Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Do you know what breeds...because, they could...be done.....
...and the stress, just didn’t help...
High Desert Cowboy- How far is it up north?
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...and the stress, just didn’t help...
Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Hol
y cow!! I can’t imagine...you seem so calm about it!! Glad you’re ok!!
Bruce
Herd Master
Well, it wasn't MY quake, it was HDC's
But then I grew up in So. Cal and GENERALLY speaking the quakes haven't been near as bad as what Puerto Rico was (is??) getting. I'd be sleeping out in the streets if I was them too. I think a 4 is probably the highest I ever felt. There were some worse ones after I moved that vaulted roadways and created drops of several feet
But then I grew up in So. Cal and GENERALLY speaking the quakes haven't been near as bad as what Puerto Rico was (is??) getting. I'd be sleeping out in the streets if I was them too. I think a 4 is probably the highest I ever felt. There were some worse ones after I moved that vaulted roadways and created drops of several feet
Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Holy smokes alive!! Imagine your Ibeams! we have tornadoes...twice though this very town...my uncle and best friend had major damage. But earthquakes....a hole opening up in ground??? Leave me out!!Well, it wasn't MY quake, it was HDC's
But then I grew up in So. Cal and GENERALLY speaking the quakes haven't been near as bad as what Puerto Rico was (is??) getting. I'd be sleeping out in the streets if I was them too. I think a 4 is probably the highest I ever felt. There were some worse ones after I moved that vaulted roadways and created drops of several feet
Bruce
Herd Master
I'd rather a relatively small earthquake to a tornado. Most of the time you just feel some rocking. More powerful ones might crack drywall joints, go up a step and things fall off shelves. Opening up a hole in the ground isn't very common at all. Tornados? They rip houses right off the ground and strew them everywhere. Rip trees out, strew them everywhere. Throw cars all over the place. NO THANKS!!
Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Yeah, it did tear the whole second floor off my friends house. My uncle’s backyard was gone...she’d gone..tree split in half..garagre half tore down... I guess...they both stink...and..it seems we fear more what we don’t know than what we do....
Baymule
Herd Master
Three year old hens slow down on laying, but still eat as much as they ever did. If they are sex links, they are pretty much done. I usually butcher 3-4 year old hens and can the meat, they make wonderful broth and I can that too.
How many chickens do you have? I used to play by the rule of 6. 6 chicks in early spring were generally laying by fall/early winter. The next spring, I got 6 more chicks, different breed or color. They started laying by fall/early winter and the first batch of chicks were molting. The first batch would start laying again in the spring. The next spring I got 6 more chicks, different breed, different color. They started laying in fall/early winter. This made the 2nd molt for batch #1 and I butchered them. It was the 1st molt for batch #2 and they started laying in the spring.
Each spring I got 6 chicks, each fall I butchered the 6 oldest and kept the 6 on their first molt. It worked for me and we always had eggs.
Now I have a lot of chickens, all ages. I have 14 pullets starting to lay. I have 5 hens that are 3-5 years old and a 4 year old rooster. I have 4 hens in their 3rd year. I did have a dozen more, but they got packed in a jar and made some bodacious broth. I need to get back on my schedule. LOL
How many chickens do you have? I used to play by the rule of 6. 6 chicks in early spring were generally laying by fall/early winter. The next spring, I got 6 more chicks, different breed or color. They started laying by fall/early winter and the first batch of chicks were molting. The first batch would start laying again in the spring. The next spring I got 6 more chicks, different breed, different color. They started laying in fall/early winter. This made the 2nd molt for batch #1 and I butchered them. It was the 1st molt for batch #2 and they started laying in the spring.
Each spring I got 6 chicks, each fall I butchered the 6 oldest and kept the 6 on their first molt. It worked for me and we always had eggs.
Now I have a lot of chickens, all ages. I have 14 pullets starting to lay. I have 5 hens that are 3-5 years old and a 4 year old rooster. I have 4 hens in their 3rd year. I did have a dozen more, but they got packed in a jar and made some bodacious broth. I need to get back on my schedule. LOL
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High Desert Cowboy
True BYH Addict
We started with 8, 5 Sussex and 3 Brahma. We got rid of the Brahmas because a couple were egg eaters and I couldn’t narrow it down to which 2. Then we lost one Sussex and are at four. I’m thinking of getting 6 Rhode Island’s in spring.
As to the earthquake I was actually born in Southern California and visited family there frequently. Earthquakes don’t freak me out that much, especially not in my rural area where there is no real danger I feel. Tornadoes, those honestly scare me. I still have memories of being a little boy in Texas crammed by my brother and my dog in a bathtub with my mom over top of us as a tornado touched down across the street. We were in a little apartment and that’s the only place we had to shelter. I’ll take a 4.0 earthquake any day of the week over that.
As to the earthquake I was actually born in Southern California and visited family there frequently. Earthquakes don’t freak me out that much, especially not in my rural area where there is no real danger I feel. Tornadoes, those honestly scare me. I still have memories of being a little boy in Texas crammed by my brother and my dog in a bathtub with my mom over top of us as a tornado touched down across the street. We were in a little apartment and that’s the only place we had to shelter. I’ll take a 4.0 earthquake any day of the week over that.
Bruce
Herd Master
Yep!!! I suppose I might feel differently if I'd been through a severe earthquake but I never did in the 23 years I lived in So. Cal.
I like to have a couple of several breeds, that way I can tell who is laying. Not that it matters to their lifespan here but I do like to know. At least that way I know which breeds have been better layers and what size they lay, what sort of temperament they have, at least for me. As a result I have "repeats" of Black Australorps, Easter Eggers and White Rocks. Won't again get Faverolles, Ancona, Exchequer Leghorns.
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High Desert Cowboy
True BYH Addict
I cannot recall ever having such a mild winter here in Utah. Snow didn’t stick around very long in the valleys but we’re above average for snow pack in the mountains. It’s really kind of nice. Gus Gus is still separated and getting spoiled, where he’s still a growing boy I’ve been making sure he gets a little something extra. Still not very friendly, but I think I prefer that to being over confident. Yesterday I was visiting with a friend and we were looking at his sheep and he’d borrowed a big Hamp ram from another guy in town. His boy said they’d been told the ram could get aggressive, but as we stood there the ram walked right by. So of course I had to comment that the ram wasn’t mean, he was just a big puppy dog. My friend turns to look at the ram, the ram turns back around and tried to head butt him! Go figure. At least the ram was honest and only went at him when they were facing!
