Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[hellbender]

They are saying that they are sick of the ice and snow. And that their owner picked a supposed heat tolerant breed, only to freeze them through the winter.

And I am saying that I started thinking about Yellow House's rose combed Anconas. LOL.

My almost featherless NNs haven't missed a lick but their owner is looking harder at Costa Rica. I already have minor assets there. One more winter like the one we now endure might make me 'pull the trigger'!!!

 

[gjensen]

My almost featherless NNs haven't missed a lick but their owner is looking harder at Costa Rica. I already have minor assets there. One more winter like the one we now endure might make me 'pull the trigger'!!!

Mine have done fine to. It did not seam to bother them any. They did not know what to make of the snow. The pullets were funny being careful about how they stepped, then watch them sink. lol.

Costa Rica is beautiful. I have quite a few reasons why I have always wanted to go. Maybe I will be well enough to make it one day.

It is one of four places that I would have liked to make it to.

 

[3riverschick]

My almost featherless NNs haven't missed a lick but their owner is looking harder at Costa Rica. I already have minor assets there. One more winter like the one we now endure might make me 'pull the trigger'!!!

Hellbender,
Things are icing up here in western PA which you will have to cross to get to Pittsburgh. 4-5 inches of snow expected before noon tomorrow. Drive careful and be safe. Many of the towns around here (between you and the Airport) are running dangerously low on salt and anti-skid. Make sure you check ahead on the tollway and take an emergency kit. Have had several wrecks on the PA tollways around the Commonwealth, taken hours to clear. Local people coming down onto the road to bring them food. Have you thought of taking the train?
Best,
Karen

 

[Lacy Blues]

Does anybody have the contact information for Jamie Matts? Please PM me. Thanks.

 

[hellbender]

Hellbender,
Things are icing up here in western PA which you will have to cross to get to Pittsburgh. 4-5 inches of snow expected before noon tomorrow. Drive careful and be safe. Many of the towns around here (between you and the Airport) are running dangerously low on salt and anti-skid. Make sure you check ahead on the tollway and take an emergency kit. Have had several wrecks on the PA tollways around the Commonwealth, taken hours to clear. Local people coming down onto the road to bring them food. Have you thought of taking the train?
Best,
Karen

What Train?

I won't even leave before noon and after about a 45 minute drive to Weston, It's 79N straight up. By noon, all roads will be cleared in West Virginia, especially with the glowing warm weather forecast. Jason's flight is not due in 'til 4:49 PM and we all know what that means...especially after two stops. I'll be surprised if I see him before 8 PM!!!

I'll be driving my 1 ton 4WD 3500 Dodge Dually that is built for power, comfort and safety and I will have all 'survival' gear in the back compartment. including my Thompson .45 Colt/.410 shell with 10 inch bull barrel. On top of that..I'm insured by Geico!

Thank you very much for your concern...we will post when we get home Wed. afternoon!

Thanks Karen...

EDIT: The plow is still on the truck...I just might leave it on..not that I expect to plow any snow but I might have to use it as a Prius Catcher!

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Does anybody have the contact information for Jamie Matts? Please PM me. Thanks.

Good idea! His birds are nice. He's on FB.

 

[thedragonlady]

Thank you dragonlady. I had never thought of linking these things together. Guess I haven't lived long enough yet, either that or I've got a little oxygen on my brain.

I was taught to watch the birds by an African Grey parrot that I hatched in the early 80s. He was raised just after the tornado ran through Atlanta with very little warning, and destroyed a lot of the fashionable Buckhead area.The local weather stations then ramped up their radars, and the warning beeps of weather messages were played on TV for just about any storms.This young parrot put 2 and 2 together in a hurry, and started beeping before the weather stations did. He was always right.

Enter storm Hugo..By this time I was in SC;. We were told the storm would go up the coast, but the bird was beeping 3 days beforehand, and he would NOT shut up. I decided to listen to my bird, and got ready. Everybody thought I was nuts, as we are so far inland. As everyone knows, Hugo cut a swath from Charleston, SC, right through Camden, and into Charlotte, NC.The bird was right again !

 

[ChickenCanoe]

... comfort and safety and I will have all 'survival' gear in the back compartment.

including my Thompson .45 Colt/.410 shell with 10 inch bull barrel.


...

You'll be best to leave that last item of survival gear behind when you move to Costa Rica.

I was taught to watch the birds by an African Grey parrot that I hatched in the early 80s. He was raised just after the tornado ran through Atlanta with very little warning, and destroyed a lot of the fashionable Buckhead area.The local weather stations then ramped up their radars, and the warning beeps of weather messages were played on TV for just about any storms.This young parrot put 2 and 2 together in a hurry, and started beeping before the weather stations did. He was always right.

Enter storm Hugo..By this time I was in SC;. We were told the storm would go up the coast, but the bird was beeping 3 days beforehand, and he would NOT shut up. I decided to listen to my bird, and got ready. Everybody thought I was nuts, as we are so far inland. As everyone knows, Hugo cut a swath from Charleston, SC, right through Camden, and into Charlotte, NC.The bird was right again !

I watch the bees. I know the rain is close when they are all coming in and none leaving. They're almost all inside by the time the first raindrop hits.

It has nothing to do with your story but I saw the parrot thing and thought I'd post a couple pics from my work in CR.

 

[brahmabreeder]

That's so cool! When I move out I think I'm going to get a cockatoo instead of the going the normal route and get a dog.

 

[hellbender]

@ ChickenCanoe: Thank you for your concern. I'm not sure what prompted you to correlate the fact that I carry a firearm to Pittsburgh with my proposed trip(s) to Costa Rica but please be comforted in the fact that I know the laws of the United
States and those of Costa Rica in far more depth than many.

I am a world traveler and have been to CR several times.

Thank you for your misplaced concern.