Nevadans?

[americanvalkyrie]

The big ducks are now outside ducks, and the little ducks have taken over their kennel. 4 weeks old today, and they're larger than a bantam chicken. I need to take a picture of Sahara holding a 4-wk duck next to a 4-wk chicken. It's insane. My 1.5-wk ducks are already bigger than the 4-wk chickens. Anyway, the ducks shared one of the bottom nesting boxes last night. This morning, they were really crying, until all of the intimidating hens left the coop and I showed them where the food and water is. They still haven't figured out how to leave the coop... they were 5 inches from the door and didn't get it. But now they're not hungry anymore, so there's time for them to explore. The hens aren't picking on them at all. They're still smaller than the hens, so they're still very intimidated, but they were eating side-by-side with all but the more dominant hens.

The little ducks went in the car with me last night as I dropped the kids off at their dad's house. They mostly slept in my arms, until we went through the drivethrough at In-N-Out Burger. Luckily, the burger they attacked was mine. I handed the other two burgers out before they could touch anyone else's. I had a half bottle of water with me, so I gave them tiny pieces of the bun, with water. Then last night, they were so overstimulated by their big trip around town (I also took them with me to Bibo's when I met Aubrey to get some eggs) that they refused to go to sleep without cuddles.

 

[NevadaRon]

Didn't just go to CAL RANCH on Sunday? Lol we have an addict.
I like the food swap idea. If I wasn't moving I might of started that with rabbit meat

Yep - you've got me figured out! Apparently so do they. I got a mailer and a couple of things on sale I just had to check out. Plus there were things I wanted Sunday when I was just looking around that I decided were "must haves".

 

[mythkat]

Hi guys,

I finally got a new computer and this morning I got a phone call about the Living History Faire in Reno on May 19, 10:00 am to 4:00pm. Here's the scoop. We could sell eggs as a group for a $15.00 temporary business license. Check it out!!

The Living History Faire
Saturday, May 19, 2012 10am to 4pm
General Information for Participants​

Applications to participate as a Performer, Booth Exhibitors or Vendor must be received no later than February 17, 2012. Applications may be submitted via email to: [email protected]
Or they may be mailed to
Vicki Cheesman
2780 Aristedes Dr.
Sparks, NV. 89436
You will receive a confirmation notice (email or phone call) by February 20, 2012, notifying you that your application has been received. If you have any questions about this process, you may email the Event Director, Vicki Cheesman at [email protected]. Or call Vicki at 775-626-4319.

Once you have been confirmed as a Participant in The Living History Faire, you will be notified of the location and time (if applicable) of your appearance. Performers will be given a specific time slot for their performance; Booth Exhibitors and Vendors will be given a specific location at which to set up their booths. You will receive this information no later than February 27, 2012.

In order to determine if your designated space assignment is suited to you, please take some time to acquaint yourself with the Miguel Ribera Park (3925 Neil Road) as soon as possible after receiving your space assignment. Any changes to performance time slots and/or space assignments must be made by March 2, 2012. After March 2, 2012, changes to the schedule and/or specific space assignments for the Living History Faire will be at the sole discretion of the Event Director.

The Miguel Ribera Park Community Center is open Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm. There are several parking areas that will be designated as follows during the event:

• The parking lot directly behind the Community Center, to the West, is reserved and will not be used for parking during the event.

• The parking lot to the north of the Community Center will be reserved only for those individuals who will be performing on-stage.
• If your assigned space is located inside the Community Center in the gym, please familiarize yourself with your area so you can easily arrange your displays and the table that will be provided for you. Decoration of your table or wall-space, if you have it, is your responsibility.
• If your booth or demonstration area is located outside, please familiarize yourself with the area so you may set up quickly and easily. Again decoration of your space is your responsibility.

NOTE: We have tried to locate participants in places that are convenient for them to set-up, especially for those who have cumbersome displays and need to be close to the parking areas for off-loading or those who need a particular demonstration space. If your area is not suited to you, please contact the Event Director by March 2, 2012.




On the day of the event, Saturday, May 19, 2011:

• Set-up will begin at 8am
• You must be finished setting-up by 9:30am.
• All vehicles otherwise not part of the event must be parked outside the park
• You may park in the lot _____????_____ (where should Participants park?)
• PERFORMERS: Please arrive at least 20 minutes before your scheduled performance time so you can be ready to go on stage as soon as the previous performance has ended. There will be a 5 minute break between performances.
• Break-down will begin promptly at 4pm. Please police and clean your area to give a hand to our clean-up crew. We want to leave the Park as clean as we found it. Tables and chairs which were provided in the gymnasium, will be taken care of by staff, but if you used tape, please be sure it is removed from all surfaces.
• The gymnasium of the Community Center will be the only part that is open to the general public. The rest of the building is reserved for participants. If you need to change into costume, use a lavatory, or take a break, this area is for you.
• An Information Table will be located at the entrance to the park on Neil Road. This table will be staffed by volunteers. Programs and raffle tickets for the Ancestry.com prizes will be distributed there and lost children, lost and found items, etc. may be taken there.

After everyone is set up, take a breath and get ready for a fun-filled day. We will have an opening ceremony the first 10 minutes of the event. Location of this to be determined later depending on the availability of invited dignitaries.

Bottled water will be distributed for our visitors and will be available at the information table.

Reminder to all Participants regarding any sales or other forms of collecting money (tips, contributions, etc.):
You will receive a tax-packet prior to the event and you must return it to the Event Director at the conclusion of the event. You are responsible for all applicable local, state and federal regulations on licensing and tax collection.

Reminder to all Vendors:
You will not be allowed to participate unless we have copies of your Business License and Health Department Permit (for food vendors) one week prior to the event.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Event Director as soon as possible. This is going to be a great event and a great day for our communities.

Let’s have some fun at The Living History Faire, 2012!

Thank you all!

Vicki Cheesman
Event Director
626-4319
vicki@kwilliams.org

 

[sherylreno]

Thank you Kat. I'm seeing the deadlines on here and it says we are to late for this. I know I won't have anything for this event though.

 

[vegaschick]

Hi everyone! Welcome Ale! So good to have some locals on here.

My garden is growing great. I'm harvesting some tomatoes, green beans and some crookneck squash! Oh, and I have some tomatillos that are ripe too! I think I'm addicted to this bucket gardening thing. I'm already planning for next year and how I need about 40 MORE buckets!

The NYD girls combs are growing and pinkening! Winner is really looking awesome! He's so attentive to his girls. I opened the door between the Coopa (where the NYD hatch is living) and the main run when I was spreading out a bag of fresh cut grass. He wandered out and did his cluck-y "here's food" call, and several of my older girls dashed over to see what he had. At that, the alpha hen came over and roughed him up a bit and he retreated with his girls back into the Coopa!

I have 2 broodies that should be having chicks hatch around the 15-16th and a momma hen that really wants back in with the others. She has begun to lay again (a week ago), unfortunately she'd been eating the chick starter with her babies so we can't eat the eggs for 2 more weeks. I changed the feed in there to flock raiser that day. I'm thinking I may put her in with the NYD chickens to show them where/how to lay, and to separate her egg from the others. Her chicks were hatched April 5th and so can be on their own, though I know they don't really wanna be. She still shares some food with them and calls them to roost with her so she's still a good mom. Do you think I could put them in the Coopa with her? The only time I've ever combined mama and babies with the flock is when we moved everyone. I'm just nervous that the others will hurt the littlies. Any advice?

 

[gaited horse]

You're not moving until September, right?  I hope to get this started this summer, as soon as each of us are getting enough food to be counted as "extra."  Right now I just have lettuce and chard, but by July I hope to be swimming in tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, and snap beans.  I'd gladly trade for some rabbit, since our breeding program is just getting started, and a rabbit or two a week isn't a lot for a family of 4.

I bet there are a LOT of food-sale city codes we can get around by having this be an invite-only event, held at a private residence or rented area, and make it clear that no cash is involved.  I can even set up a Facebook page so we can check in to see if anyone will be there, and what will be offered for trade, so we don't end up driving all the way for nothing.

All my does are up in WA right now. Plus I don't have any does due right now I have one bred as of yesterday and the rest we are waiting until next month.
I can't wait to leave Nevada. I'm gonna miss y'all the most.
We shouldn't need to worry bout the USDA at all it'll just be friends trading food no laws.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Sunny, do you need me to take my OE early? I know she isn't laying yet, and I think the bronchitis has run through my flock. If you're moving 6/8 then there will be time, anyway, for it to leave IF it's going to. Let's just say I'll always keep antibiotics in my cupboard.

I'll pm you on the OE.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the help with the guinea fowl /peafowl debate. I had seen the craigslist ad for guinea hatching eggs and am seriously considering them. Also Sunny thanks for the offer to hatch I'll probably take you up on that after your move and everything. Also if you're serious about white peafowl, the only peafowl eggs I could find were mixed and I'm not interested in the white ones. You'd be welcome to keep them if you'd like.


OK next question. How serious are people about cow sharing? Our little mustang mare is in need of a friend, and though I dearly love horses the expense is not something I can afford without a return on it right now. Not to mention we're working on being more self sufficient. I'd be happy to house the cow and care for her in exchange for her feed and care costs. Of course this all would need more consideration. How much milk will people want, where will they pick it up. etc.... But I'm definitely open to the idea since I was already considering it myself.

My questions are the same as Missy's. When would we pick up milk and how often? How much would the costs be? Labor to help would not be feasible this far away but money to help with feed and labor would be doable depending on how much it would be. Steve and I go through about 2 gallons a week and I know a good milk cow can deliver that each day. Because of my ice cream making I would be interested in the type of cow that has a higher cream content in their milk. Like the Jersey.

And yes I'm serious about the peafowl!!!

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Great idea but with me being 45 mins from your place that makes it a little costly for me plus I'm not sure what I'll have left over at this stage.

The ameracuans are in the coop even though the run isn't done

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Hi guys,

I finally got a new computer and this morning I got a phone call about the Living History Faire in Reno on May 19, 10:00 am to 4:00pm. Here's the scoop. We could sell eggs as a group for a $15.00 temporary business license. Check it out!!

The Living History Faire
Saturday, May 19, 2012 10am to 4pm
General Information for Participants​

Applications to participate as a Performer, Booth Exhibitors or Vendor must be received no later than February 17, 2012. Applications may be submitted via email to: [email protected]
Or they may be mailed to
Vicki Cheesman
2780 Aristedes Dr.
Sparks, NV. 89436
You will receive a confirmation notice (email or phone call) by February 20, 2012, notifying you that your application has been received. If you have any questions about this process, you may email the Event Director, Vicki Cheesman at [email protected]. Or call Vicki at 775-626-4319.

Once you have been confirmed as a Participant in The Living History Faire, you will be notified of the location and time (if applicable) of your appearance. Performers will be given a specific time slot for their performance; Booth Exhibitors and Vendors will be given a specific location at which to set up their booths. You will receive this information no later than February 27, 2012.

In order to determine if your designated space assignment is suited to you, please take some time to acquaint yourself with the Miguel Ribera Park (3925 Neil Road) as soon as possible after receiving your space assignment. Any changes to performance time slots and/or space assignments must be made by March 2, 2012. After March 2, 2012, changes to the schedule and/or specific space assignments for the Living History Faire will be at the sole discretion of the Event Director.

The Miguel Ribera Park Community Center is open Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm. There are several parking areas that will be designated as follows during the event:

• The parking lot directly behind the Community Center, to the West, is reserved and will not be used for parking during the event.

• The parking lot to the north of the Community Center will be reserved only for those individuals who will be performing on-stage.
• If your assigned space is located inside the Community Center in the gym, please familiarize yourself with your area so you can easily arrange your displays and the table that will be provided for you. Decoration of your table or wall-space, if you have it, is your responsibility.
• If your booth or demonstration area is located outside, please familiarize yourself with the area so you may set up quickly and easily. Again decoration of your space is your responsibility.

NOTE: We have tried to locate participants in places that are convenient for them to set-up, especially for those who have cumbersome displays and need to be close to the parking areas for off-loading or those who need a particular demonstration space. If your area is not suited to you, please contact the Event Director by March 2, 2012.




On the day of the event, Saturday, May 19, 2011:

• Set-up will begin at 8am
• You must be finished setting-up by 9:30am.
• All vehicles otherwise not part of the event must be parked outside the park
• You may park in the lot _____????_____ (where should Participants park?)
• PERFORMERS: Please arrive at least 20 minutes before your scheduled performance time so you can be ready to go on stage as soon as the previous performance has ended. There will be a 5 minute break between performances.
• Break-down will begin promptly at 4pm. Please police and clean your area to give a hand to our clean-up crew. We want to leave the Park as clean as we found it. Tables and chairs which were provided in the gymnasium, will be taken care of by staff, but if you used tape, please be sure it is removed from all surfaces.
• The gymnasium of the Community Center will be the only part that is open to the general public. The rest of the building is reserved for participants. If you need to change into costume, use a lavatory, or take a break, this area is for you.
• An Information Table will be located at the entrance to the park on Neil Road. This table will be staffed by volunteers. Programs and raffle tickets for the Ancestry.com prizes will be distributed there and lost children, lost and found items, etc. may be taken there.

After everyone is set up, take a breath and get ready for a fun-filled day. We will have an opening ceremony the first 10 minutes of the event. Location of this to be determined later depending on the availability of invited dignitaries.

Bottled water will be distributed for our visitors and will be available at the information table.

Reminder to all Participants regarding any sales or other forms of collecting money (tips, contributions, etc.):
You will receive a tax-packet prior to the event and you must return it to the Event Director at the conclusion of the event. You are responsible for all applicable local, state and federal regulations on licensing and tax collection.

Reminder to all Vendors:
You will not be allowed to participate unless we have copies of your Business License and Health Department Permit (for food vendors) one week prior to the event.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Event Director as soon as possible. This is going to be a great event and a great day for our communities.

Let’s have some fun at The Living History Faire, 2012!

Thank you all!

Vicki Cheesman
Event Director
626-4319
vicki@kwilliams.org

I'm already doing the swap on Sunday of that weekend and it will be a miracle if my back will hold out for that. But thank you for the notice and "Hi!" We've missed you on here!

Hi everyone! Welcome Ale! So good to have some locals on here.

My garden is growing great. I'm harvesting some tomatoes, green beans and some crookneck squash! Oh, and I have some tomatillos that are ripe too! I think I'm addicted to this bucket gardening thing. I'm already planning for next year and how I need about 40 MORE buckets!

The NYD girls combs are growing and pinkening! Winner is really looking awesome! He's so attentive to his girls. I opened the door between the Coopa (where the NYD hatch is living) and the main run when I was spreading out a bag of fresh cut grass. He wandered out and did his cluck-y "here's food" call, and several of my older girls dashed over to see what he had. At that, the alpha hen came over and roughed him up a bit and he retreated with his girls back into the Coopa!

I have 2 broodies that should be having chicks hatch around the 15-16th and a momma hen that really wants back in with the others. She has begun to lay again (a week ago), unfortunately she'd been eating the chick starter with her babies so we can't eat the eggs for 2 more weeks. I changed the feed in there to flock raiser that day. I'm thinking I may put her in with the NYD chickens to show them where/how to lay, and to separate her egg from the others. Her chicks were hatched April 5th and so can be on their own, though I know they don't really wanna be. She still shares some food with them and calls them to roost with her so she's still a good mom. Do you think I could put them in the Coopa with her? The only time I've ever combined mama and babies with the flock is when we moved everyone. I'm just nervous that the others will hurt the littlies. Any advice?

To be honest I would be nervous about it. Sometimes it's fine but sometimes the babies get attacked. I'd be afraid to do it without some wire mesh separating them.

Your garden sounds amazing!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Awwwww!!! We are gonna miss you too Tyler!!!!! *sniff* You will still come on and say "hi" now and then won't cha?

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Mythkat, that sounds great but my hens are out of production for awhile (though we can officially eat the eggs again on Tuesday!) And my daughter and I are doing a huge fundraiser, selling our seedlings, that day. But thanks so much for the info and looking into it for us.

 

[StevieNay]

Hello everybody! It sounds like Spring has everyone into all sorts of projects.

Seth, how's that coop? We need pics . And Ron, how are those bees?

We had an exceptionally eventful week at our house last week... Monday morning our rooster started crowing, so he was dealt with on Tuesday night. Then I presented and defended my thesis on Friday, so I'm now nearly complete with my Masters! THEN on Sunday my boyfriend proposed!

I've had so many firsts and life events this past week I'm feeling a little giddy! Oh, and today we confirmed one more of our chickens is a roo... More morning crowing, but we vaccinated that one and think we will have to wait till the 26th for the vaccine to be clear of his body. He is a really beautiful Barred Rock we bought from a man in Marysville. I wish someone needed a nice roo, because he really is sweet and gorgeous, but I know those are unfortunately easy to come by.

Our seedlings are looking great, and I'm hoping to get our raised beds finished (I just need to paint them now). Missy, what do you think, can I start my lettuce outside now?

Sunny and Mandy, I didn't realize that peafowl could help alert you to snakes?! That's great! This time of year is perfect for running into rattlers. After it gets hot you usually won't see them quite as much during the day, since they'll be active more at night instead. It'd be great if you had a home alert system!

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather. It sounds like you all have lots of plans in the works, so good luck!