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Hi! My name is Andy! We live in a very small town about 100 miles north of Reno, NV. There is not much here, the gypsum mine/sheetrock plant and the desert. The town is only here BECAUSE of the plant.
Anyway...there is a yearly event that puts us on the map, its called Burning Man. It is hard to describe exactly what Burning Man IS...but for a couple of weeks each year, the Black Rock Desert is "home" to 50,000 people + or - a few. Kinda like a modern Woodstock but without the bands... I personally have not attended the event. My in-laws own a grocery store here. It is the only store for the community and the next closest store is 75 miles from here. My wife and I and our son moved up here several months ago to help her parents. So...thats how we came to live where we can have chickens.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We had Bantams when I was a kid and about 25 years ago I lived in a rural area of Southern Calif, I had 2 horses, a Nubian and a Pygmy goat, a turkey and about a dozen chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have 3 Wyandotts and 8 Americaunas(sp?)
(3) What breeds do you have?
See #2
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
I was looking on Google for a picture of Americaunas
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
I raise some other rather disgusting little critters...They are commonly refered to as Teenagers!!!
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My wife and I are on our last of 8 kids. He turns 15 in 2 weeks. We enjoy boating and camping. We sold our boat last year and haven't got another YET!!! But we will soon!!!
I am an industrial electrician, I work on machinery and control circuitry for process and production.
Other pets would be our two dogs Skunky and Kate. Skunky is a 5 yr old male Pomeranian. He is colered/marked like a skunk, hence the name. One of his little "quirks'...and i might add...he started doing this at about 4 months old...long after he was given the name Skunky. He will rest with his chest on the ground and his butt in the air just like a skunk!!!
Kate...she's the female equivilant of Marley! Need I say more??? Yellow lab with more energy than any 10 toddlers and the "What did I do" attatude of 10 teenagers!!!
So...that's me!
I am looking forward to getting to know some "peeps" here. I have already been reading some posts and have decided I need not look further for info/support re: chicken raising!
Anyway...there is a yearly event that puts us on the map, its called Burning Man. It is hard to describe exactly what Burning Man IS...but for a couple of weeks each year, the Black Rock Desert is "home" to 50,000 people + or - a few. Kinda like a modern Woodstock but without the bands... I personally have not attended the event. My in-laws own a grocery store here. It is the only store for the community and the next closest store is 75 miles from here. My wife and I and our son moved up here several months ago to help her parents. So...thats how we came to live where we can have chickens.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We had Bantams when I was a kid and about 25 years ago I lived in a rural area of Southern Calif, I had 2 horses, a Nubian and a Pygmy goat, a turkey and about a dozen chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have 3 Wyandotts and 8 Americaunas(sp?)
(3) What breeds do you have?
See #2
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
I was looking on Google for a picture of Americaunas
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
I raise some other rather disgusting little critters...They are commonly refered to as Teenagers!!!
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My wife and I are on our last of 8 kids. He turns 15 in 2 weeks. We enjoy boating and camping. We sold our boat last year and haven't got another YET!!! But we will soon!!!
I am an industrial electrician, I work on machinery and control circuitry for process and production.
Other pets would be our two dogs Skunky and Kate. Skunky is a 5 yr old male Pomeranian. He is colered/marked like a skunk, hence the name. One of his little "quirks'...and i might add...he started doing this at about 4 months old...long after he was given the name Skunky. He will rest with his chest on the ground and his butt in the air just like a skunk!!!
Kate...she's the female equivilant of Marley! Need I say more??? Yellow lab with more energy than any 10 toddlers and the "What did I do" attatude of 10 teenagers!!!
So...that's me!
I am looking forward to getting to know some "peeps" here. I have already been reading some posts and have decided I need not look further for info/support re: chicken raising!
