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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    Gwen has finally decided that we cannot keep all of our little Serama cockrels and are looking for good homes for some if not all of them. There are three available if anyone is interested. Open to all offers, good home is a must! They can be picked up now or at the swap. PM me for more...
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    Auracana not laying, need advice please

    If all she had been fed previously was cracked corn it is going to take her body a while to adjust to the new healthy diet. You might want to go easy on the greens and other things until she has adjusted to eating the layer crumbles. Introduce new things to her slowly. I would also decrease...
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    feed for free-range???

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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    I wish I had time to attend! August is going to be packed full of visiting relatives though. I wonder if they would miss me for a day......
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    Baby chicks and cannibalism

    I am looking forward to seeing some more replies. I am having the same problem, I have raised several batches of chicks with my current set up, many of them larger than what I have in there now. But over the past couple weeks I am waking up to see chicks that have all their tail feathers...
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    Argh, Im sorry! I bought "sexed pullets" when I got them... If you cannot keep him I will gladly give you another hen, or just buy him back from you. I just hate it when "girls" turn out to be boys!
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    O I love the mystery mixes they are so much fun! We just hatched out a turkey that came from a pen with several diffrent breeds in it, so who knows what he/she is going to look like. I am hoping to get my hands on some royal palm eggs soon, we will be holding back a few hens from the hatch and...
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    Gardening with chickens (and other poultry)

    hereorthere - I have heard that keeping guineas with chickens is a bad idea and that guineas will kill chickens. Don't know how true or not it is, but you might want to do plenty of research before you try. Karen - I know the pain of chickenwire and t post monstrosities, we have had to put...
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    Hi DeAnna, Thanks for the offer, I will keep that in mind. What kind of turkeys are you bringing? I hope you are enjoying your pults!
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    I took my 5yo daughter to the spring swap this year and we both had a blast! Gwen is also a very sweet and respectful child and been raised around animals so I was pretty sure she would be ok. She had a great time seeing all the diffrent chicken breeds and learning about them, even set up a...
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    Gardening with chickens (and other poultry)

    We had a problem with some coyotes in the psture behind the chicken house, so we had to let our girls into the garden for a while. They ate about 1/4 acre worth of seeds and seedlings . As frustrating as it is, I am willing to sacrifice those seeds to keep the girls safer. As of this week the...
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    Ok, first draft - Have - chicks/eggs/started birds - breeds TBA Chicken Carriers - these are the plastic pet carriers that have just had perches added to them. Yummy things from the farm - TBA Want - wheaten Amerucanas, black copper/blue copper marans, orpingtons, delawares - eggs or...
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    Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 27, 2012 in Corvallis!!!

    Not quite ready to make up much of a want/bring list. But will reserve some space soon! Definitly know I want more polish and orps from Dancing Hen, so in love with the ones we just brought home!
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    Oregon Spring Poultry Swap May 5, 2012 in Canby!!!

    The daughter and I had a BLAST yesterday! A big THANK YOU to everyone that was there and helped make it so awesome! I am looking forward to the fall swap, dont tell my DH but I am already thinking of a have/want list.....
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    Oregon Spring Poultry Swap May 5, 2012 in Canby!!!

    I will make sure I save some for you then!
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