Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[FridayYet]

Thanks for the pics! Those pigs are so cute and look really happy.

Glad things are moving along - can't wait for the next report.

 

[ozexpat]

more pics in the morning

 

[ozexpat]

the buff boy Some Barred Rocks Scooby too - the Andalusian The bresse and a breda splash roo with a banty cochin The RIR roo and some local Visaya

 

[piglett]

Lol cool but act fast cuz when this bad boy arrives...I will have room in the bator!

i can't even start to fill mine

not a bad problem to have HFR

 

[Latestarter]

Helluva good story Oz. All caught up & glad to be along for your ride. Lotta ups and downs, but that's life. What an adventure you're on! Thanks everyone else for adding to the fun, entertainment, and loads of knowledge that has been shared! Now a bit about me... retired 24 year USN sailor (Chief), landlocked here on the front range of Colorado. Would love to be by the ocean again, and that may come to pass in the future, but if so, will most likely be on the east coast, somewhere in, or south of VA. Just love salt water (deep sea) fishing and eating what I catch

The name was chosen for BYC because I'm diving head long into chickendom in my late 50s with no previous experience LOL. As an aside though, I AM a night person and would love to sleep in every morning till 9-9:30 or so

SO in that respect I'm also a "late starter"

. Much like you and many others, I just want to become a little more self-sustaining. Bought 1.4 acres in late October 2013 here and will be starting with the chickens and a garden. The previous owner left a bunch of lumber and planted numerous fruit trees, as well as two rows of decades old grape vines. I hope to add a couple of goats maybe next year, but my "gentleman's farm" will be nowhere near as awesome as yours

I wish!! But water is an issue here (semi arid, high plains) & there's just me and my old Golden Retriever to do it all, and I work 5 or 6 days a week, sometimes 10+ hours a day. I already retired once and look forward to doing so again! I'm very carefully considering participating in one of your future chicken missions, though I'm not in the medical field. I like to help others, and would love to visit the PI again, and maybe see parts I never got to see before.

I won't get my first chicks till the end of May. Very excited at the prospect! Have been fretting over coop design and whether to keep the 4 breeds I ordered separated or just all together as one big "herd" (I know... flock). We experience some short duration very cold nights here in the winter and I'm trying to arrange things to keep liquid water in the winter for them as easy as possible for me. I don't need a lot more work to do. Anyway, we'll see what develops

SO, thanks again for sharing your journey. May you always have fair winds and following seas! I'll be along for your continuing adventure. Sorry for being overly verbose

<slipping back into the background>

 

[hillfloweranch]

i can't even start to fill mine

not a bad problem to have HFR  

Tanks piggly wiggly!!! Lol

 

[perchie.girl]

Helluva good story Oz. All caught up & glad to be along for your ride. Lotta ups and downs, but that's life. What an adventure you're on! Thanks everyone else for adding to the fun, entertainment, and loads of knowledge that has been shared! Now a bit about me... retired 24 year USN sailor (Chief), landlocked here on the front range of Colorado. Would love to be by the ocean again, and that may come to pass in the future, but if so, will most likely be on the east coast, somewhere in, or south of VA. Just love salt water (deep sea) fishing and eating what I catch

The name was chosen for BYC because I'm diving head long into chickendom in my late 50s with no previous experience LOL. As an aside though, I AM a night person and would love to sleep in every morning till 9-9:30 or so

SO in that respect I'm also a "late starter"

. Much like you and many others, I just want to become a little more self-sustaining. Bought 1.4 acres in late October 2013 here and will be starting with the chickens and a garden. The previous owner left a bunch of lumber and planted numerous fruit trees, as well as two rows of decades old grape vines. I hope to add a couple of goats maybe next year, but my "gentleman's farm" will be nowhere near as awesome as yours

I wish!! But water is an issue here (semi arid, high plains) & there's just me and my old Golden Retriever to do it all, and I work 5 or 6 days a week, sometimes 10+ hours a day. I already retired once and look forward to doing so again! I'm very carefully considering participating in one of your future chicken missions, though I'm not in the medical field. I like to help others, and would love to visit the PI again, and maybe see parts I never got to see before.

I won't get my first chicks till the end of May. Very excited at the prospect! Have been fretting over coop design and whether to keep the 4 breeds I ordered separated or just all together as one big "herd" (I know... flock). We experience some short duration very cold nights here in the winter and I'm trying to arrange things to keep liquid water in the winter for them as easy as possible for me. I don't need a lot more work to do. Anyway, we'll see what develops

SO, thanks again for sharing your journey. May you always have fair winds and following seas! I'll be along for your continuing adventure. Sorry for being overly verbose

<slipping back into the background>

Hey do you have a well or do you have to have your water delivered? I know Colorado has laws about collecting water off the roof... in like.... its a big no no. I have a low producing well so there are some strategies for water conservation you can use...

OH and pop down to San Diego to get your fishing fix. My friends husband regularly cans his own Tuna. or what ever fish he catches off his boat. He has a 500 ton license, and his Celestial.... But he runs a fire boat. Any way lots of dead time for him to fish.

deb

 

[Latestarter]

Hey do you have a well or do you have to have your water delivered? I know Colorado has laws about collecting water off the roof... in like.... its a big no no. I have a low producing well so there are some strategies for water conservation you can use...

OH and pop down to San Diego to get your fishing fix. My friends husband regularly cans his own Tuna. or what ever fish he catches off his boat. He has a 500 ton license, and his Celestial.... But he runs a fire boat. Any way lots of dead time for him to fish.

deb

Greetings Deb, Very nice to make your acquaintance

I'm on city water here. Wells require a permit and a LOT of $$ and/or friends in high places, neither of which are available to me

It is illegal to "divert" water. Technically, the rain falling in my backyard is owned by someone else down stream. I can't stop it, divert it, or collect it. How do you like THEM apples? My land is mostly sand. I'm considering purchasing a 30 yard load of real dirt to create raised garden beds (at a cost of ~$700.00). I'll have to water them from my city hook-up, which can prove expensive, but I'll bury soaker hose or use drip type at the plant to conserve and keep costs down.

I've heard of the multi-day offshore/tuna fishing from San Diego. Would love to go, but no longer have my offshore gear, and it's no longer cheap to go... anyway... I'll have chickens!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Woo Hoo on city water.... Are there regs for Grey water? Shower and washing machine water is great for gardens... You only have to make a couple of tweaks for the garden... used to be.... dont know now.

My well is 450 feet deep drilled in 84... Nowadays people in my area are going 650 feet deep Drilling, Equipment, plumbing to the house and Permitts here run about 20-25K. Depending on the county.

deb

 

[Ashburnham]

Greetings Deb, Very nice to make your acquaintance

I'm on city water here. Wells require a permit and a LOT of $$ and/or friends in high places, neither of which are available to me

It is illegal to "divert" water. Technically, the rain falling in my backyard is owned by someone else down stream. I can't stop it, divert it, or collect it. How do you like THEM apples? My land is mostly sand. I'm considering purchasing a 30 yard load of real dirt to create raised garden beds (at a cost of ~$700.00). I'll have to water them from my city hook-up, which can prove expensive, but I'll bury soaker hose or use drip type at the plant to conserve and keep costs down.

I've heard of the multi-day offshore/tuna fishing from San Diego. Would love to go, but no longer have my offshore gear, and it's no longer cheap to go... anyway... I'll have chickens!

That sounds like an utterly insane law! Everbody in rural Australia collects water off the roofs - if we didn't we wouldn't have any bloody water!


xxxx M