North Carolina

[Tikkijane]

I know that smile 
Good Luck with your move!!
Scott

{Pretty sure it's the same one I have. Hunny says the same thing; I say I'm driving a stock trailer out there; might as well have my chickens in there, lol.}

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

What a very pleasant surprise to come home to a
BYC full of posts. I am so sorry for those of you who
endure from Raynerds.....sure I spelled that wrong....
and wish I could do something to ease it for you........
you are brave folks to live with such things.

I have seen Wa state.......pretty but not where I want to be.
We moved 13 horses from Ca. to Mi back in '77....it was
quite the trip.......hope you have safe travels when you go.

hope everyone has a good day

 

[ramirezframing]

It seems like they never adjust to new ones in the group. We had more before we moved all ALL were raised together from day one. But whenever we brought in a newbie they would gang up on them.

it's crazy. The one that just died mr. Chicken, I got from a school that hatched eggs back in the spring and 2 eggs had "dried" out and I brought them home and literally picked the shell off them so they would survive. And they both did very well until miss chicken was pecked to death in August.

then mr chicken died on thanksgiving.

If you can, always try to add a group of new birds to a pen. I have even temporally moved birds that had a pen just so the one or two new birds didn't get picked on too badly. But moving at night helps alot.

 

[ramirezframing]

Definitely a troll, lol. My youngest brother was a Uper for a while- he was a LOT closer to Canada than he was to my parent's house in SW Mi. Lololol.

So is my younger sister (a troll), I be a Upper by birth, but been here too long and can't foresee me ever living in a place that gets snow like that anymore. Even if for some odd reason I wanted to, don't think the body would let me anymore.

 

[BHep]

Caught up..

 

[tammyfarms]

I grew up in the NW - and spent 11 years in Seattle before moving to SC in 2001. You will love it out there once you get used to the cold. It is beautiful country and the people are amazing. The eastern part of the state is pretty in it's own right, just not as green.

Where did you grow up? I am from the western side, in the rainforest right on the Oregon WA border. You won't find a more beautiful place. But it is to rainy for me. The "town" I grew up in gets an average of 88 inches of rain a year. My husband would love it but I have warned him that I will kill him if we move to an area that is too grey.

tammyfarms...!!! where are you all moving? DANG...everyone is on the move! How many chickens? What kind? I have a small coop but am looking to enlarge for more. Haven't gotten any certain kind in mind but when the time comes..let me know if I can help you out.

We aren't moving for at least three years - and it could be as many as 7. It all depends on when I can retire. Right now the facility I work for is offering early retirement. We aren't quite ready but if they have the same offer in about 3 years we could be. LOL... right now I have just over 50, but have chicks coming the end of the week so that will put me up to around 70... I do need to sell some but have not started advertising yet. Some of the roos I am not keeping went to an auction last week. I am considering taking some of the hens to a flock swap on Saturday in Sanford.

Spokane is beautiful! Everything south of that is kinda blah, and everything west of their between Spokane and Ellensburg is pretty blah too. Can you tell I like mountains?? You'll get some nice snowfall there too. Pretty, but cold.

My two favorite places on the West coast are Bellingham, WA and Coos Bay, OR.

We are looking at north of Spokane right along the Columbia. The nearest "big" town which has a population of around 2,000, is Colville. This area is very interesting from a topography aspect. You can go from green mountains to flat arid plains in 20 minutes. We are definately looking for a more green mountain area.

JT, do you have electricity in your coop? I made a cookie tin heater for my water. So far it has worked pretty good. I have a 3 gallon waterer and set it on top of the cookie tin. To make the heater i just took an old cookie tin, light socket and cord. Drilled a hole in the side of the tin just big enough for the base of the light socket to go through. I ran the cord through the hole, hooked it up to the socket and then tightened the nut down to hold the cord and socket tight against the tin. I used a 40 watt bulb. Plugged it in and put the lid on the tin then set the waterer on top of that. Like I said, so far so good. Haven't really seen any thick ice, just some very thin ice at the most. Mine sits out in the run which is covered. Hope this gives you another idea.

I made cookie tin heaters last week! They are doing a great job. I made sure to put them on a brick base so the heat would not transfer to the floor or bedding and potentially cause a fire. They don't get all that hot but I am not taking any chances. I also put them on a timer. In the big coop, I used a cinder block with a light inside of it, This one has a 5 gallon waterer on it andI didn't think the tin would hold up under the weight. This one is hooked up to a thermoblock which comes on at 30 and goes off at 40.

Oh, this is the ugly part of Wa-south central; lower valley. In the midst of the horse slaughter feedlots and pipeline.

We lived in the NM high desert for 17 years and I *hated* the climate and the brown. This location gets 3 inches less rain a year than where we were. 7 inches of precip is not my ideal climate. Right HERE is.

While you can see the mountains in any direction, this area is very blah, like the central valley in Ca.

Because the company really wants him in Seattle eventually, we might not sell here until they want him at the corporate office. We really don't know yet. Seattle is way better but a lot more spendy, and we have to have useable acreage for the horses.

I absolutely love it here, to say the least. There are times I'd love to sleep in or just take a day off, but it really is exactly what we wanted. Boo.

Sorry you are going to the ugly part!

I am guessing tri-cities area? I haven't spent any time there but have driven through the area.

Seattle and really all of the western side of the state is very expensive. Land is tough to come by unless you have a lot of money to spend. As I said above, the rainy climate is not ideal for me.

I grew up in the NW - and spent 11 years in Seattle before moving to SC in 2001. You will love it out there once you get used to the cold. It is beautiful country and the people are amazing. The eastern part of the state is pretty in it's own right, just not as green.

You are right, the people out there are great. I have actually been in contact with a few through BYC. The hardest part about moving from here will leaving friends.

 

[tammyfarms]

{Pretty sure it's the same one I have.

Hunny says the same thing; I say I'm driving a stock trailer out there; might as well have my chickens in there, lol.}

I like the way your husband thinks!

 

[tammyfarms]

Good morning folks

What a very pleasant surprise to come home to a
BYC full of posts. I am so sorry for those of you who
endure from Raynerds.....sure I spelled that wrong....
and wish I could do something to ease it for you........
you are brave folks to live with such things.

I have seen Wa state.......pretty but not where I want to be.
We moved 13 horses from Ca. to Mi back in '77....it was
quite the trip.......hope you have safe travels when you go.

hope everyone has a good day

I can't imagine moving 13 horses across country! WOW!

 

[scottcaddy]

Caught up..

You did good !

Scott

 

[rbaker0345]

Made it! Whew, that'll teach me not to keep up with this thread. I went to a chicken auction a couple of weeks ago, it wasn't WCA, it was near Chocowinity, I think it was something like T&H or something like that. I was really disappointed, there was barely anything there. Has anyone else been to this auction, is it the time of year or is it usually so small?