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Canieldonrad said:
I had been told that by several people. I spent about 6 months looking for work, while living here, before giving up. I had several places contact with responses along the lines of, "You would fit our position perfectly, but we just aren't going to risk hiring out of state."
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As someone who hires and is slightly leery of hiring out of staters due to questionable long term viability after training, I don't hesitate to hire a good person with potential from out of state with a good reason to relocate and stay. After all... I am also an out of stater and we have many on our staff.

Just make sure you've got your response to that question down cold, and if they don't ask it, bring it up. Know the area, be able to talk specifics about why you want to come here. And if in doubt, liking lobster is not a good reason
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(yes, I got that response once)
 
Two of my broodys, the co-sitting Silkies, have hatched 4 chicks (2 splash, 2 blue)! One (blue) chick was fully formed but died in the night. Another banty has a slightly older (splash) chick from the same breeding (blue Isbar roo over a blue laced hen who is Wyandotte x Cochin).

Hoping at least 2 of the chicks are pullets and that they inherit pa roo's blue egg gene. Roos will be for sale in 2 to 3 months as I have no room for more roos (have 2 now, both Isbars). The hen is beautiful, lays very large medium brown eggs and is has the best temperment I've ever seen in a chicken.

They are really cute, the little splashes have a faint greyish tinge around their faces. Interestingly, the 2 splashes seem to gravitate to the paint and the greys to the grey Silkie (tho they do hover any chicks that come peeping to duck under them.)

Will be bringing a teak plywood hay saving feeder, 4' feeding trough. and milking stand to the Bangor swap this weekend. Hoping to find some herb plants and perannuals.
 
longgrove said:
Two of my broodys, the co-sitting Silkies, have hatched 4 chicks (2 splash, 2 blue)! One (blue) chick was fully formed but died in the night. Another banty has a slightly older (splash) chick from the same breeding (blue Isbar roo over a blue laced hen who is Wyandotte x Cochin).

Hoping at least 2 of the chicks are pullets and that they inherit pa roo's blue egg gene. Roos will be for sale in 2 to 3 months as I have no room for more roos (have 2 now, both Isbars). The hen is beautiful, lays very large medium brown eggs and is has the best temperment I've ever seen in a chicken.

They are really cute, the little splashes have a faint greyish tinge around their faces. Interestingly, the 2 splashes seem to gravitate to the paint and the greys to the grey Silkie (tho they do hover any chicks that come peeping to duck under them.)

Will be bringing a teak plywood hay saving feeder, 4' feeding trough. and milking stand to the Bangor swap this weekend. Hoping to find some herb plants and perannuals.
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When is the swap in Bangor? PM me. I have a ton of perennials. What are you interested in???
 
Number one, and think most of you will agree, is that if you move to Maine you need to know how to use your hands and your brain to coexist with nature up here. There are times you will have to use scraps of this and that to make something. Bring your tools and your shovels and have a strong back. Whether you work in an office or not, if you plan to have any livestock or a decent chunk of land, you will need your ingenuity. We do have a general store for sale if you are interested, we just drastically reduced the price from $194K to $125K. Hub is sick, need to be home to care for him. Huge apartment upstairs,4 bed, 2 full bath. You could run a store of your choice and live there and walk to work teehee! We are in Monroe, so not very far from Lewiston, more country. Great steal for someone, and I mean a steal, we are sacrificing, there's like 6,000 square feet overall and a big 2 car 2 story detached garage as well. Almost 2 acres and abuts a stream (never flooded).

As far as protecting your hens, it is tough. We have lost many over the years, when we had upwards of 70 free ranging, almost a daily occurance. Had a fox and hawk issue at the same time, spring. They all have their young to feed, and chickens are easy targets. Roosters help some, but my prize guy gave his life protecting his harem, and the **** fox still managed to mangle some of the hens before that we had to put them down. Must have been some battle. We have a big, big pen around the coop that we put them out in every day, underneath has 1" chicken wire that extends out about a foot or more around the perimeter, and have it covered with some fishermen's net we picked up for free down at the docks. The snow can fall through it, but it does deter the hawks, and it's pretty strong. Never have had a problem with anything getting in other than the chippies and occasional mouse. We do free range, but make sure the dogs are out, and they are pretty good with chasing things away. Other than that, you might want to build yourself a chicken tractor so you can move them to the grass and be safe. Heartbreaking, always, hated to do the head count each night and come up with one or two less. We are fortunate to have a neighbor who will shoot all the critters for us, and have another who traps our fields, but they're still out there. Fox are pretty darn smart, but we are able to keep the population down that way. Not much you can do about the hawks, legally anyway. Have had them swoop right down while I'm in the garden with the ducks, could've reached up and grabbed the sucker. Sorry you have lost so many, hopefully your roosters will replenish your flock and one of your girls goes broody. Most likely a lot of your eggs are fertile, might want to consider incubating.

Good for you Ash, more BABIES, our Pekin eggs are just days away. Just what we need, will have to put a sign out soon. Have a new neighbor and think I can talk her into buying some of the buff ducklings, she is just starting out. Will let y'all know if she is interested in some of the birds you have offered.
 
superchemicalgirl said:
As someone who hires and is slightly leery of hiring out of staters due to questionable long term viability after training, I don't hesitate to hire a good person with potential from out of state with a good reason to relocate and stay. After all... I am also an out of stater and we have many on our staff.

Just make sure you've got your response to that question down cold, and if they don't ask it, bring it up. Know the area, be able to talk specifics about why you want to come here. And if in doubt, liking lobster is not a good reason
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(yes, I got that response once)
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Haha, I think of the fresh seafood and lobster rolls as a perk. I would never tell someone I want to live in Maine for the food. I honestly just don't like the weather here. Our average temperatures are your record high temps in the summer time. That and Lewiston/Auburn seemed to have a pretty good track record of being an accepting community. Huge natural farming movement helps.
 
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Can anyone tell me what happened here!? I went to collect eggs this afternoon and found this, the shell is completely hard but has this thing coming out of the not fully enclosed top.
 
Stephaniemac said:


Can anyone tell me what happened here!? I went to collect eggs this afternoon and found this, the shell is completely hard but has this thing coming out of the not fully enclosed top.
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I assume that the "thing" is soft? Have you opened up the egg? I once found a round worm inside an egg. That doesn't look like a round worm, but perhaps some type of parasite?? Pretty gross thought!
 

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