NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

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For a 2 year hen - $ 5.00 - 10.00 ...20.00 is too much ..as there is no guarantee that they will lay ...

 

[wallaroo]

Hi everyone!
My partner and I are planning to move in with our best friends (another couple) this fall and homestead. Currently we are in Seattle and the Bay Area but are eager to get out off the West Coast and the finger lakes area is at the top of our list.
We'd like to start off with ducks and chickens, primarily for eggs, secondarily for meat. Also looking forward to taking advantage of their foraging/pest control/scratching skills. I have been doing a lot of research into aquaponics and the related "quackaponics"/"duckponics" and I have dreams of a biofiltered duck pond that can be used to grow greens for the poultry. Bees are also on the top of our list as well, but I'm going to be in charge of the livestock.
There is so much amazing knowledge in this thread and I am really grateful for this community!
Thanks,
Teukie

 

[boskelli1571]

Welcome!

You do know it's currently frigid here in the Finger Lakes right???

We would love to have you here - any thought on where in the area? If you need help with info etc. don't hesitate to ask - I live near Middlesex NY - out in the boonies but only 20 min from Canadaigua....

 

[wallaroo]

Welcome!

You do know it's currently frigid here in the Finger Lakes right???

We would love to have you here - any thought on where in the area? If you need help with info etc. don't hesitate to ask - I live near Middlesex NY - out in the boonies but only 20 min from Canadaigua....

Thank you! Yes...and as crazy as it sounds I'm actually looking forward to it! We all met in college in NE Ohio, my partner is from Wisconsin and one of our friends grew up in Cleveland. This puts us closer to family (my folks are in NJ) and oh how we have missed the snow and four real seasons!
As far as area...it's a little too early to tell as we are still in the job search stage of things...I will say, I'd like to be close to the lakes for fishing! All that lovely trout!
I think I've seen some lovely acreage out in Middlesex though, cruising the real estate listings

 

[Devona]

@ beer can. Bloody butcher tomatoes? They sound dangerous. I'd be afraid to eat them! They might retaliate.

What are mangels?

 

[Beer can]

@Devona did you say you used unfiltered tap water for ff? That could be the problem if it's chlorinated. Three days is all I go with mash. Whole grains ferment the same. I don't use acv in it. A little acv can help lower the ph so bad things don't grow but you want lactic acid ferment like in sourkraut or kimchi, not acedic acid ferment.
Three days and mines bubbly.

 

[Pyxis]

My Greenfire order has been confirmed! They are due to ship the first of February. Now I just have to send the payment. $600 for six chicks Ah well, what can you do? I'll make the money back anyway.

 

[Beer can]

@ beer can. Bloody butcher tomatoes? They sound dangerous. I'd be afraid to eat them! They might retaliate.

What are mangels?

Lol, they're dark red.
Mangels; http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...ggSMAA&usg=AFQjCNHtNQLyHxme69XMg596ttih4tMcEw
Sorry about the long link, my 'smartphone' is stupid. Only does it on BYC. There is a few mangel threads here on BYC also.

 

[Beer can]

$600 is better then $1,200 @Pyxis. They half price?

 

[Pyxis]

$600 is better then $1,200 @Pyxis. They half price?

20% off - I got three ACs and three CCLs to fill the order out - otherwise I would have been in the thousands for my order total