Nevadans?

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Aubreynoramarie
For some strange reason I have visions of Barbie's Malibu Dream Home..... Must be the plastic. If you paint it pink, well, then.....

 

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VegasChick

Got you at the top of my list. A candling this morning has 4 suspect eggs (Salmon Faverolles) not making it to lockdown and possibly just one reject Marans, although the latter are SO hard to tell anything, and especially at a Day 5 candling. Day 10 is when I do my first culling and then right at lockdown is the second. Until then it's kind of a check-to-make-sure-nothing-smells duty watch. Saw a couple of good-n-blobby eyes, though, on the SF's. Even "Token" the hitchhiking TJ egg has some veinwork going.

I was SO close on the 3rd Annual New Year's Day Hatch contest "How many eggs set?" guess. 3416 eggs were set. I guessed 3523 (107 over). The winner, though, has to be under and the guess was 3123 (293 under). Next guessing contest is how many of those eggs will hatch....

Okay, Now I'm just sounding egg-obsessed. It's Saturday... Time to go play!


NevadaRon

Ahhhh... The joys of living in an HOA. Even though nobody but me and DH will see the coop, we had to submit plans to the Architectural Review Committe for the newest addition to the backyard. Unfortunately, the HOA has pretty high standards and so we decided to go the prefab coop route because I know how they feel about improvised, even though I love building when time permits. To complicate matters, our entrance gate(s) to the backyard are 3' 3" wide, thereby limiting what can be trucked back there. We decided we wanted larger and so have opted for a kit from an Amish company and then decided on bells-and-whistles (run, undercoop panels, wheels to move it around the property....great to get it in the shade in the summer). Thank goodness fate was kind and handed me some plum jobs this week (All-day and many, many attorneys ordering copies) which will fund this project. What we like about this kit is that it's all put together with screws, so when it comes time to move you can bet I'm taking the second house with us..... We're even going to install a fan in there for the summer. Lucky chickens.

 

[sherylreno]

Someone sure is up very early on a Saturday.

I think it's nice your HOA lets you have chickens, you don't see that at all around here.

 

[2seth2]

Does timothey and orchard hay work just as well as alfalfa

 

[NevadaRon]

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$350 for 2-6 hens, $600 for the larger size... It's a very simple design, and you could get odd-length or discarded wood from HD or Lowe's for reduced cost. I think it would be cheaper to just build it. Anyone else?

im so glad you people are here because im the big sucker who would go "wowza!". building things terrifies me, hahaha.

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Exactly why I posted it, Missy! I wouldn't buy one of those because I do have construction skills, and don't have to worry about busybody HOA's.

But for those like Aubrey and Peep, this can be a good solution! While not as much of a bargain as DIY, especially using discounted materials, it's not like it's way out of line price-wise! Like some I've seen advertised here and elsewhere...

 

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It's not a done deal yet. The final HOA meeting on the matter is Sunday....but they tend to kowtow to whatever the City decides and I've well-documented my adventure up at City Hall. Plus the management company when I queried about the vagueness of the CC&R's pretty much came back with what the City said, "If they're pets" and "Get the approval of your immediate neighbors." It's the Architectural Review Committee that is the radical monitor of keeping the neighborhood sightly with their approvals and disapprovals of home improvements, landscaping, etc.

However, I don't envision many problems. When I dropped off my design packet the coordinator said, "Wow. Very nice. That's cute enough to live in." She used to raise chickens and has put dibs on some very local fresh eggs.....

 

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Seth:

Alfalfa works best because it is leafy... It's also a legume whereas the others are hay or grasses and, therefore, way more fibrous.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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I actually live in a HOA and now so does Sunny

But I think being out here aways........our rules are very open. I searched thru them line by line before we purchased, because I always said I would never live in one. LOL The biggest rule here about critters is I cannot operate a feed lot.

eta: I forgot
<-----------------------has super, super deep shed envy

 

[sherylreno]

Say what Genny? Living way out there and there's an HOA too? WOW, I've always said that too. I can't imagine living somewhere with rules. I just don't like a committee telling me what I can and cannot do I guess.

I too have coop envy Aubrey! So cool!

 

[sherylreno]

Oh yes and speaking of Sunny, where is she?