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    Young Svarthöna Roo & Ladies - WA

    1 young cockerel & his 4 ladies for $225. I’d like them to all go together. I also have 4 Swedish Orust pullets (hatched 8/15) that could be included for an additional $50 each, or take all 9 birds for $340. I was planning to cross the Orusts with the Svarthhöna rooster as a project. I...
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    Western Washington (state)!

    I’m in Seattle proper :) If anyone knows where to go for small batch poultry processing within an hour of Seattle - or any small local farms/homesteads that may provide this as a service upon request, please let me know! I have 6-8 roos I’d like to dispatch soon, and haven’t been able to locate...
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    Sleepy baby chick

    I have a clutch of legbars that just hatched Saturday and one of the little roos was like this. Just very listless and sleepy. I knew by Monday morning that he was on his way out - but thought I’d try some nutri-drench and give him a little more time. I separated him to prevent him from being...
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    To people in PNW, when to take chicks outside?

    It depends on the time of year and the weather. I have some 5 week old chicks that have been outside 100% since 3 weeks. I use heat plates, and raise them incrementally beginning at 3 days old. At a week old, I take them outside for periods of time, bringing them in when it cools down, but...
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    Orust chicken?

    I know this is an older thread, and it’s been more than half a year since the last post - but, I have 6 Orusts chicks I hatched out of the incubator 3 weeks ago this Saturday (7/4) and I’m having an incredibly different time differentiating the pullets from the roos. I can usually really begin...
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