Dalianut,
I've not ever joined DG. I'm a real part time participant here. 1 or 2 peeks a day to see if there's subject matter of interest. I'm into sharing problem avoidance suggestions ... anything to help DG members or others protect their flocks. I and my neighbor Mike have an ongoing battle with roaming dogs. A couple weeks ago ... the people who live across the streams ....100 yards to the south ... have 3 little chihuahuas dogs who came for a visit. They killed my next door neighbors 45 lb Bronze Turkey hen. She was close to 3 yrs old and beautiful ... but they ripped her to shreds. They squeezed through a gap between his hog panel fence and a RR tie pole. Just one little gap and they found it.
Haystack
Wow! I wouldn't have thought chihuahuas would have stood a chance against a 45lb turkey! Poor hen! :*-(
wow That makes me want to check my fence. I know I have a few loose boards.
Hi Karbear! I'm so looking forward to meeting you and your niece, and of course the infamous little Silkie Roo. I have a favorite little Crevecoeur hen that I plan to introduce him to. Please be careful on the highway this time of the year. Karbear I am going to D-mail my phone # to you in case you run into any problems, and for directions. Haystack.
Haystack,
We shall see what the weather brings! It sure has been crazy around here. Colder up where you are isn't it? It would be fun to have some snow around Christmas but it sure would make things difficult. I am not much of a snow driver... What is D-mail? Am I missing something?
Karbear
Hi everyone,
I'm new here, and I don't have any chicks/chickens yet. I live in Tacoma, WA with my awesome husband, our four great kids, three boxers, and hopefully soon 4 - 6 chickens. I plan on ordering day old chicks from - http://www.welphatchery.com/ -, they have what I've found to be, great $ and good selection of day old chicks (and they're just up the road from where my parents live in Iowa)! I see you talkin' on here CMoxon (it's hard to take the farm out of a girl, Go Iowa!)
Anyways, I just wanted to say "HI" to everybody and Merry CHRISTmas!
Becky
Hi Becky!
Great to hear from you, keep joining into our discussions - you are welcome here and we love fellow chicken-heads! What kind of chicks are you getting?
I like your username! That's funny! When you get them though, you should change it to "igotchicks" LOL!
I am looking at 6 breeds/colors - Partridge Plymouth Rocks, Black Australorps, Blue-Silver Laced-Golden Laced Wyandotte & Ameraucana's. Do you have any advice on maybe the three best ones? I would like less common ones, I know out here it seems like everyone and there mother has Black Australorps, and some form of Ameraucana/Araucana. I would like ones that are calm & easy to handle since my kids will be helping with chores, and I saw a REALLY beautiful picture of a Partridge Plymouth Rock, so those are on my favorites list.
I mostly just picked these because they're pretty, I thought if I am going to get chickens, I may as well get some that are nice to my kids AND that I like to look at!!
Dude, I am SO gonna change my name when I get my chicks!!! Great idea!
Buff (or any) Orpingtons are sort of the darlings of the user-friendly breeds. Silkies are extremely cuddly--but not so good for eggs. All my Ameraucanas have been very mellow and easy to handle. And Jersey Giants are very laid-back. My Plymouth Rocks have been very sweet--although one of the roos had quite an attitude.
thanks for the good info! Is it possible for a hen to brood eggs that aren't hers? I can't have a roo in the Tacoma city limits. :( I also read that if you raise the chicks, they maybe more friendly, than say an older hen that may already have an attitude.
hey iwantchicks! we're not too far from eachother!
I have a silver-laced cochin, she's an absolute doll, but I wouldn't recommend them if you want steady egg production.
I also have a red-spotted sussex, she's beautiful, a bit less common, and lays fairly consistently.
The third and final, is a americauna and she's my best layer of them all.
The cochin & americauna are the calmer of the three. The sussex is a bit more flighty and it was only after she started to lay that I could catch her and hold her a bit.
Here's a pic of the americauna and cochin trying to figure out this white stuff we're getting down here...
Here's the sussex....
Yes, many broody breeds will incubate and hatch and mother eggs/chicks not their own. Silkies are famous for it, Cochins also. Nankins and Dutch Bantams have been historically used to hatch the eggs of different breeds--even other species like pheasant and quail...but they are bantams and can only cover a few. You have to avoid the more prolific egg-laying breeds like Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds which have the broodiness bred out of them so they will constantly lay eggs. And then sometimes an individual from a non-broody breed, like a Golden Sebright, will decide she wants to brood. I have one now that won't let any of the other birds into the nest box, event though all the literature says they are very poor broodies.
Oh how pretty! The SLC is beautiful! They all are. I just love the pattern on the Cochin.
Hi Lazy ladies, good to hear from you! Your girls are beautiful, and thanks for the good info, and the great pics! We're getting so white stuff up here also, we bundled up this morning and set out for some sledding!
Catscan, wow you know what you're talkin' about, I'll have to look up some of those names later to try and keep up. ; ) I'm still learning, but I love to research!
{{{Cats is a veritable Goldmine of information and you know mines are hazardous...}}}
Sorry, iwantchicks, I have permanent tongue in cheek syndrome...it's not you. Though your name IS fun to type...
Sometimes i'm afraid to post because i'm wonderin if Cat is looking over my shoulder to see if i get it right. Kinda like the teacher you had at school that was allways eyeballing you from across the room.
grownut, you're funny! I was reading somewhere else on here (I may have been lost), and I was crackin' up!
Thank you, Just pleeease don't expect me to behave for long periods of time. When I actually manage it I'm no fun AT ALL!!
Har -Cats always eyeballs everybody(shhh) -her eyes are just naturally googley!! (Kinda reminds me of the Nun French teacher I had - she was always eyeballing us, always onto our every trick, and VERY kind when she thought no one was looking!!) Let 'er google away!! It's good exercise.
I wish I had big googly eyes! I have little beady ones.
So which hazardous mine tailings am I being likened to? Here is a brief overview to help you select if you didn't have any particular ones in mind.
Waste contaminants may include:
· Acids (sulphuric, hydrochloric);
· Sodium cyanide for gold recovery in large operations;
· Mercury for gold recovery in small/artisinal operations;
· Metals as ions or complexes from Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Fe, As and Cd sludges or
solutions;
· Thiosulphates, polythionates, also resulting from acid mine water or processing
solutions;
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· Process reagents (acids, alkalis, frothers and collectors, modifiers, flocculants and
coagulants which contains aluminium and iron salts and organic polymers;
· Nitrogen compounds from blasting materials;
· Oil and fuel used for engines, power plants, lubrication;
· Suspended soils, mine water, surface drainage and process effluents;
· PCBs from transformers;
· Asbestos from various on-site plants;
· Solvents based in extraction plants;
· Freons and halons from cooling equipment and fire protection devices;
· Surplus paints, pesticides and laboratory chemicals; and
· Chemical containers.
Atmospheric emissions include:
· Dust/particulates;
· Gases produced by combustion (blasting, industrial combustion engines), CO,
CO2, NOX, SO2
;
· Natural gas occurrences such as methane( more common in coal mines; rare in
base metal mines); and
· CFCs and other coolants from air-conditioners.
The risk of environmental accidents to and from mine sites is ever present given that
mine sites are remote and most of these materials are transported over rough roads
and by unusual means such as helicopters.
Tailings, which may or may not contain heavy metals, cyanide or other chemicals
depending on the geological composition of the ore body and the process used, may
or may not be toxic.
Effluent, either particulates or wastewater; spent solvents and coolants, end of life
materials (batteries, tires,….) are also present. Some of these wastes are high volume
and non-toxic – like truck tires and overburden materials; some are environmentally
toxic in a variety of volumes; and, some are high nuisance wastes.
I hadn't thought of tailings - just the standard pitfalls, but you do bring up an interesting point, dear...Are you toxic? Or just ready to get away from work and back to your chickens?
I am at work....and my car is in the shop so I can't go home for a chick fix.
"Falling for me" would entail a long dark descent.
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Perhaps the natural gas occurrances? Depending on what you had for lunch?
I rather like to think of myself in terms of "high nuisance" depending on volume.
occurrences.
Up the volume and we'll talk turkey then...
It is a legal term---very specialized: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4912734.html
Ewww. Pass the Pepto! And get home soon! Never again should I malign you for grumpiness at work!!
Hi KarBear 71! D-mail is Daves mail, where someone can send a person on the forum personal info and keep it private except for the one it is sent to. It is monitored by daves garden for appropriateness, so no funny business. Look at your post and then look up above and you should see under (mail) and it should say you have 1 d-mail and you can click on it to access the private message. P.S. I know the weather is crazy, and yes it is a little colder up here. It has been a high of about 23 and a low of about 13. If the weather is going to create a problem for you I would much rather you and Fuzzy stay safe. If you access your D-mail call me so we can talk privately. My best to you and yours. Haystack.
Thanks for the save Catscan! LOL!