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.
ME TOOO! I know the realtors think I'm nuts for asking for pics if it's listed. He is not sure any would survive the trip.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So I just ordered (A LOT) of coturnix quail eggs...
The incubation thread keeps talking them up about how efficient they are at laying and how you get more meat per pound of feed...
We will see I guess!!!
Anyone on here keep them?
Everyone over there seems to keep theirs in cages, which unless they like being confined (some animals do) I was planning on building them a coop/ covered run.
From what they were telling me they can start laying at 2 months, and processed around 9 weeks if you don't want to keep the boys?
Someone said their life expectancy in wild is 14 months so they use them for eggs for a year, process at 12 months, then start over with a new batch.
I don't know I really don't know anything about them just going by what people on here have told me....
I just love how pretty their eggs are
cute rocks, good luck with them
Our first batch of chicks since moving to Wingate!
