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[Tikkijane]

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.   

I have nothing against yoopers, but it's a lot easier to hold your hand up and show where you grew up, lol.

 

[Tikkijane]

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I'd be the one ask if they came with it as a bonus lol

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.

 

[Tikkijane]

In your own opinions....what breeds are cold hardy and lays well thru the whole year?

In your own opinions....what breeds are cold hardy and lays well thru the whole year?

Buff orps and barred rocks do well, too. I don't really consider it "cold" here where I'm at.

Buff orps and barred rocks do well, too. I don't really consider where I'm at to get "cold, " though.

 

[Tikkijane]

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. 

Worse than tri-cities- Sunnyside. Gah.

 

[moomoodiddy]

yall pray for my small town a drug deal went wrong and 3 shot two killed right down the road from my house pretty sure my cows saw it happen lord what is this world coming to

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

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

Beth has them, and I raised a bunch this year. I put the last of them in the freezer a few weeks ago. Since they are seasonal layers I didn't see much point to over wintering them. I'll order again in February or so and start back up. By the time they are old enough to lay there might be enough light to stimulate them. You can get them to lay in winter if they have lights and are kept warm, but I don't want to mess with all that, so when they shut down laying we just froze them all.

I keep mine in extra rabbit cages. If you build a run, make sure it's tall enough that they don't break their necks when they they startle into flight. And put a wire floor in to keep predators from digging under.

I had one cage door come unlatched one day. The females in that group all stayed in the rabbit barn, and I collected them when I went out the next morning and saw I had not latched the door properly. The male got out of the rabbit barn, and was huddled by the back door of the house! One of the dogs pointed him out to me. (Murphy, of course.) They all seemed happy to get back to where the food and water was.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

and welcome to all the new ones

I really don't like daylight savings time and this getting
home from work in the dark is getting old fast.......just
not enough light to do anything in the yard which means
I have to do it all on the weekends and if I need to do
anything else or the weather is bad things will just pile up
to a mountain

hope everyone has a good day

 

[dutchbunny83]

Hollow-- Thanks so much for the help!!!
I was thinking a set up similar to the chickens?
I don't know?
Freezing them at winter is a good idea, after this batch I will have to redo it that way.

Eggs were being sold in insane quantities (100!!!) so I don't even know that they will all fit in my incubator. If they do and I get a 50% hatch rate that's still 50!
A friend of mine keeps chickens/turkeys I'm sure she will take some off my hands.

With proper set up, what's a good number to keep? I want them for eggs & meat...

 

[ChickenDal]

Our first batch of chicks since moving to Wingate!

 

[ramirezframing]

Our first batch of chicks since moving to Wingate!

cute rocks, good luck with them