring in money with the eggs is a benefit in his mind.

 

[gardendufus]

Well...........About 3-4 months ago I rehomed my rooster with a friend in fountain that was down to 1 hen from her old flock. She heard I was having trouble and wants my GLW as she want to enlarge her flock and her one remaining hen is getting pretty old . Lucky GLW. Girls coop is a shed about 15 X 20, so plenty of room for her. I'm only willing to rehome her because I have some hope that the rooster will put her in her place and tame her down. So.......her life is saved for the moment. The only downside is that if she does end up being dinner, it won't be MY dinner.

I was sitting in the coop today, watching the girls line up for the 2 nesting boxes they prefer to all the others in there. Next to me was the hanging feeder. I glanced over and noticed that one whole side of the part that holds the feed which hasn't gone into the dispenser yet is smeared in blood. Watching the birds eating from it it is obvious that the blood is right where their combs hit the metal sides as they dip in for feed. So I'm sure that little b**ch GLW drew blood from someone. I checked all my pullets, can't find an obvious injury, but the blood is fairly fresh and I'm sure it happened today. It must have been a nick small enough that I can't see it. Lucky darned GLW that I found a home for her or I might be out buying an axe right now.