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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Do they package feed and water necessary for the trip or does someone along the line tend to them? I understand this is a rather dumb question, but, I've been following the thread and have been quite curious as to how this is accomplished without the traveler becoming quite famished.

Yes--usually some fruit, bread, etc but they are always starved & hungry when they get here.

Express is supposed to be overnight but the fine print says "to most locations." When I got my LS from Greenfire, they took THREE days. They went from FL to Spokane to Seattle to Wenatchee to Okanogan. They had a hard trip and it was quite the temperature shock (FL in the fall, vs Okanogan in the fall). Their combs were VERY pale when they arrived, they were VERY thristy and cold....but all made it.

My last batch of eggs were mailed from the West side of WA...they were overnighted to me...Took 2 days to get here. It is just where we live.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Its because you like me live so far out in the styx that they have to pipe daylight to us !!!!

 

[renart]

Must get out to the garden and get some sections ready to plant this week. Still have a few thousand green onions to plant. But there are 50+ cucurbits ready to be transplanted from the GGH to the field and currently there is no playce ready.

back soonest.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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You probably won't. Most herding dogs have to be carefully watched around them and some can never be trusted. They can't help it.

Sorry heather but I really disagree !!! and can show why. And here is one perfect example.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23104_im000004b.jpg

Yeah I know...my in-laws have two Aussies (these are numbers 3 & 4) but they are fat & lazy and no herding instinct. The one they lost in Feb 2010 had 0 herding instinct, too. They had to shoot one (their first one) back in 2004 because he killed all of their chickens & ducks and then 12+ goats one afternoon). Most of that was because he was bored, unsupervised and lacked any real training.

We have a blue heeler with 0 interest in the chickens. We have had him since he was about 5 weeks old--I had to bottle feed him at first.

Our Borzoi (who has since passed away)--was a sight hound. I was told he could NEVER be around small animals, cats/chickens/ducks/etc would all be dead. The breeder wanted me to do "lure coursing" with him and I refused. We had to watch him all of the time because he'd tried to make the cats run so he could chase them--but the cats quickly learned to stand their ground and claw his nose. Then he'd whine and run from them. I got him when he was 6 months old--not house-broken, never been around cats, chickens, horses, etc.

Here we are on the day I picked him up:

Cash is our 1/2 Border Collie...we have had him since he was about 7 weeks old. he has an EXTREMELY high prey drive and herding instinct. With him--we had to find the balance of protection and moving the birds, without running & nipping at them (usually their heads). He's now closing in on 6 years old and he's calmed down, slowed down and doesn't mess with them as much...but I don't let my chickens out at all anymore (I have too much invested in them for the eagles, cougars, bobcats, coyotes or neighbor dogs to eat them). The ducks & geese I let out when I'm home. Cash doesn't bother them because they are so slow-moving and the geese will go after him.

I found the best thing was shock collars. I have one that's a two-dog one with multiple settings...vibration is the first step--all the way up to 100 (with 100 being the hardest shock). I got them a few months ago but that was mostly to get their attention and so far, I have not shocked either dog.

Brodee playing with one of the in-laws' Aussies:

Brodee & Nelly basking by the woodstove:

Brodee out with the horses:

All three dogs:

Cash watching the ducks:

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Its because you like me live so far out in the styx that they have to pipe daylight to us !!!!

True - so true.
Wish they would pipe in some day light now. It has rained so hard now for 24 hours...RFF and I may just mistakenly think we live on your side of the mtns.....

. Sorry, had to put that in. But seriously they have this half of the state all under flood warnings. A friend of mine lives on the river and she facebooked me and asked if she needed to...could I hold her young chickens for her. Her house is in a straight shot for the river to flood. She has a portable storage unit in her yard and she has been packing and moving items...just to be prepared. I of course told her that her birds could take refuge here. I can throw together a quarantine area and put them there.

 

[marndan]

Chicken Rustler that is a beautiful dog That is what my plan was going to be. She is very smart and listens very well so I am really going to work on her with the chickens... She knows leave it and the showing of a chick would be a good way to introduce.. I want to start early so she gets used to them being part of the family. I would post a pic of her if I knew how to I am still going to talk to Fido Farm but I really think we can get her used to them although I would always keep an eye on her. Her parents grew up working a cow farm and there were chickens there that they them alone. I hope it works

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Its because you like me live so far out in the styx that they have to pipe daylight to us !!!!

True - so true.
Wish they would pipe in some day light now. It has rained so hard now for 24 hours...RFF and I may just mistakenly think we live on your side of the mtns.....

. Sorry, had to put that in. But seriously they have this half of the state all under flood warnings. A friend of mine lives on the river and she facebooked me and asked if she needed to...could I hold her young chickens for her. Her house is in a straight shot for the river to flood. She has a portable storage unit in her yard and she has been packing and moving items...just to be prepared. I of course told her that her birds could take refuge here. I can throw together a quarantine area and put them there.

I know! It's crazy! I don't mind a day or two or rain--here or there...I did grow up in Portland.

But this is a little much! I went to the WSU Plant sale on Saturday with my MIL and I got a ton of plants...which are still sitting in their pots because I don't feel like going out in the pouring rain and wandering around trying to figure out where to plant them!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Sorry heather but I really disagree !!! and can show why. And here is one perfect example.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23104_im000004b.jpg

Yeah I know...my in-laws have two Aussies (these are numbers 3 & 4) but they are fat & lazy and no herding instinct. The one they lost in Feb 2010 had 0 herding instinct, too. They had to shoot one (their first one) back in 2004 because he killed all of their chickens & ducks and then 12+ goats one afternoon). Most of that was because he was bored, unsupervised and lacked any real training.

We have a blue heeler with 0 interest in the chickens. We have had him since he was about 5 weeks old--I had to bottle feed him at first.

Our Borzoi (who has since passed away)--was a sight hound. I was told he could NEVER be around small animals, cats/chickens/ducks/etc would all be dead. The breeder wanted me to do "lure coursing" with him and I refused. We had to watch him all of the time because he'd tried to make the cats run so he could chase them--but the cats quickly learned to stand their ground and claw his nose. Then he'd whine and run from them. I got him when he was 6 months old--not house-broken, never been around cats, chickens, horses, etc.

Here we are on the day I picked him up:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/121305.jpg

Cash is our 1/2 Border Collie...we have had him since he was about 7 weeks old. he has an EXTREMELY high prey drive and herding instinct. With him--we had to find the balance of protection and moving the birds, without running & nipping at them (usually their heads). He's now closing in on 6 years old and he's calmed down, slowed down and doesn't mess with them as much...but I don't let my chickens out at all anymore (I have too much invested in them for the eagles, cougars, bobcats, coyotes or neighbor dogs to eat them). The ducks & geese I let out when I'm home. Cash doesn't bother them because they are so slow-moving and the geese will go after him.

I found the best thing was shock collars. I have one that's a two-dog one with multiple settings...vibration is the first step--all the way up to 100 (with 100 being the hardest shock). I got them a few months ago but that was mostly to get their attention and so far, I have not shocked either dog.

Brodee playing with one of the in-laws' Aussies:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/DSCN1964.jpg

Brodee & Nelly basking by the woodstove:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/BrodeeandChubs.jpg

Brodee out with the horses:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/brodee_snow_4-2-10.jpg

All three dogs:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/DSCN4437.jpg

Cash watching the ducks:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/DOGS/DSCN4438.jpg

Love all the photos....favorite is the one with your bozoi and the cat in front of the fire.

 

[marndan]

The photos are great I love the one with the collie and the duck..To cute!

 

[pettec63]

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O my gosh!! they are very pretty, what are they?? I'm sure you told us, I missed the post??