Nevadans?

[americanvalkyrie]

Since I had had a couple of unwelcome comments from Renoites when we first moved here, about being from the Bay, I was being a little overly cautious back then.

Don't you feel a little bad for people who are so miserable in their lives that they have to make rude comments about a new person, just because of where they're from? If I ever get that blind, please let me know, so I can work on myself again.

Hi Rural Chic!

 

[sherylreno]

Hi, I just joined yesterday and came across your site today. I thought I would start at the begining and read my way to the end. I had to respond to this one though. I live outside of Reno, in Fernley, I am really new to owning chickens but so far am having a great time. I have at this time 6 little chicks with 4 more on the way along with 2 goslings. Winter is coming and I am only mildly worried my brood will make it through. Thanks for the invite by the way to your Nevada Post.

Welcome! There are several of members who live in Fernley too. Tyler and Seth. Hopefully they'll be on here soon to say hi!

Also I have put a blog on my site. Comment if you want and follow, I will be posting a lot there.

FlamingChickens Home Page - Home

I can't go on there right now but I'm interested.

Don't you feel a little bad for people who are so miserable in their lives that they have to make rude comments about a new person, just because of where they're from? If I ever get that blind, please let me know, so I can work on myself again.

Hi Rural Chic!

I can't picture you ever being blind of any sorts, except when you can't sleep because you're dreaming of food to prepare. Oh my gosh girl, it just might be time to get out of the kitchen before you start cooking in your sleep.

Is everyone planing on wearing their BYC t-shirts if you still have them for next month's show? Sunny, I can't do a table myself this year at all because of my work schedule. If I can take the day off though I will but Saturday's are very busy there. Let's hope because I love making a full day there.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

:/   Don't you feel a little bad for people who are so miserable in their lives that they have to make rude comments about a new person, just because of where they're from?  If I ever get that blind, please let me know, so I can work on myself again.  

Hi Rural Chic!

I actually think its kind of weird to get any gruff about that. In my circle, at least, it seems that there is this big bay area, Portland, Reno circle that people tend to spend their lives traveling upon.

I did get a good amount of gruff for being from LA though...

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I can't picture you ever being blind of any sorts, except when you can't sleep because you're dreaming of food to prepare. Oh my gosh girl, it just might be time to get out of the kitchen before you start cooking in your sleep.

Is everyone planing on wearing their BYC t-shirts if you still have them for next month's show? Sunny, I can't do a table myself this year at all because of my work schedule. If I can take the day off though I will but Saturday's are very busy there. Let's hope because I love making a full day there.

I have a sketch book I keep in my purse, and lately my boredom sketches have been food preparation still-lifes. One is home canning, one is salsa making, one is pies... My husband asked me how I can just sit and sketch that stuff on memory. I tell him I spend hours a day staring at food. By now, I can draw an apple in my sleep!

For those of you who aren't my Facebook friends... last night I didn't get much sleep because I kept dreaming that I had too many vegetables to roast, and not enough time.

I don't have a BYC shirt

Well, we just got back from a vet trip. I was getting ready for a client when I noticed a cup sitting in the middle of the floor... that, last night, had been crammed way behind a heavy chair, with mouse bait in it. Russ was at work, but I asked him on Yahoo Messenger what to do, and he said to rush the dogs to the vet. Tater was the most likely victim, so I rushed her to the vet and had vomiting induced. Nothing. So I came home and grabbed Oh'no and took her to the vet. About the time she had vomiting induced, Russ came into the vet office. He had speed-biked 5 miles to get there. Anyway, Oh'no didn't vomit anything up either. But I KNOW one of those dogs ate the mouse bait. Luckily, most mouse baits don't have strychnine anymore... it's a substance that inhibits blood coagulation. So they're both going to be taking Vitamin K for 3 weeks, then have their livers tested. There were only about 10 pellets originally in the cup... not that much. When we got home, we scoured the backyard for any signs that they had thrown up, but didn't even find a slime spot. We were worried that maybe one had eaten the poison, thrown it up, and the chickens had eaten it. But no indications, and no chickens are acting weird. So it looks like everyone will be fine, except for the bank account. It's now $212 lighter.

 

[chicharomirinda]

I don't have a BYC shirt

Well, we just got back from a vet trip. I was getting ready for a client when I noticed a cup sitting in the middle of the floor... that, last night, had been crammed way behind a heavy chair, with mouse bait in it. Russ was at work, but I asked him on Yahoo Messenger what to do, and he said to rush the dogs to the vet. Tater was the most likely victim, so I rushed her to the vet and had vomiting induced. Nothing. So I came home and grabbed Oh'no and took her to the vet. About the time she had vomiting induced, Russ came into the vet office. He had speed-biked 5 miles to get there. Anyway, Oh'no didn't vomit anything up either. But I KNOW one of those dogs ate the mouse bait. Luckily, most mouse baits don't have strychnine anymore... it's a substance that inhibits blood coagulation. So they're both going to be taking Vitamin K for 3 weeks, then have their livers tested. There were only about 10 pellets originally in the cup... not that much. When we got home, we scoured the backyard for any signs that they had thrown up, but didn't even find a slime spot. We were worried that maybe one had eaten the poison, thrown it up, and the chickens had eaten it. But no indications, and no chickens are acting weird. So it looks like everyone will be fine, except for the bank account. It's now $212 lighter.

Oh, I hope the dogs are okay! That sucks about the vet bill though. Vet bills always seem to be more than I expect. With my aging cat I've started to put aside money every month to save up for future vet visits.

We ordered shirts last year. several of us have the "my pet makes me breakfast" one that's sold on byc. sheryl did the order for all of us but of course, anyone that wanted to get shirts could just order themselves from the byc store.

I don't have the energy for an official table sit this year but I would love to have a meet up time for the local byc folks. I will have my kids in tow. they will be excited to see the chickens and ducks but we won't last for hours on end there.

 

[chicharomirinda]

I just checked out the byc store and they have the t shirts but a rather weird selection of sizes that varies by color. I was thinking about ordering for my kids but they would probably end up looking like dresses on them. the smallest is a youth small but it's army green. My daughter would not be happy about that.

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

Ill have a homemade byc shirt with my username on it

 

[chicharomirinda]

Missy, you could wear your Ames Family Farm shirt

Ill have a homemade byc shirt with my username on it

that will work!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

DANG Missy...STRESS. Glad everyone turned out alright :/

Ive still got my shirt so i will be wearing it. Hopefully without massive sweaty pits this time. Im gonna try to avoid the heater system as much as i possibly can. But this year I wont be so antsy, so hopefully that will help! haha! BTW this will be my third year in a row going to the show! That pleases me greatly

 

[HighNDryFarm]

DANG Missy...STRESS. Glad everyone turned out alright :/

Ive still got my shirt so i will be wearing it. Hopefully without massive sweaty pits this time. Im gonna try to avoid the heater system as much as i possibly can. But this year I wont be so antsy, so hopefully that will help! haha! BTW this will be my third year in a row going to the show! That pleases me greatly

Wow Aubrey, I can't believe it was last year when you showed your chicken for the first time. Some big changes in the last year! You're almost an old married lady!

Missy, I know it was an expensive trip to the vet but I hate to think how you'd feel if you would have lost one of them. I have to laugh at your dream. If I ever do alot of the same thing like you have canning, I dream about things like that too.

Wish I was close enough to go and wear a matching shirt....