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[Imp]

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No the Dr. did not send me to a nutritionist. He knew that I worked in the Nutrition dept. at Valley Medical Center, as a mgr. I share an office with about 5 RDs and a couple DTs. He did suggest that I look at a low carb diet and told me to read the South Beach Diet. So I follow a low carb diet mostly. Rarely eat any simple carbs (potatoes, rice, white bread etc), and keep the complex carbs low too. So I eat a lot of meat and veggies, a little fruit, pasta, whole grain breads.

Russ

 

[cheryl98117]

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It looks like everyone wants to show up Saturday as everyone else will be there..so persuade Jen !

Please please please!!! Take LOTS of pictures to share!!! I can't go...

I really want to go, but its my Mothers fiance's birthday, and I will be in OH SO MUCH trouble if I don't show up... lol Almost makes me feel like a kid on restriction.

Oh and Chickielady... I'm gonna have to wait and get eggs later on. The girls have had a good life with me and then you, and I thank you for taking such great care of them. But I know you will do whats best, and I'm ok with that, even if the old biddies were to be eaten. Such is the life of a chicken. We love and care for them, and then later on well, they go one way or the other. So if you need to sell, rehome, eat, or even just fertalize a small spot on your property, its your call, and I have no issues with what you decide.

Because I know they got the BEST possible care while they have been with you!

And thank you for that!

 

[ReiMiraa]

hey DIYseattle.... did you get my reply to your email the other day??

today there is a winter storm warning till 10pm.... its snowing.... large wet snow, i call it "Slushing"

for some reason the ambien didn't work as well last night as it did the other night. all i ask for is to sleep like a log again for a good solid 8-9 hours.....

saturday i will be standing out in the cold in layers and ski clothes hoping for a miracle that WSU might beat the huskies....
hey, anything can happen. if it snows UW wouldn't know what to do! since they panic with only an inch of snow......
boise state was beat last week.... they were #3 so maybe wsu will get its 3rd win of the year..... otherwise the firing of the coach is long over due...

@ chickielady: in response to your post yesterday. my mom keep telling me i am at the wrong college..... i should of gone to william and merry in VA for poultry sciences..... the only thing is that is geared towards industrial... not something i ever plan to do.... maybe some day have ~1000 "semi-free range hens" (tractored in the orchard because pastureing is too $$, and letting 1000 run= predator buffett.)
i am looking at buying their textbooks once i have a spare $150.

Today we have a guest speaker in my Plant Pathology 313, i swear this guy is from the carribean, he has that ""jamicamon" accent, my normal professor is an indian (with a dot, not a feather) and he is sometimes hard to understand. but this guest speaker is heavily accented, good english otherwise. imagine bob marley speech style but all science, its weird. i keep thinking of sandy beaches listening to him... then like a hurricane, reality intrudes and messes up my beach.
it sounds like this is about apple breeding, facinating if i could understand it. good thing its a video class, i can watch the recording later to understand..... it looks like they are breeding Red fleshed apples, like solid red. there is a small market for this novilty apple... it reminds me of our jonathon apples but more of our Red Rome apples, those ones have red veining inside.... sadly we tore out most of the rome trees this year, warehouse stopped taking them. no one knows what a Red rome is, a perfect baking apple. but no one bakes anymore. we have a few trees left. otherwise i would of threw a fit at my dad (yeah sounds silly, but we already have 1 tree in the orchard that is the last of its kind, its the oldest tree in the orchard ~80yr+ and it is only good for applesauce and ripens in MID JULY. no one knows what it is, nursery, field man. nada. i hope someday to get one of the professors here to id it before it dies, it is very sensitive to chemicles. pear trees and golden D apples are around it and stuff sprayed on them that tree doesn't like half the time, almost killed the tree once....)

crap, if i though chicken genetics was complicated, this marker asisted introgression thing = lost. very confusing. i will stick to trial and error chicken genetics. apples are more complex and take 7 years per generation...... pear breeding takes 15 per generation, thats why there are no new pear varities. there are a few in the pipeline, but unlike apples. its hard to get customers excited about new pears when they are perfectly happy with what they got. the breeding is for farmers and warehouse storage. new varities will be resistane to a very problematic bacterial infection in our area. when people hate orchardists burning brush, or when the DOE hates it. they can never ban it. burning cuttings from infected plants is the only way to destroy Fireblight. composting or mulching doesn't kill it but spreads it. some growers are composting their prunings but i consider that risky, the compost cannot get hot enought to kill this bacteria without killing the benefical bacteria. it just cannot get hot enough. so burning is the only cure. Fireblight is a plant bacteria, doesn't affect humans. that is the best part of plant pathology class, learn of all the viruses, viroids, bacteria and fungi and they are insect vectored but only plant affected diseases. though i wouldn't eat moldy fruit.... though botrytis fungus, aka noble rot. is favored in making noble rot dessert wine. the fungus contirbutes a carmel flavor in fermentation...

sorry, add, ranting again... i just sometimes like to tell other people what i learn, and its another way to reinforce what i know to make sure i remember it. that and since i do not get to chat with my parent till night i do not get to tell them everything that happens throughout the day or what i learned, cos sometimes i forget....

one weird thing about WSU. i have not seen ANY pidgens or Crows. one or 2 Ravens.... finches.... but there are a type of magpie EVERYWHERE. those things are cute, make many different vocalizations and are SMART. otherwise there are squirrels everywhere too. it would be fun to raise a magpie..... -sigh-
are chickens able to survive with out parent support (ready to move, eat and stuff on its own) because chickens are a prey creature? like deer, horses, cows, sheep, goats... how the offspring can move on its own at once. but robbins, owls, hawks, eagles, their chicks are helpless. why did chickens evolve like that? they are omnivores, and prey on other things... but maybe the are more of a prey animal... but robbins and quail are "prey" animals and robbins are helpless while quail chicks are mobile..... weird.
there you go Illa a new question for you!

 

[cheryl98117]

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Geesh I didn't know your family has an orchard... Now I know who to ask my apple questions too. lol I have apple tree's and cherry trees on my property, I know more about my cherries than the apples... The apple tree's that I have here are all over 30 years old, and were unkept until 3 years ago. Slowly they are starting to look healthy again, but this year I got maby 3 apples off each of my 5 trees...

I'm hesitant to prune then more this year, but the little sucker branches on these things are insane! Any tips? Should I prune them this year or wait?

Told you I would have questions. lol I have nobody locally to ask. lol

 

[whidbey]

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Hi PoultryMom
Been a while, And yes I am still working on and will continue to work at the Lavender Orpington Project; I have 4 pullets and 5 Cockerel in the Lav Orps, I am looking for some quality Black Orpingtons for the spring, It will be a fun project, and am looking forward to getting them up to standard
Mark

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I reccomend Leavenworth, Dryden, Peshastin. or if you want seasonally remote, methow, twisp, or on a lake chelan. because honestly the best place to live is NCW its a short drive from any point of the state, other than the penninusla... we have the cheapest electricity prices. many recreational activities. fiber optics. Wenatchee. i live in Peshastin..... google Chelan or Douglass County.... oh lake wenatchee is a quiet place, beautiful nearby but has mosquitos. oh one of the only places where you can get over 300 days of sunshine. its true. i travel alot but i always love to return to my mountains. 20 drive i am in the dessert. 45 min drive i am in a lake. 10 minute drive, deep in the mountains.

Consider us!
What kind of work do you want? there is many industrial and agriculture in my area plus tourism retail and many other things.

if you are looking for realestate in the NCW area my mom is a realtor and can help you find a place. she been doing it 17+ years
email me if you want a realtor to help you, cos my mom is one of the best.
http://www.prudentialmikewest.com/ is where my mom works. its a great office, they do tons of volunteer projects all the time.
look for Teri Miller http://www.prudentialmikewest.com/index.php?page_id=17&staff_id=8

I too am a Realtor, I work for John L. Scott, here in Omak. I grew up in the Methow Valley (in Twisp - up Twisp River Rd) and now I live in Omak. From what Nature Farms was saying in earlier posts....I don't think he wants the Methow or Twisp and the closer to Mazama you get the more unrealistically expensive it gets. Taxes are high on land and land prices are high. I actually know quite a few people who where "taxed" right off their property and out of the Valley (my parents are 1). Also, many of the local ranchers have been taxed out. I have some clients who are buying in the Colville area and they really feel that they got a lot of bang for their buck....but it is really "out there". It reminded them of Alaska, where they just moved from. It is beautiful.

I goto John L. Scott website a lot.
We like a bang for our buck. We are looking for just land, that is quite, with southern exposure, low tax, some tree, views of mountains, close to a town with hospital, library, high speed internet, far enough away from town the city lights don't pollute the night sky for star gazing and will get more snow than we can shake a stick at. It would be nice if it had a steam or spring or at least water for a well. Our boys are in 4-H and scouts so we need a club, pack and troop. We home school but we may put them in high school when the that time comes. What a list.

 

[Illia]

The much awaited photos of my new pair of Velociraptors!!

Pardon the poo, and keep in mind - These Shamos are only 4 months old. They will continue to grow and fill out even past 12 months of age! Here's the stag up to a ruler, sort of scrunched into as much of a "ball" as one can get. He's actually about 24 inches tall, and still has much to grow!

This is how he normally stands -

Here's the pullet, giving me a quizzical eye.

Despite their extreme hawk-like glare and dinosaur-like bodies, they're VERY friendly, confident, intelligent, and pretty outgoing for birds that just got here in a box.

They seem to like sleeping up on that little shelf in the corner, but most of their day is spent on the table. They've got a big coop for just the two of them down below, but they don't seem to care for the space down below. . .

Now for a name for the two of them.

 

[cheryl98117]

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Oh Illia!!! They are SO cool looking!!! I can't wait to see them all grown up!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Your best bet would be to come and drive around into the different areas....but I will gladly send you what information I can. Omak, Tonasket and Colville all have hospitals. Colville area gets a boat-load of snow. Lots of trees in the area. The cllients I referred to moved from 20 acres with their nearest neighbor 3 miles away in Alaska. They were looking for "closer to town" (health issues) but yet the feel of Alaska. They found what they were looking for in the Colville area. Colville or surrounding area, may be what you are looking for. I would need to look into local clubs, packs and troops. That I am unsure of. Maybe I can find someone for you to talk with in those areas that would know more about that.

Star gazing - you can get that in a number of places in the entire county. This is beautiful country.

Regarding the Methow Valley, Twisp, Winthrop, etc.....it is absolutely gorgeous country. But like I said, very expensive (over priced if you ask me) and the taxes have made it hard on some.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Hi PoultryMom
Been a while, And yes I am still working on and will continue to work at the Lavender Orpington Project; I have 4 pullets and 5 Cockerel in the Lav Orps, I am looking for some quality Black Orpingtons for the spring, It will be a fun project, and am looking forward to getting them up to standard
Mark

Great to know there are other WA Lav Orp project people to compare notes with. At this point you will probably be looking for older Black Orps for your project but I have some adults I can pull eggs from in the early spring before I put them with my Lavs if anyone is interested. I can take pics for you also. They are from hinkjc, korfus kluckers and a show breeder in Florida that I can't recall the name right now. They are huge fluffy roos and hens. So excited to see what I get crossed with my Lavs. I can also sell a few split eggs or chicks from them if interested. My Lavs came from a generation that was already crossed out to Bamachicken Blacks.