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Post by ikbokchook on Feb 27, 2010 9:21:06 GMT 8
I keep Isa's (rescued battery chooks! ) and haven't had a problem with the getting egg bound. They are great friendly chooks that are excellent layers! Lol - drop bears! That's naughty! ;D Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy! What are barerrot trees??!!
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Post by robin on Feb 27, 2010 9:58:31 GMT 8
drop bears indeed ! ;D no bears in the trees here, but the ones on the ground are scarey enough. I am done with my tree planting, so far this week I have planted: 2 pears, 3 apples, 2 apricots and 3 peaches (yum) and 15 blueberry bushes. Then I have started 14 blueberry cuttungs, r raspberries and 10native flowering shrubs that range in color from blues to pinks called a Hygrangea. Now I am off to finish cooking dinner and try to figure out the piccie upload~
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Post by robin on Feb 27, 2010 10:11:39 GMT 8
so sorry, mispelled the term. Bare root fruit trees are sol here in the states, and they are usually a fruit tree a year or two old, about 3-5 foot tall, grafted onto another tree root stock . The reason for the graft is that the rootstock can be most virus resistant, or disease resistant. In the early spring, these young trees are dug up with minimal roots, dirt is knocked off, and they are tagged and shipped to all nuseries that sell trees. They want to wake up now as it is getting warmer, and so I had to buy them, and get them in the ground fast, and none will be available until next early spring as the trees must be dormant to dig and ship. They grow quite well this way, how do you do it down there ?
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Post by robin on Feb 27, 2010 11:37:49 GMT 8
hello all, no doubt you are waking up and we are about to close our day. I have posted a group of piccies on photos bucket of our purchase of this land, and making a home out of a storage barn, and building a chook house...I am tired now. What do you need to go see the album ? My password on Photo bucket is chickielady...maybe you can all get a squizz of the piccies.... I will log on again tomorrow eve which will be your yesterday !!!! Do you realize right now it is February 26th, 7:34 PM, and wouldn't it be nice if we could come and visit you? Would you put us up ? We would pitch a tent for you...someday we will have a house and all are welcome ! Raymond is the oyster capital of the world (and the sister city here, South Bend Washington) G'nite
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Post by didgieridge on Feb 27, 2010 12:02:19 GMT 8
Hi Robin, yes, we too can get bare rooted trees, a lot of the roses are sold like that too. Wow, I didn't know Hydrangeas were native to America. They are just the most beautiful plant, I love them. Sounds like you have an enormous task in front of you, getting everything established. So rewarding tho' and lots to look forward to ;D ;D I like Isa brown's, used to keep them...temperament is lovely, and they lay heaps of eggs in their first year, but found they burn out really quick and dont have a long life span. But that is here and they have to contend with different conditions... like the stinking HEAT...I keep Australorps and Orpingtons. Do you live near the woods, where there are bears, wolves and mountain lions or cougars, bob cats whatever??? I too hate the heat...might move to Antartica, where it's cooler...Lol Cant wait to hear more of your stories...very interesting and entertaining. All the best with your projects...Merrilyn
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Post by ikbokchook on Feb 27, 2010 12:07:57 GMT 8
Oops sorry - der! Hadn't had my morning coffee yet
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Post by lakelands on Feb 27, 2010 19:11:43 GMT 8
Hi Robin and Welcome. We have had a few people from the states join our forum only to find out that we are Aussies and then we never hear from them again. It's great that you have decided to stay around. I am very jealous that you have cuckoo Marans ...we can't get themover here. Our creatures are not so bad. at least we don't have mountain lions or cougars or bears....actually come to think of it we do have cougars...2 legged variety LOL
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Post by robin on Feb 28, 2010 11:05:20 GMT 8
If all your cougars look like Mel Gibson than what harm could there be ? How did you fair with the tsunami from the Chilian quake ? Know what is really stranger than anything ?? That is that I am writing you from yesterday ! OMG !!!!! Right now it is 7:00 P.M. on 2/27/10...is that a riot or what ? OK, We have massive conifer forests here, and tons of rain, 70 " I am not sure whaat that is in metric, I will look it up later. We have the ONLY Rain forest in the north american hemisphere, that being the "Olympic National Park" look it up, I will send a link later. We are also within a mile of the bay (Willapa Bay) and so our river is effected by the tides...quite awesome. This is the most perfect place on earth ! If any of you could come visit, I would put you up in our place here. And provide a tour. And why have you no marans there ? They do lovely in heat-
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Post by robin on Feb 28, 2010 11:07:17 GMT 8
did anyone log on to photo bucket and type in "chickielady" and see some piccies ?
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Post by didgieridge on Feb 28, 2010 11:54:33 GMT 8
Hi Robin, It's Sunday 28th Feb, 11.52am here. Just checked out all your piccies, wow you lucky doer, sure live in a beautiful part of the world. I love all your gorgeous chooks and chickies, those Marans are beautiful. I googled South Bend and Raymond, sure looks like paradise, all that water and soooo green. How many chooks do you have? Looks like you have no problems raising them, they all look very content...Loved the fat bunny too, very cute! ;D You are soooo lucky to have all that lovely RAIN, we haven't had any...not a drop...since November. I live an a farm and rely on our 33,000 gallon rain water tank but it's just about empty. Looks like we are going to have to fill it with bore (ground water) which has a lot of iron in it and isn't pleasant to drink. It does settle after a couple of weeks, but is very hard water. I love your barn style house, the chook house is very flash too! Our's are just in a 3 sided shed for roosting and nesting, the rest of the time they free range around the farm. The young one's tend to wander off a bit far and I'm always out there rounding them up and shoo-ing them closer to home. Merrilyn
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Post by didgieridge on Feb 28, 2010 12:05:06 GMT 8
Just checked out the news, the tsunami was expected to hit the east coast, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, also Tasmania, and a few of the Islands, but has just about fizzled out, they are expecting strong currents and are advising people not to swim, dive or go boating, and low lying area tides will rise, but they are not expecting a huge wave or areas to be inundated, but still cannot be sure of affects it will have. We are on the west coast, so will not affect us.
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Post by Duck Diva on Feb 28, 2010 19:32:32 GMT 8
Hi Robin! Its 7.30pm on Sunday 28th Feb!! lol Had a look at your album and it is so beautiful there! Love your place and your chooks. You will have some jealous people now looking at those lovely dark brown eggs!!
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Post by robin on Mar 1, 2010 0:42:26 GMT 8
good morning Australia..It is now Sunday the 28th at 8:35 here..no doubt you are getting your evening sleep. Thankyou all for the wonderful compliments, and I will wish for rain to come your way. From September to May we have rain, with Feb-April being THE rainy months. May through August is summer. We are tilted opposite you, so strange to imagine. Your in what would be here, our hottest month is August. So your rainy season is June, July and August ? So why does no one in WA keep Cuckoo Marans ? They have a lovely temperment, are very people chickens, very endearing with personality. The Cuckoo Marans are not very pretty, and the eggs taste the same, but they are darker. The hens I love the best are the Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks. They are old breeds and lay enormous eggs that are about 40% 'double-yolkers', a lovely bonus at breakfast. Do you keep Guinea Fowl ?
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Post by robin on Mar 1, 2010 0:52:04 GMT 8
Hello again, I also notice none f you raises Emu...why ? outside of the obvious~my father-in-law still in California on his little ranch has been obsessed with Emus over the years he has obtained incubators and has grown his herd of emus to about 15...and the big ugly birds are eating our inheritance, literally ! He sells an egg or chick every so often but it does not come close to paying for the 40 pounds of grain each eats a week. They are so strange, I imagine small natives pounding drums out in the bush when it is only the Emu's having a chat with each other. Have you heard Emus conversing ? The strangest beating of drums...so they are wonderful dark meat but Grandma will not let anyone eat her Emus, so the heard grows...
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Post by lakelands on Mar 1, 2010 9:06:24 GMT 8
I can't imagine any one in the US breeding emu's ....You need a pretty big property to keep emu's and a lot of us on this forum have fairly small properties. My property is about 3 acres and I wouldn't want to keep emus here. My brother has 100 acres in Gidgegannup and he has just started breeding emus. I think his plan has more to do with emu oil or skins or something. We don't eat a lot of emu meat here , maybe as a novely every now an again . There is a place down south that sells emu pie's I prefer to see them roaming wild in the open Oh and we would keep Cukoo Marans if we could get them. Apparently the only variety currently avaiable in Australia are Wheatons...and they are also very difficult to get hold of. I have been trying for over a year now.
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