Nevadans?

[laceynoelle]

Hey sheryl! No idea about the milking cows.

Tyler, I'd like a show thingy for next month, please.
Aubrey, Im so sorry about Red.

I didnt even know there were raccoons out here!! My house isnt raccoon proof.

Ive got a lot of work to do. Does anyone know how I should start?
I always post my chicken problems. I didnt even think about them sounding lame. Now i feel all awkward, for all I know yall have been wondering about my foolishness this whole time.

Well, I still get loads of great advice.
About the Raiders game and the head guy, I didnt even know! Im glad they won. My cable got shut off, internet too.

Im at the library.
Hey all!! See you in the undeterminded future.

 

[gaited horse]

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Just Pm me your email address if you need a copy of the Poultry show book.

 

[SunnyDawn]

I must be nuts cause I admire the folks that do post their problems and ask for advice but I don't always do it myself. Seriously, what is wrong with me?

Sheryl I have been looking for the same thing and the only thing I have found is Stone House Ranch which is north of Reno. Not sure if they are on the Nevada side or the California side. Selling raw milk is illegal in Nevada but you can buy a share of the cow and then get milk products from that share. Or you can just go to California to buy it where it is legal.

I haven't checked out their prices yet but I've been meaning to. I don't really care if the milk is raw or not I just don't like the homogenized milk as much. Non-homogenized milk just tastes better. Anyway here is a link for them...
http://www.stonehouseranch.com/_csa_for_you_raw_milk__more

Lacey, to be racoon "proof" (probably better to say racoon resistant) you need to put your sheathing pieces up with screws (nails will loosen over time) and cover any openings (vents etc) with hardware cloth (heavy duty wire "cloth"). I do this from the inside, overlap the opening by 3" or more, and use screws with wide washers to hold it securely. Also you need to be sure that any doors or hatches close securely (it doesn't take much for a coon to get a hand in) and use a latch that locks to secure the doors/hatches in the evening. They can work simple latches so be sure to get something that is more difficult to open (if a 2 year old can operate it so can a coon and I've seen 2 year olds open "child proof" medicine bottles).
They are more of a problem is you live near water and they like areas with people cause they have learned that people equal food. They start hunting just before dusk til just after dawn but are most active after midnight to just before dawn. Note, occasionally they get desperate enough to venture out during the day to hunt but this is rare and only happens when food is very scarce. Don't know what to do about the day predators. I guess I'll consider that when and if it becomes a problem.

 

[gaited horse]

My way of reacoon proofing is easy. Sit outside in a hunting blind, aim and shoot the coon.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Sounds like a plan to me!

 

[gaited horse]

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Sounds like a plan to me!

I've alwasy been one to shoot.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

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Initially that was our plan too, buy staying up until 3 in the morning is definitely the hard part. ESPECIALLY if there's nothing to do but sit on the back porch in the cold

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Initially that was our plan too, buy staying up until 3 in the morning is definitely the hard part. ESPECIALLY if there's nothing to do but sit on the back porch in the cold

Yep, that would be impossible for me! And what do you do, stay up every night until dawn? Actually Tyler is a night owl. Maybe he can stay up all night.

 

[sherylreno]

I know, I know! Aubrey - see if Tyler wants to be your new room mate and he can stay up all night and shoot them. Try buying some blinking red lights, there are tons of different things right now with Halloween coming up? I saw a monster at the Halloween store last year that's crawls and howls once someone or something passes in front of it. I heard it scares those coons so bad they don't come back. Look it up on here and you'll hear how no one is having anymore issues with the coons once they get the blinking lights.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Okie dokie artichokie