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    Oregon

    Howdy Oregon folks! I'm moving back to Oregon after a few years on the east coast. Building a new farm in 2020, between Roseburg and Eugene. I had to sell all my chickens, but I'll be bringing 3 Silver Appleyard ducks back with me. Any recommendations for Silver Appleyard breeders in Oregon...
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    Silver Appleyard Ducklings Bred in Oregon, NoCal, or Washington?

    Has anyone here successfully bought Silver Appleyard ducklings from breeders in Oregon, NoCal, or Washington State? I'm moving back to Oregon this year with my 3 current Silver Appleyards (from a breeder in Massachusetts) and I'd like to expand the flock. I absolutely LOVE my Silver Appleyards...
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    Deep Litter Feedback with Chickens & Ducks?

    Thanks for reassuring me on that. I've noticed the moisture issue and been rotating water locations. I've also been thinking of just removing water at night since it's frequently freezing and just seems to increase the damp thanks to the ducks playing in it haha.
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    Ducks Using Nesting Boxes?

    Yeah, my ducks only get tricked into going into their house at dusk by bringing out a visible night feeding bucket haha. No matter how wet, wild or cold the weather they otherwise try to stay out all night. If it weren't for the owls and foxes I'd let them!
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    Ducks Using Nesting Boxes?

    Thanks! Haha I felt pretty lucky once I realized they were making a habit of it!
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    Ducks Using Nesting Boxes?

    Ok, so I moved my 7 ducks & 42 chickens into the same house at Halloween. I built a row of nesting boxes on one wall, including a row along the floor because hey, why waste the space? Turns out the chickens LOVE the floor-corner nesting box... some days to the exclusion of all the others haha...
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    Deep Litter Feedback with Chickens & Ducks?

    So I'm a first year poultry owner (in central Maine), although I have experience working with chickens and ducks on farms in the PNW. I've been trained on the deep litter method in the past, and as soon as I started raising my girls this year I went with it. It is now Winter (early and ugly...
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    Review by '' on item 'Star'

    Ok, so straight up I bought 15 pullets ("Golden Reds/Stars") from Reich's Poultry Farm in Pennsylvania. The only con in my experience with them has been that they matured into egg laying about a month later than my other birds (Leghorns, Easter Eggers & Ameraucanas). However, that wasn't really...
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    Chickens not sleeping in coop

    Not presuming to contradict anyone else on this thread, as I'm a first-year poultry person. But I have one chicken (out of 42 + 7 ducks), just one single little ginger chicken (she's a golden red/star), who likes to fall asleep a little earlier than the rest. She roosts in a safe spot in a fir...
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    Comment by 'TheGreenManFarm' in article 'A-Frame Duck House + Day Shelter'

    Thanks for posting this! I've been similarly inspired by DIY Diva's A-Frame, and by a bid to find a design for my location that blends historic European aesthetics with Winter weather pragmatism (I get 60-100" of snow a season) and simple woodworking requirements. Stumbling across your...
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    Maine

    I, actually, do not like fiddleheads. Or lobster. Or whoopie pies. Or Dunkin (coffee or donuts). Hahahaha
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    Elevated Coops vs Frost Lines, Long Thaws, and Strong Winds

    That's an excellent point! There is a record from the last time the well was enlarged back in the 1960's that only mentions one stream from due north and another from the northwest; the latter is specified to be deep enough it's below the township drainage ditch along the road, but I know the...
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    Elevated Coops vs Frost Lines, Long Thaws, and Strong Winds

    Right on, thanks! Does it sit directly on the blocks or is it elevated on posts atop the blocks?
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    Elevated Coops vs Frost Lines, Long Thaws, and Strong Winds

    Honestly? If I were at home, where I know the drainage and soil structures better, I would agree with you about the slab. But I've been here only for this passing Winter, and it's been enough to recognize that the soil structures, climatic conditions, and hydrology are a lot different here than...
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    Elevated Coops vs Frost Lines, Long Thaws, and Strong Winds

    Excellent resource for people who don't know about drainage or the impact of direct sun or shade on ground temperatures and soil temperatures below ground level. The spot I picked specifically receives more east, south, and southwest direct sun than any other spot on that side of the farm. I...
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