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    Hardware Cloth Options

    I put 2x4" welded wire up first then 1/4" hardware cloth up over the top of it. All sides of the run and then a 2' skirt around the outside. Used staples to attach the welded wire, then went over the top with the hardware cloth using #8 wood screw with fender washers.
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    Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the incubation period.

    AI only knows what it's read by scouring websites and articles. Garbage in/Garbage out has never been a bigger thing. Scary part is when people start taking it as the gospel about everything. How confusing will it be when one AI system starts learning things from papers written by another AI...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I would not use cedar, there's a reason bugs don't eat it. Has toxins in it that prevents insects and rotting.
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    Housing a feral cat inside the chicken run for rodent control?

    We took in a tabby cat that was dumped in our neighborhood this winter. Took a few months to break the ice with him but he's now pretty loving, when he wants to be HAHA. I've never seen a cat with the hunting instinct that he has, not just rodents and birds but neighborhood cats as well. There's...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    There's one in Puyallup off Hwy 512 and Canyon Road. It's a pain getting in and out of whenever I'm in that area.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I didn't know there was a Wilco going in there. Sweet! If you're on Facebook I've been seeing some straight run chicks for sale in the "PNW Poultry" group, as well as some local Rochester groups. Oh wait, there's a WINCO that's almost ready to open. So is there also a Wilco opening?
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    Chicks in Western WA

    If you're on Facebook there's a group called "PNW Poultry" that has some posted. I've also seen some available on local community pages.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Should have gotten 25 female Buff Orpington chicks this week from Murray McMurray. I'd heard last week they didn't ship for a couple days due to the cold weather and were selling chicks for local pickup cheap. They must have slid everyone who was effected orders out a week. So now my hatch date...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Atmospheric river is inbound tomorrow. Most of Western WA and NW Oregon are under a flood watch from tomorrow through Monday. Supposed to be putting the roof on our new chicken coop tomorrow <facepalm> At least the brooder in the garage is ready to go. Hatch date is Monday, coming from Murray...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    We stopped and got gas at the Chehalis Reservation and there was a guy very carefully pulling out in a newer Mustang. Good luck! We only got 3/4" here but our driveway is a 20% slope and the trusty Subaru barely made it up it. Made it up in the past with a foot of snow but this small amount...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I heard the first mess on I-5 was near Toledo and involved 20 semi's and a few cars. No fatalities but 6 people transported to 3 area hospitals. Must have had to travel quite aways to get to 3 of them. When that first happened some semi tried going around it by going up Rush Road to 603 and got...
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