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[Latestarter]

Wanted to watch you net a goose CC, but when I went to the fox link, they wanted to run several hundred scripts on my computer in order for me to view. Nope, not gonna happen.

 

[ronott1]

Shipping is 2.99?!?!?!?!

it costs over $20 to ship eggs to me!!!!!!!


And what is the issue now.... No more roosters? So how will you breed? What will you do? You can't keep a rooster in the garage?

No, the eggs were $2.99 a dozen for fertile eggs at trader Joe's.

The Roosters were in the Garage. Someone was close enough to hear them and turned it in. I had a week to process them--including the ones I was growing out just for processing. It was probably someone going to one of the Neighbors perpetual yard sales. I had them in there for more than a year.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Ron, I found the neighbors stopped holding lawn sales when I spent the day they had set aside for their lawn sale in my driveway, processing roosters.

 

[chickadoodles]

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Ron that is terrible that you got busted. Is there any way you can fight it like one lady on the Alabama thread did. She fought the officers saying that all her neighbor's dog's barked and bothered her all the time and that the noise was un-bareable. Due to the noise ordance she fought it and won the right to keep her rooster or else all the neighbor's dog's would have to go!
Just a thought....

Later this year I am going to try to get some fertile brown eggs at on of our stores near by and see if I can get any to hatch for the heck of it. lol I will have to buy anther bator. hehehee

 

[chickadoodles]

Ron, I found the neighbors stopped holding lawn sales when I spent the day they had set aside for their lawn sale in my driveway, processing roosters.

Aww man that is to funny!

 

[ronott1]

Ron that is terrible that you got busted. Is there any way you can fight it like one lady on the Alabama thread did. She fought the officers saying that all her neighbor's dog's barked and bothered her all the time and that the noise was un-bareable. Due to the noise ordance she fought it and won the right to keep her rooster or else all the neighbor's dog's would have to go!
Just a thought....

Later this year I am going to try to get some fertile brown eggs at on of our stores near by and see if I can get any to hatch for the heck of it. lol I will have to buy anther bator. hehehee

Woodland has a chicken ordinance that does not allow for roosters. I would have to get the Ordinance changed which is not too likely.Yolo county has a large population of those that play the sport that cannot be named on BYC. The no Rooster ordinance is really for that--It has nothing to do with noise.

 

[chickadoodles]

Congrats Scg on getting your guineas coop trained!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yes!

The eggs were $2.99 per dozen or about the shipping cost of a dozen hatching eggs.

My plan this year is to hatch the store eggs for layers--I need them in the winter for my customers. I have 5 hens from last year that are still laying.

Then I want to hatch some Black Penedesenca from Jason(@Hangtown Farms ). I would get them from Guy but I can drive to Jason's house. I have been there before and I want to see his improvements and his rare Catalina Island Goats.

Finally I want to hatch some Super Blue Egg Layers from dmrimpy.

I have to do this since the Chicken Cops busted me--now more Roosers at my place

thats a bummer on the Roosters Ron
did you stop working with the egg farmer?

Isaac our San Clemente Island Goat is happy the snow is melting.
along with the 4 free range roosters.
2 black penedesenca ( youngsters )
2 white empordanesa ( not the best combs )

 

[Latestarter]

Know there are a few Bama Tide fans out there... Is it true that Nick Saban is going back to the NFL to coach?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

The acting, scripts and directing are very good. It's supposed to be the most popular show.

You don't ship eggs priority? It costs me $18 to ship a large priority box which fits my foam shippers perfectly. The shippers add another $10.
I used to try to get an appropriate sized box for smaller foam shippers but by the time I found one and modified it to fit, I'd have a couple hours devoted to it and it made me feel like I was giving the eggs away. I have shippers that will hold up to 25 eggs. I also have 9 hole shippers that I still use if someone only wants 6 eggs.
The foam pack fits the sides of the box but leaves a bit of room vertically. So I use half of that space to reinforce the floor of the box with layers of corrugated board and then packing peanuts on top to fill the rest of the space. There's a 1/2" foam pad that goes above and below the egg foam.



The packing process for the 9 hole shipper.















I have 5 units for breeders but also use 3 other buildings for breeding. It gives me good flexibility. I have no more space for buildings or breeds.
The breeding units are for anywhere from pairs to a cock and 6 hens. Each unit has a couple of attached forage areas.
I'm continuing to rotate hens and roosters but my program was set back a couple years by the mink last year.

I learned to herd a variety of animals growing up from cattle, horses, pigs, chickens. I can get wild chickens to go just about anywhere by NOT herding them.
Whenever I walk among the chickens, if at all possible, I avoid walking directly toward them.
The coop fairy and some of her rescue friends tried for days to catch a crippled Canadian gander. They even had a pricey net gun.
I went on the day the local TV station was filming and I caught the bird in about 5 minutes. It was in a parking lot of an office complex. He was used to people walking to and from their cars but whenever someone tried to catch him, off he flew. He didn't like to fly, I guess because landing on the bum leg hurt.
He was standing on a patch of grass and I walked as though I was passing him from some distance. I didn't even look at him but when he was to my side POW with the net gun. One try.

Here's my video proof.

http://fox2now.com/2012/05/10/wild-goose-rescue/
Turns out it was a goose and not a gander
http://fox2now.com/2012/06/26/injured-goose-released-in-franklin-county/

nice packing Guy