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    6 Pullets, 1 Cockerel for sale, WA

    I'm interested in them but not the Rooster (we have rooster already and not sure how he would do with other roos). We are up in Kingston, but don't know when I could make it to yelm.
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    Overeating or just an older chick?

    If it's any solace, they do lay eggs if you can keep them alive and healthy. They are quite friendly little beasts and they are so very hungry.
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    New Rooster crow dampening, noise reducing device

    It might be helpful for utility meat bird flocks. At least helpful for those sleeping nearby them.
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    Supplemental Light for Pastured Chickens

    Seems slightly over priced but I was thinking about getting the LumiCoop lighting system for the Hen's winter house.
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    Supplemental Light for Pastured Chickens

    Definitely plan on letting the ladies molt. We just are pretty darn north here in the Seattle region and our days are about 8 hours long at solstice so I was thinking of doing supplemental light oct-nov and march. But if Pullets will lay well during this time, maybe I don't need to.
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    Chicken with a Cardiac Effusion

    We were processing our meat birds yesterday an found that one of our birds had a cardiac effusion. Or at least that's what we think it was. We were wondering why he was the runt of the litter. That explains it. Showed no other signs of illness. Was foraging and running to the end. 3 pounds 5...
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    Is the meat on a sick bird safe to eat?

    It depends on weather the sickness is localized or generalized. We just had bird with what looked to be a cardiac effusion. We're chose not to through him out but we did throw away the heart. It did explain why he was the runt of the litter.
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    Supplemental Light for Pastured Chickens

    They are just under 3 months old.
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    Supplemental Light for Pastured Chickens

    Howdy. I am in the process of building a ChickShaw and I'm hoping to get my ladies to lay a little later into the winter. They'll be off the pasture November - February (it's wet here in Seattle), but I was hoping to find an easy way to get light to the Chickshaw during Aug-October to keep them...
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