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[SunnyDawn]

I'm doing very well. I've been very busy with work as usual but I can't complain. It took John until tonight believing we have racoons. I asked him last week what will it take for him to believe the racoons are actually here. He said he won't believe it until he actually sees one. So tonight the ducks were very nervous and hiding under the coop and inside the coop. Boy were they noisy tonight. John and I was outside with the flashlight checking everything out when the racoons started their noises while we were out there. Boy did he get nervous and asked what can we do tonight to get them. Of course, there isn't anything open right now to purchase the traps.

I have a lot of family on the East Coast. My son just moved to VA 2 weeks ago. My niece lives just outside of D.C. Everyone is doing fine. My son said the street is flooding behind his house but they are safe. They live in Norfolk. My son is suppose to check into his ship tomorrow. He heard on the news Friday all the ships pulled out. He called the base and they said no, your ship is right here. This morning he decided to go see for himself before the storm really hits and of course his ship wasn't there. He called the base back and they said oops, yeah, the ship did pull out. Consider yourself checked in, you must call each day and check in until the ship is back in port. Gotta love the way things work. lol

Got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow and that's about it. Gotta get the garlic planted tomorrow as well. Garlic needs to start coming up in the fall so you must water the garlic the first week after you plant it. Then cover it with straw or leaves some other plant matter for the winter. Uncover once frost is out of the forecast in the spring and all you do is water it until the plant dies. Very easy to grow.

Cool. Now that we know we are going to be here awhile I wish I'd put in some garlic and other crops like this. I hope you guys get those raccoons! They were getting so bad in that area before we moved and with the mild winter we had they are probably much worse now.

So good to hear your family members are OK. Sandy is not done with the east coast yet. Hopefully it will lose strength soon but the latest reports say it is getting stronger not weaker.

Not much here as well.Just picking the last of my apples and finishing up the run for my little bantams. They are enjoying their new area! It`s finally snowing in the Sierras,so Heavenly will actually have some snow up there!

Had a CT scan of my sinuses due to my recent loss of sense of smell and had a reaction to the contrast dye (puffiness and rash). Been laying VERY low due to the Benadryl. zzzzzzzz

Oh you poor thing! That sounds miserable!!! I've had terrible allergies my whole life. I know how miserable they are. Get some rest. Hope you feel better real soon!

Speaking of scans of sinuses. Some of you probably remember that Steve was told he had a tumor in his eustachian tube last year and it is in an inoperable area. Well we just had a followup, to see how fast it's growing, and it has actually gotten smaller! On it's own!!! So that is veeerry good news!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Everything is going well here. Steve's Uncle was visiting this weekend. He left this afternoon. Trying to finish up some crochet projects and other stuff so I can send care packages out. I got my grapes that I ordered ages ago (Concord Seedless & Tickled Pink) so now I need to find time to plant them.

We went and looked at the house that couple wants us to take over, when they move, and it doesn't look like it fits our needs well at all so we're probably gonna pass on that (whew! I didn't want to move again anyway).

We got some very good news last week! Steve's contract has been renewed for another 2 years and that is exactly how much more time he needs to put in to qualify for retirement from the Army (as a civilian employee) so that will make retirement a bit easier on us. Maybe we can even find a way to retire here in the states! Before we had no idea how to be able to afford to stay here.

Hope all is well with everyone. I am a bit worried about friends and family on the East Coast though! This storm moving in right now looks like it is going to be a terrifying ordeal!!!

I am trying to keep a positive attitude but this storm is really going to be a dangerous one.

Yay, sounds like things are going great! Congrats on Steve's contract. And I bet it's a relief that you're not moving, considering how much effort the last move took. You can finally build that aviary! Do you think you're going to start on it before winter?

Had a CT scan of my sinuses due to my recent loss of sense of smell and had a reaction to the contrast dye (puffiness and rash). Been laying VERY low due to the Benadryl. zzzzzzzz

Ick, that doesn't sound fun at all! Hope you get feeling better soon!

Not much here as well.Just picking the last of my apples and finishing up the run for my little bantams. They are enjoying their new area! It`s finally snowing in the Sierras,so Heavenly will actually have some snow up there!

Don't you love this weather? We can still get outside and finish up our projects before winter!

I'm doing very well. I've been very busy with work as usual but I can't complain. It took John until tonight believing we have racoons. I asked him last week what will it take for him to believe the racoons are actually here. He said he won't believe it until he actually sees one. So tonight the ducks were very nervous and hiding under the coop and inside the coop. Boy were they noisy tonight. John and I was outside with the flashlight checking everything out when the racoons started their noises while we were out there. Boy did he get nervous and asked what can we do tonight to get them. Of course, there isn't anything open right now to purchase the traps.

I have a lot of family on the East Coast. My son just moved to VA 2 weeks ago. My niece lives just outside of D.C. Everyone is doing fine. My son said the street is flooding behind his house but they are safe. They live in Norfolk. My son is suppose to check into his ship tomorrow. He heard on the news Friday all the ships pulled out. He called the base and they said no, your ship is right here. This morning he decided to go see for himself before the storm really hits and of course his ship wasn't there. He called the base back and they said oops, yeah, the ship did pull out. Consider yourself checked in, you must call each day and check in until the ship is back in port. Gotta love the way things work. lol

Got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow and that's about it. Gotta get the garlic planted tomorrow as well. Garlic needs to start coming up in the fall so you must water the garlic the first week after you plant it. Then cover it with straw or leaves some other plant matter for the winter. Uncover once frost is out of the forecast in the spring and all you do is water it until the plant dies. Very easy to grow.

All this time I lived in this area of town, I knew the raccoons were bad, but so much just went unseen. Thank goodness we're all so aware of the danger that we've made strong coops. I have several friends and friends-of-friends who thought their coops were alright (didn't lock them up at night, or had 2" wire) that have had tragedies. And they happen so fast! Unfortunately, the friend who got the ducklings only has 1 duck left. He had a brand new, premature baby and a very fiery toddler to take care of, and fell asleep on the couch... woke to ducks quaking... and two were gone without a trace. Just gone. It happened so fast, it's scary. He's thinking of eating the third for Thanksgiving, but I'm going to offer him one of my drakes (the one that keeps getting in the doggy door and pooping all over the house) and keeping his for eggs. She's a beautiful girl, and looks like she's from the other mama. Mine are from Misty, right? Mine are very pale, and one has a mostly orange bill, but his is beautifully marked with a solid black bill.

I hope your family comes through the storm alright! We hear about hurricanes in the south all the time but don't often think about them happening on the east coast.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Yay, sounds like things are going great! Congrats on Steve's contract. And I bet it's a relief that you're not moving, considering how much effort the last move took. You can finally build that aviary! Do you think you're going to start on it before winter?
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Yep. Got the 12' posts in yesterday. Will need some help to get the pipes together and in, They are so tall and they will need guy wires as well, once they are in place, because of the horrible wind up here.

 

[SunnyDawn]

And yes it's a huge relief to not be moving! That last move really did us in and I like this house.

 

[NevadaRon]

Wow I'd like to see pictures of this aviary! Hey how about the retaining wall you were going to build using that sandbag method? I've been intrigued about that ever since you posted it. I would like to make myself a root cellar using that construction technique - dig it into the ground and build the structure out of the removed earth. What do you think of that?

ETA: Hey everybody - been really busy the last few weeks but there's no way I'm going to read through 30 pages

of posts so if I missed anything important... repost!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Yep. Got the 12' posts in yesterday. Will need some help to get the pipes together and in, They are so tall and they will need guy wires as well, once they are in place, because of the horrible wind up here.

How soon do you need the help? We don't have church on Sunday the 11th, so I could bring the whole Fam up to work, if that isn't too late.

 

[pigtail21]

I`ll be showing my frizzled polish bantam,Yhang

WOW Beautiful bird!! Yhang will be a HIT at show! So glad you are showing too!! Can't wait to meet you. I will be running around like crazy but just stop me and say hi!

Last year there was a frizzled polish mabye there will be 2 this year

That's RIGHT Seth!

I have counclueded that the best invetion ever would be the ability to rent out a coop or lease or buy or trade stuff for it. I just want to be able to have a roo for my 4-h project

. It is fun being the clubs poultry person( we are a rabbit and guiena pig club, but added poultry)and i am who they come to with poultry questions which i can answer but when it comes the standard i am lost. Oh well mabye someone else in our club will become a chicken breeder.

On a briter note last night i was elected the 4-h clubs new vice president!

Congrats Seth! If you ever need poultry advice for your club feel free to ask me anytime!!! and read read read about poultry that is how I learned! I hope some of your club kids come to our show too!!

 

[pigtail21]

A sneak peek at my show line up!



Gray Call ducks




Pied Gray Call



My old drake Cayuga I love him!



Australorp Cockerel.....

 

[pigtail21]

My Dutch project bird colors:


Blue Light Brown Cock bird(he is the father to the following birds)



Cream Light Brown Dutch Cockerel




Blue Cream Light Brown Dutch Cockerel



Light Brown Dutch Cockerel



Blue Light Brown Cockerel



Dutch pullets and hens



The female with the biggest white earlobe is a hen, the others are pullets. Dutch are a very hardy and inquisitive little bird and prolific egg layers too!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Beautiful, Julie! I've wondered if any of my birds are SQ. I know I think they are... but I'm very fond of all of them.