The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

Is there a strong family resemblence too?
Maybe you Mom has a special mirror or something....

LOL. And too true! I am a shorter chunkier version right down to the grey streak in otherwise dishwater blonde hair.

I am looking at New Mexico too. One of our Grad Students is from there and said it would be a good place to retire. Being a 5th generation Californian that would be a big move for me!

I'm 5th generation Californian, too. I LOVE New Mexico. The people are so friendly. If you relocate to near ABQ you have the airport that flies Southwest out of it, which is convenient to go visit or have visitors. Compared to Woodland, you'll love the scenery. (I lived in Davis for 6 years, so understand flat and dry.) Most of NM is rural, but the cities have good chicken ordinances. (Well, maybe not Rio Rancho.) The summers are temperate and there's four seasons, but nothing too severe. They don't call it "The Land of Enchantment" for nothing. Take a visit and a gander.

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Welcome, Parront!
I lived in Northern CA for 45 years and Las Vegas, NV, for 10. I now have retired and call New Mexico my home. Wasn't too fond of LV after about 3 years. Behind all the glitz and glam, it was a little too cutthroat for me business-wise. And it was very hot, dry desert with a summer season affectionately called Hell that lasted for half a year+. But, hey, the joints loved the warmth and low humidity. And I hear you on the HOA's and the ARC restrictions....never again! We had one repressed hall monitor-type that would ride his medi-scooter around the neighborhood and report you if you had 1/4" of tubing showing on your irrigation system. Where I am now had to submit CC&R's to the P&Z Department to develop the area, but there's no Board nor enforcement and nobody cares who has what livestock. Most of my neighbors are not in compliance with the allotted number of dogs and horses allowed. Being as how my coop is closer to my neighbor's bedroom window than my house, a tad of consideration went into not installing a rooster. Besides, there's plenty of them in the neighborhood if you want morning revelry ambiance. Nice to hear them, drink coffee on the porch and watch the morning balloons go by.
(Today was the last day of our yearly International Balloon Fiesta.)

 

[Parront]

housed a double yellow front for a winter one of the rare murders in Juneau he had one it was just 32 years old it would respond to me hated my x (now I would understand 35 years later) kept it till weather got warm enough fly him to Anchorage to his daughter..
great bird but showed me I was too busy for a big bird and did not like the mess

Mess, true. Like having a house chicken! Only, parrots chew, and can be very destructive if unsupervised. They are a good pet if you are retired and want someone to talk to! I do spend time training (translate=spoiling) Dylan. Or, is Dylan training me?

 

[ronott1]

I'm 5th generation Californian, too. I LOVE New Mexico. The people are so friendly. If you relocate to near ABQ you have the airport that flies Southwest out of it, which is convenient to go visit or have visitors. Compared to Woodland, you'll love the scenery. (I lived in Davis for 6 years, so understand flat and dry.) Most of NM is rural, but the cities have good chicken ordinances. (Well, maybe not Rio Rancho.) The summers are temperate and there's four seasons, but nothing too severe. They don't call it "The Land of Enchantment" for nothing. Take a visit and a gander.

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Welcome, Parront!
I lived in Northern CA for 45 years and Las Vegas, NV, for 10. I now have retired and call New Mexico my home. Wasn't too fond of LV after about 3 years. Behind all the glitz and glam, it was a little too cutthroat for me business-wise. And it was very hot, dry desert with a summer season affectionately called Hell that lasted for half a year+. But, hey, the joints loved the warmth and low humidity. And I hear you on the HOA's and the ARC restrictions....never again! We had one repressed hall monitor-type that would ride his medi-scooter around the neighborhood and report you if you had 1/4" of tubing showing on your irrigation system. Where I am now had to submit CC&R's to the P&Z Department to develop the area, but there's no Board nor enforcement and nobody cares who has what livestock. Most of my neighbors are not in compliance with the allotted number of dogs and horses allowed. Being as how my coop is closer to my neighbor's bedroom window than my house, a tad of consideration went into not installing a rooster. Besides, there's plenty of them in the neighborhood if you want morning revelry ambiance. Nice to hear them, drink coffee on the porch and watch the morning balloons go by.
(Today was the last day of our yearly International Balloon Fiesta.)

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Thanks for the great information!

I would love having normal seasons and not

 

[Parront]

The lowest I see here is in the $700K and up range

True. We had Facebook employees buying houses in Palm Desert, even they can't afford anything closer! Drive up the prices. The Prescott people are saying the same thing about us!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Mess, true. Like having a house chicken! Only, parrots chew, and can be very destructive if unsupervised. They are a good pet if you are retired and want someone to talk to! I do spend time training (translate=spoiling) Dylan. Or, is Dylan training me?

I was years away from surrender maybe why I never wanted another

 

[Peep_Show]

Time to replenish/replace the flock. Guess who fired up the incubator again?

The TJ and SBEL eggs didn't fare well at first candling, but the Welsummers, Cuckoo Bluebars, Marans, Olive Eggers and a couple of Welsummer/Australorp or Delaware crosses are perking right along. However, we're talking high-altitude hatching, so not counting our chickens yet. Hoping that out of 43 eggs I'll end up with 9 girls. Any surplus are a saleable bonus!

 

[Parront]

I was years away from surrender maybe why I never wanted another

The 'tiel flock was more self sufficient, the entertained each other, and were lots of fun to watch. They are smart and trainable, but nothing like a Grey. But I could leave them for a few days, I have to board Dylan if we travel. I would really like to find more bird people in Prescott! To trade babysitting!

 

[Parront]

We had four walk in flight in the basement, and two upstairs bedrooms full of breeder cages. I can't actually say how many birds i had but it must have been at least 150, with finches, parakeets, cockatiels , love birds etc. Hand fed the cockateils if the parents were pluckers. Such cute babies!

So ugly, they are cute! Bird math in action! It is not just chickens.

 

[pennyJo1960]

funny growing up on a farm learned first if your not willing to clean the barn, horse stalls, chickens, feed all of them get off the farm we have just 3/4 of an acre like being in chickens but too lazy to have the farm now

 

[chickisoup]

I have a very hard time trying to open bottles and jars. I looked on ebay for a vintage jar opener like one my mom had. It worked great, and I found one.
It had some rust on it but I got a good price so I got it and soaked it over night in some vinegar. This morning it looked a lot better but still had some rust on it. So I added some baking soda and let it soak a couple more hours. I was liking it so much better.
But it still had a couple little dots on it. So I did a bit of fine sanding on it.
Here is a before and after pic.
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Before
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I've been hunting for one of those!!! great job