Nevadans?

[sherylreno]

Sorry everyone for this long piece but I told you I was going to go through everything to catch up with what I missed and answer some of the questions that were posted.

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Wow Elizabeth, you sure went through a lot while I was gone. Good job getting it repaired. Great pics of the chicks too.

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& to the NV thread!

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The last time Ron was on he said he needed to get everything winterized but he should have been back on by now, anything yet?

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Have you checked them for mites or any external parasites? How is their weight? What does their droppings look like? The older ones most likely are done until Spring but the pullets should be laying still, not everyday but a few times a week.


Anything from Nikki yet?

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I have 3 and they are more flighty and nervous, they do settle down a tad once they start laying and then they get back at being flighty and nervous again. Mine are 8 months old and I'm hoping once they reach 1 year old they'll be friendly but nothing so far except when Winnie went broody for a tad, she was extra nice and kept jumping onto my lap for pets.

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I gave Bella a bath to get all that gunk that was all over her bottom when she went down and couldn't walk anymore. Speaking of her, she's no longer in with the flock. I'm calling her our resident chicken. She couldn't get her pecking order back and she couldn't stop them from attacking her. The little ones removed most of her feathers on her backside but now she's getting them all back. She just roams all around the yard and does what she pleases while everyone else is in the enclosed area of the yard.

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Thank you Sunny, that's one think about Boomtown for sure, we are all family and we care about each and everyone of us. Boy I'm going to miss her. Can't wait to see pics of the coop.

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I never noticed who had long toenails. Tyler you may have a new side business!

Well I've been on too long. My eyes are starting to burn. G'night all!

Oh and see Tyler? The OP from the CA thread comes here too!

Hi Kim!

And me!

I'm a CA girl too. I just really like you guys, and I'm close to the NV border....and I never thought the rules applied to me......

I'm a CA girl too but I don't like to tell people too often. I was born and raised in the Bay Area.

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Is there such a thing as warm snow?

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Oh my goodness Aubrey! What did you do to this chicken?

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Me think

I never over think. In fact i found when i don't think life works better.


Do you think so?

Wow Aubrey! I didn't know about Bogie, sorry you had to send him to Florida. I love the video of him smashing the cymbols

Nice pic of the BT Artemis!

Thank you everyone for the Welcome Back greetings! They're very nice and very welcomed!

 

[chicharomirinda]

excellent work catching up, sheryl! you are truly dedicated to our nevada thread!

I'm so glad to have the day off tomorrow. Maybe I can get outside and get something else done on the coop but I'm not sure how warm it will be. This Minnesota girl has gotten soft all these years in Nevada. i just ordered some plaid wellington style boots from L.L.Bean. they are going to be my chicken boots. I'm sure my feet would have gotten pecked at less with the black boots but I couldn't resist plaid.

My kids got into my closet where the gift wrap is and have made "presents" for everyone using the gift bags. Now they have a role of brown paper I use to wrap boxes for shipping and are doing who knows what with it in the living room. At least they're busy and being creative! often creativity is a bit messy though.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Sunny, I've raised Cocker Spaniels for a lifetime...I love the working dog but people love "SQ" titled dogs so I mixed bloodlines carefully to make them pretty but kept the hunting bloodlines strong. I gained respect from the show people for preserving those great old hunting lines.

The only thing that concerns me with your match is the different in size. It can really cause some problems when you breed two dogs with such different conformation. You would usually breed one down or one up and work your way into the size you're hoping for. The preferred head on a cocker right now is SO small! I don't like it and I worked on shortening the nose on my dogs but didn't go as far as I what I see now...anyway, I had to slowly add the shorter nose because if it's too different you can produce a lot of bite issues.

If you could smooze (and I know you can) your way into the good graces of a breeder who will critique your dogs and tell you if your dogs are too far apart in size that there would be health issues, would be best. Or maybe Kim could advise from pictures.

Sheryl, I had 2 of my grandsons today, 3 and 5 and I love them like crazy but as my grandmother use to say "it's good to see them come, and it's good to see them go"!

Sure has been quiet, good to see everyone back....but after Sheryl's post I almost sat myself in the corner for not being able to address every post....I have "post envy"!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

holy crap sheryl! hahahaha, wowie!

 

[sherylreno]

sorry!

 

[gaited horse]

Hey
I can't rememeber who posted the commont about the mMonk books.
They are by the Monks of New Skete.
I have a copy of one if you want it Sunny.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

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no way that was awesome!

 

[gaited horse]

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no way that was awesome!

That was awesome.
I wish I could of typed that much.
I catch up every night but I never respond that much.

 

[sherylreno]

Thanks and please no one have post envy, I was once a data entry specialist and I type over 120 wpm at a 95% accuracy but that was back then. Now I just do it when I want to and nothing more. I don't like typing slow but that's just me. idk.

Anyways, I wanted to get back into things again now that I'm home. I got on when I could but my dad's computers were so slow there was no way I could post anything while I was at his house.

I'm off to bed so everyone have a good night and take care.

Type to you all tomorrow!

 

[gaited horse]

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Night Sheyrl.
Your fingers desreve the break.