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    Araucana thread anyone?

    Hi all, I may not be in the right place, but we are looking to get some auracanas and are looking for trusted breeders in the Portland OR area. Anyone here able to point me in the right direction? Thanks.
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    Buying chicken feed in volume / bulk and feeding scratch vs layer feed

    Thanks everyone for the responses. I am currently buying purina 50# bags and going through about 200 #s per month for our 33 layers. I like the idea of making my own feed, I'm going to price that and see if I can do better than the ~$15 per 50 #s I'm paying today. There is a feed company...
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    Buying chicken feed in volume / bulk and feeding scratch vs layer feed

    Hi all, I have been trying to find a place to buy chicken feed in volume, around 1 ton, (perhaps at a grain mill), but have been unable to find anything in the portland oregon area, anyone have any ideas? Right now I buy in 50 pound bags at a local farm and ranch store. Also, Our chickens...
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    Oregon

    Quote: Quote: Thanks, at least I know I'm paying similarly to others. I'd love to find something that I can buy in bulk for lower cost (especially bedding). Mark
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    Oregon

    Hi all, I am new to the area and new to raising chickens (we have 9, 3 EEs, 3 barred rocks, 3 rhode island white) and we're looking to get 25 chicks here pretty soon. We're in the Hillsboro/Beaverton area. Was curious if any of you have any thoughts on good ways to get inexpensive feed and...
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    Share with me you favorite everyday, easy, non-bread maker bread

    Hi, we have been using this dough recipe for a long time and absolutely LOVE it, comes out very airy and has what I consider to be a wonderful taste. I really can not express how much I love this recipe . It is not strictly whole grain, but the flavor is more to our liking. NOTE: This makes a...
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    Hi all, very excited to be aboard

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, we are having lots of fun with our new chickens (though they are still pretty afraid of us it seems). I wonder how they were treated at the farm they were at previously. Mark
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    Hi all, very excited to be aboard

    In my family we decided we would start the new year with our first chickens . both my wife and I have spent approximately 40 hours over the past few weeks reading this and a few other places trying to absorb as much as we can about raising chickens. Eventually we decided to buy nine 16-17 week...
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