Colorado

[cluckcluckgirl]

and this thread. Unfortunately, I'm not in that area.

 

[Snowflower]

Hi, Colorado! I just joined today and was directed this way. I live in the mountains west of Lyons - and, yes, pretty much just behind the epicenter of the flood. It has been a HARD autumn! We were isolated for two weeks before we managed to repair our private 4 mile road enough to get out, and then had nearly 3 months of a 3 hour commute to the plains going a very long way around. One of our chickens drowned, others were fine. Ducks had a blast. One goat killed by falling hay bales. Houses fine, but road destroyed and lost some things like the outside freezer and the car muffler first time down the road.

I've noticed several people wanting to live a life off-grid and am very interested in helping folks do it. With a collapsing world civilization, those who live as self-sufficiently as possible most likely have a better chance of making it. Besides that, it makes me feel good.

I have had chickens for five years, but am new to ducks this fall. I'm learning they are very different. So far, I like ducks more. I have 4 Pekins - 2 drakes and 2 hens, 3 rouen hens, and 19 khaki Campbell's (3 drakes.) I am planning to have the 3 rouens, 1 Pekin drake, and 1 KC drake plus 5 hens for dinner over the next month or so. It will be a first time cooking duck. I've been reading instructions online.

I don't think I want to read through 1785 posts to find out who is here and all that, so will just sort of jump in and try to figure things out as I go along.

 

[Ashdoes]

I had not heard about the AF cuts, wow, I'll be keeping you both in my thoughts as you wait to hear what is on the horizon. Was this part of the budget deal they just signed? If so, how odd it never got any press.

You know, myself and my husbands squadron and I'm sure thousands of others, have been trying to find info on it since we were told yesterday, and I've only found one article. Nothing else is being said about this, it's very upsetting. This is part of the budget issues, and defense cuts. My husbands job is critical, and undermanned, and that might be the only thing that keeps him working. I'm so sad for all the Airmen that were planning their lives around this career and it's all being yanked away without even a thought.

 

[trsturself]

Welcome snow flower. Our plans are to get more and more self sufficient. Unfortunately right now we live in suburbia but we are working to remedy that within the next year or so.
Interesting to hear your opinion of the ducks. Why did you choose the rouens to eat? Because of their size or is there another reason. Those are the type of ducks we are thinking of getting eventually.

For those duck owners, what is your favorite type?

Anyone have any other farm animals other than chickens?

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Hi, Colorado! I just joined today and was directed this way. I live in the mountains west of Lyons - and, yes, pretty much just behind the epicenter of the flood. It has been a HARD autumn! We were isolated for two weeks before we managed to repair our private 4 mile road enough to get out, and then had nearly 3 months of a 3 hour commute to the plains going a very long way around. One of our chickens drowned, others were fine. Ducks had a blast. One goat killed by falling hay bales. Houses fine, but road destroyed and lost some things like the outside freezer and the car muffler first time down the road.

I've noticed several people wanting to live a life off-grid and am very interested in helping folks do it. With a collapsing world civilization, those who live as self-sufficiently as possible most likely have a better chance of making it. Besides that, it makes me feel good.

I have had chickens for five years, but am new to ducks this fall. I'm learning they are very different. So far, I like ducks more. I have 4 Pekins - 2 drakes and 2 hens, 3 rouen hens, and 19 khaki Campbell's (3 drakes.) I am planning to have the 3 rouens, 1 Pekin drake, and 1 KC drake plus 5 hens for dinner over the next month or so. It will be a first time cooking duck. I've been reading instructions online.

I don't think I want to read through 1785 posts to find out who is here and all that, so will just sort of jump in and try to figure things out as I go along.

and this thread!!

 

[Pozees]

Welcome to our new members!

 

[Ashdoes]

I found the scratch and dent area, nice discounts. Thanks

 

[samsr]

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Hi, Colorado! I just joined today and was directed this way. I live in the mountains west of Lyons - and, yes, pretty much just behind the epicenter of the flood. It has been a HARD autumn! We were isolated for two weeks before we managed to repair our private 4 mile road enough to get out, and then had nearly 3 months of a 3 hour commute to the plains going a very long way around. One of our chickens drowned, others were fine. Ducks had a blast. One goat killed by falling hay bales. Houses fine, but road destroyed and lost some things like the outside freezer and the car muffler first time down the road.

I've noticed several people wanting to live a life off-grid and am very interested in helping folks do it. With a collapsing world civilization, those who live as self-sufficiently as possible most likely have a better chance of making it. Besides that, it makes me feel good.

I have had chickens for five years, but am new to ducks this fall. I'm learning they are very different. So far, I like ducks more. I have 4 Pekins - 2 drakes and 2 hens, 3 rouen hens, and 19 khaki Campbell's (3 drakes.) I am planning to have the 3 rouens, 1 Pekin drake, and 1 KC drake plus 5 hens for dinner over the next month or so. It will be a first time cooking duck. I've been reading instructions online.

I don't think I want to read through 1785 posts to find out who is here and all that, so will just sort of jump in and try to figure things out as I go along.

welcome to the thread. I would love to sit down with you and see what you have as far as electric, if you are living off the grid. I am currently in the process of building a 24x16 green house that is partially dig into a hillside. The foundation is poured and i am ready to start the cinder block walls in the hillside. It needs to warm up first however. I hope to have this functional by next fall. I am also gathering the parts i think i will need for a small wind turbine for power to the chicken coop and greenhouse. If it works well i will build a bigger one. I would love to see someones set up on one of these however. I dont necessarily want to live off the grid at this point, but it would definitely be a good thing for all of us to be more self sufficient.

 

[Pozees]

I'm with samsr, I'd like to know more about self-sufficiency as well, especially when it comes to power supply.

 

[suncatcher]

Welcome to all those just joining this thread!

Look on line for a recipe using port when cooking your duck, we had this over thanksgiving, and it was really, really good, and the gravy, WOW!!

I too am very interested in learning all I can about becoming self sufficent, just makes sense. We saw what the flooding did to a community, imagine if it were to happen to a larger area. Also, best to be off the beaten path, those millions of people in our cities will be leaving once the power is gone.......

Is there a survival thread here on BYC? If not, maybe someone should start one?????

ETA, I did find a farming and homesteading thread here on BYC, last posts are about solar heat exchangers for a coop.