Nevadans?

[americanvalkyrie]

Wow, that's pretty brazen, especially if it's inside the HOA area. If I wanted to keep an illegal animal, I'd try hard to get the quiet kind! Grr that must be frustrating.

 

[As shad]

I'll have to ask my husband if he's up to butchering a rooster this weekend.  Actually, he just does the killing part, and I do everything else.  But I won't see him for a couple hours, so I'll let you know.

Your husband might have to start charging a small fee!! Lol.

 

[chicharomirinda]

Hi! I haven't been on here in a few days and you really were chatty! News from my backyard... I have two australorp broodies now. they are not as friendly as my buff orp broodies were but still are not mean to me.

quite a few ameraucanas from candy and kirstie are laying some lovely little eggs. I've gotten 2-3 wyandotte pullet eggs as well so either one or both of my blrw are laying.

the integration has been just fine for the most part. some minor squabbles and nothing more. my jaers are quite flighty and would love to roost very high so I may need to put in some more roosts for them. they haven't been welcomed by the big girls on their roost.

so far I haven't had any more crowing silkies so I'm

that I have 4 pullets left. we'll see.

ETA: I remember now. We have to get rid of Gregory Peck He is getting so large and is only interested in mating my two frizzled cochins. Poor lil frizz only weighs about a half lb if that and he has got to be at least 8 or nine by now AT LEAST. He is just too big for them i feel like he is going to hurt them, This morning he ripped Ruby's comb in the heat of passion. I know its just a teenage phase that will pass but im not sure i want to risk anyone getting hurt!

Sorry gregory peck didn't work out. Hopefully you'll find the perfect roo next time around. it's a cool name though.

I made a request so i should live up to missy's request of new bird photos soo here they are

~GOOD MORNING~
Just wanted to let everyone know that NNPFA(Northern Nevada Poultry Fanciers Assoc for all the new folks on here) is having our next Poultry Swap on Sunday Sept 16th at 1-Stop Ranch and Feed on Glendale Avenue.

thanks for the info on the swap and the show!

Speaking of canning, is there anyone who wanted to learn? I'm teaching a class in September. It's at my church, but anyone is welcome, and it's totally free. (And if you show up with green hair, people are bound to look at you and say, "Oh hi, you must be one of Missy's friends!) I think they've finally gotten used to all the times I've walked in there with hot pink streaks in my hair.

looking forward to your canning class!

Check out this picture of my bee hive I took a couple of nights ago:


I sent it to the guy I got the bees from and he says it is called "bearding". He says it is a sign of a strong, populous colony just trying to keep cool in the August heat. They have pretty much filled both of those boxes (they're called supers - these ones are known as brood supers because the queen lays eggs in them) with comb, pollen and honey. The bee guy estimates there is 60-70 lbs. of honey in there.

ETA: Back to reading - only 10 pages back now!

very cool, ron!

Woohooo, Cacciatore is all healed up from the effects of the bronchitis! She's laying eggs again, with the entire shell, freckles and everything! I was going to get rid of her, but now I'm glad I didn't. That gives me hope for these pullets that got sick at one week old, but still aren't quite old enough to lay yet.

How about... my laptop that I have had 3 mos for NO reason crashed and fried the hard drive. Called Dell, they have never seen this error code with that model. I didn't do anything, it just froze. URGH. All my music from my ipod I have to figure out how to down load that again from my ipod. I did a back up on the 17th for so the most part everything should be able to be retrieved. I just cried! I just put a new hard drive into my old computer yesterday (now my son's for school) because the old computer took a hard landing back in May. URGH! So, that is how I spent my day, is it five o clock yet?

oh no! that's really frustrating, especially when it's only 3 months old!

Arrgh! I was up early this morning (pre-7:00 a.m.) and opened the screen door to let in a little fresh air when what did I hear? Yep. Unmistakeable. One of my neighbors has chickens. Or, to be more exact, a rooster. It's either the folks kitty-corner across the street (outside of the HOA community) or my next-door neighbor. After all the rigamarole I went through trying to be legit keeping chickens and being denied by the HOA...sheesh & sigh. What's even more ironic is that I'll probably have the finger pointed at ME if the neighbors complain!

I can hardly wait to move.

(And, no, I'm not going to narc 'em out even though rooster-keeping is illegal in Henderson. Honestly, I thought somebody had let their hyperactive kids out at tad early in the morning to discharge until I opened the door and *really* listened)

that's pretty nervy of them! You were trying to follow the rules too and then someone else comes along and does whatever they want.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Thank you missy, I can bring him by whenever you want on Saturday. I appreciate that you guys can use him and it be will worth it when you've got a nice meal honestly being vegetarian it is hard for me to send something to its death, but I know it's better than having him go to a stranger who might use him to fight or not take very good care of him. Heck I guess it keeps him from having babies and passing on his terrible attitude. But I do feel guilty. If mark had it in him I am sure he would dEed and make some enchiladas out of him but marks just as soft as I am, even if he can't admit it

 

[NevadaRon]

Arrgh! I was up early this morning (pre-7:00 a.m.) and opened the screen door to let in a little fresh air when what did I hear? Yep. Unmistakeable. One of my neighbors has chickens. Or, to be more exact, a rooster. It's either the folks kitty-corner across the street (outside of the HOA community) or my next-door neighbor. After all the rigamarole I went through trying to be legit keeping chickens and being denied by the HOA...sheesh & sigh. What's even more ironic is that I'll probably have the finger pointed at ME if the neighbors complain!

I can hardly wait to move.

(And, no, I'm not going to narc 'em out even though rooster-keeping is illegal in Henderson. Honestly, I thought somebody had let their hyperactive kids out at tad early in the morning to discharge until I opened the door and *really* listened)

Hopefully the Chicken Police won't come to your house looking for the roo and discover your stealth hatching program! You seriously need an acreage Dee...

Thank you missy, I can bring him by whenever you want on Saturday. I appreciate that you guys can use him and it be will worth it when you've got a nice meal

honestly being vegetarian it is hard for me to send something to its death, but I know it's better than having him go to a stranger who might use him to fight or not take very good care of him. Heck I guess it keeps him from having babies and passing on his terrible attitude. But I do feel guilty. If mark had it in him I am sure he would dEed and make some enchiladas out of him but marks just as soft as I am, even if he can't admit it

Ah, now the comment about the free roo people from Craigslist being kinda sketchy is starting to make sense!

 

[Peep_Show]

NevadaRon

Unfortunately, my house will be the first one they come to as I filed all the paperwork with City Hall and got my neighborhood permission forms in order before the HOA nixed me. Afterall, now I'm known as a crazy chicken lady.

My hatchery, as it were, at present is unassembled and in a closet.... No eggs percolating since New Year. I'm clean! It isn't me!

I think it's the next-door neighbors....probably the kids got Easter chicks or some such. English is their second language, so they probably didn't read up on the City's Ordinances and thought that since I had petitioned for chickens in the community that it is okay. I just don't want to catch any fallout or flack....but I know I'm gonna.....

 

[2seth2]

NevadaRon

Unfortunately, my house will be the first one they come to as I filed all the paperwork with City Hall and got my neighborhood permission forms in order before the HOA nixed me. Afterall, now I'm known as a crazy chicken lady.

My hatchery, as it were, at present is unassembled and in a closet.... No eggs percolating since New Year. I'm clean! It isn't me!

I think it's the next-door neighbors....probably the kids got Easter chicks or some such. English is their second language, so they probably didn't read up on the City's Ordinances and thought that since I had petitioned for chickens in the community that it is okay. I just don't want to catch any fallout or flack....but I know I'm gonna.....

wow you showing comtrol if those people came to ohhh they would get an earful

! sorry about your predicament

And i want to hatch babies in the spring just not keep them

if i get a broody i will take eggs hatch and give back if i get permission

 

[Lacy Blues]

This is an awesome book! I'm so glad I bought it this year! And thanks for the recommendations on which ones to try... I ordered 2 cases of pears which are to be delivered in a week or so. Other than dehydrating and packing in juice, I needed something exciting. I think I'll try those as well! The jam and marmelade would be good on homemade yogurt.

Cinnamon Pear Quick Jam

4 cups chopped cored peeled fully ripe pears
1/3 cup lemon juice
7 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pouch liquid pectin

Bring everything but pectin to a hard boil in a large saucepan (hard enough that it can't boil down.) Stir in pectin. Bring to a hard boil again, and boil for 1 minute. Label into jars and seal.

This one has an unbelievable amount of sugar. I love cinnamon though... so ... I'll use the other one.

Ginger Pear Marmalade

This one sounds really good. I love ginger... limes, not so much but I like how they smell. Maybe this will be good. Depending on how many pears I get, I may try this one. Do you know if the ginger has to be crystallized? Crystallized is dried with a sugar coating isn't it? Do you think grated fresh ginger will work?

Pears Canned with Apple Juice and Cinnamon

I love this one because there's no added sugar, and the acidity is more than high enough! When we open a jar, we can also drink the juice.

This one sounds perfect! I'll definitely make some of these.

Thank you Missy. You're a real helpful blessing!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

On the ginger, I'm not so sure. The crystallized ginger has a higher acidity than fresh, but it's only 3 Tbsp so if anything, using fresh might affect the gel. You might get syrup, which wouldn't be such a bad thing over some chicken.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Bahahaha! I very honestly did not know that, hahahaha.
I think if he passes on his personality then you will be in the money for some lovable roosters. He really is an amazing bird and I do hope that someone down the line turns out just like them,. He is my dream come true!

Thank you! The other side of that coin is that he is kinda a wuss. Now Tank could take on a bobcat and come out ahead! He's such a beat but a little heavy for the girls (there's a reason we call him Tank).

I am sooo lost

LOL! We were taking on BYC and on FB. I got tired of jumping back and forth so just kept both conversations here which, of course, confused the heck out of any one not following Aubrey on FB.

The manure was at the bottom and I think we had about 2 feet of top soil on the top. It might've been less (I wasn't the engineer on the barn terraces). But the trees were little under $10 trees from the supermarket.... You know, the twig ones. After I planted them AND painted the trunks white to protect from sunburn it took a good couple of weeks before my husby realized I had an orchard out there.... Yeah, diet (skinny) orchard. A couple of years later it was undeniable. I guess the manure had aged by the time the roots got long and deep enough to hit it.

I WANT AN ORCHARD!!! I know, I know. As my Mother used to say, "Wish in one hand and ____ in the other and see which one gets filled first".

Check out this picture of my bee hive I took a couple of nights ago:



I sent it to the guy I got the bees from and he says it is called "bearding". He says it is a sign of a strong, populous colony just trying to keep cool in the August heat. They have pretty much filled both of those boxes (they're called supers - these ones are known as brood supers because the queen lays eggs in them) with comb, pollen and honey. The bee guy estimates there is 60-70 lbs. of honey in there.

ETA: Back to reading - only 10 pages back now!

Soooooo COOL!!!

Sledge hammer. A big one. It won't be fun, but it's definitely doable!

BTW I like that cattle panel one, too. I was contemplating a hoop house out of PVC pipe, but this idea seems a lot sturdier.

We rented a jackhammer to tear out our old porch and it worked great. Best part was all my son's friends wanted to try it (including one of their Dads) so we didn't even have to do much of the work (and by "we", I mean Steve of course). Except your sons are way to young to be any help in this area.

LOL! That's exactly what I thought when I read that! Yellow cake with chocolate frosting is my favorite. And it's definitely not vanilla flavored.

ETA: Oops, didn't see Sunny's reply until after I posted this. I'll defer to the expert!

ETAA: Whew! Just got through, well, I don't know how many pages! Closer to twenty than ten, anyway. I gotta stay on top of this!

Haha! YEA, uber chatty!

"Red" is definitely a flavor. Ask any bag of jelly beans.

I was trying to avoid the sledge hammer option, i can't really afford to replace the floor right now... I'll figure something out.

I was planning a pvc one too, but hadn't started yet because I'm not convinced it would withstand the wind. The panels seem much sturdier and should definitly hold up to tougher weather.

Hey Ron you wouldn't happen to know anyone that sells/rents gas powered post hole augers do you? I could really use one to put in the new coop run.

You can also rent them at the Home Depot on Steamboat Pkwy (Damonte Ranch).

How about... my laptop that I have had 3 mos for NO reason crashed and fried the hard drive. Called Dell, they have never seen this error code with that model. I didn't do anything, it just froze. URGH. All my music from my ipod I have to figure out how to down load that again from my ipod. I did a back up on the 17th for so the most part everything should be able to be retrieved. I just cried! I just put a new hard drive into my old computer yesterday (now my son's for school) because the old computer took a hard landing back in May. URGH! So, that is how I spent my day, is it five o clock yet?

Been there. It was NOT fun. The computer was not nearly as new as yours though.

LOL seth this isnt my first tango with unwanted roosters, but i always check here first as i do not enjoy meeting strangers on craigslist AT ALL. Especially the kind that take free roosters.

*shudder*

hahaha, I know it seems like a horrible thing to say, but the last three people i have given free roosters to have really creeped me out

You're not meeting them at home are you?

Boy those sound good! How about ginger pear marmalade and pears canned in apple juice with cinnamon or cinnamon pear quick jam. Y'know what my problem is? You gave me too many choices!

Arrgh! I was up early this morning (pre-7:00 a.m.) and opened the screen door to let in a little fresh air when what did I hear? Yep. Unmistakeable. One of my neighbors has chickens. Or, to be more exact, a rooster. It's either the folks kitty-corner across the street (outside of the HOA community) or my next-door neighbor. After all the rigamarole I went through trying to be legit keeping chickens and being denied by the HOA...sheesh & sigh. What's even more ironic is that I'll probably have the finger pointed at ME if the neighbors complain!

I can hardly wait to move.

(And, no, I'm not going to narc 'em out even though rooster-keeping is illegal in Henderson. Honestly, I thought somebody had let their hyperactive kids out at tad early in the morning to discharge until I opened the door and *really* listened)

Bummer!