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  1. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Smoke from forest fire is BAD. When should I worry?

    I live in Southern Oregon and that huge fire in the middle of the state is wreaking havoc on my region. The smoke is all blowing down here. It has been 3 days that the air has been full of smoke here. Right now there are warnings saying to keep the elderly and kids indoors do to the...
  2. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Must capture and relocate peas- advice needed!

    A development company that purchased land has offered me the peafowl that came with the property (free if I can catch them!) because they want them gone. I have a relatively small window in which to catch them as it is a 5 hour drive from my home and I can't afford to do that a lot. I will be in...
  3. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Pheasants wanted in Oregon

    I belong to a historical re-enactment society that puts on regular medieval themed events. My household is putting together a feast this coming October and we are hoping to offer something really spectacular. We are looking for some pheasants that we can offer as the main dish for our feast...
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    Peacocks wanted in Oregon

    I belong to a historical re-enactment society that puts on regular medieval themed events. My household is putting together a feast this coming October and we are hoping to offer something really spectacular. We are looking for one (or more) peacocks that we can offer as the main dish for our...
  5. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Prolapsed vent: What would you do?

    I am having a hard time deciding what to do about my hen, Scarlet. She is a 3 year old blue laced red wyandotte and has been struggling for almost a week with a prolapsed vent. I removed her from the flock as soon as I noticed and have been, to the best of my ability, following advice on how...
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    Prolapsed vent... how often to I try to fix it?

    I was able to successfully diagnose my hen with a prolapsed vent, thanks to BYC! The inside out bit is about the size of a small mandarin orange.I followed all the steps suggested, but she pushed everything back out again. I read that they will do that, and I should just keep pushing it all back...
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    Meat birds in Southern Oregon

    I am part of a historical reenactment group that is putting on a medieval feast this October. For the main dish we are in need of several large chickens (with heads and necks attached) that will be roasted along with small pigs to create 'cockatrices' for our feast. It will be spectacular - and...
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    Please help- I need mature meat birds in October! (S. Oregon)

    I am a member of the SCA and my local branch is holding a feast in October. For those that don't know, the SCA is all about historical reenactment, so this will be a medieval style feast. The fantastic main dish planned needs large chickens with their heads and necks still attached...and small...
  9. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Wanted: (the feathers of) several large geese (Southern OR)

    Please post ads in the appropriate BST section. Thanks, Staff
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    Is she egg bound? Help!

    My 9 month old EE, Leela, Is acting very strange. Normally very skittish (we can't even pet her) we were able to catch her easily. She was standing near a 'nest' that some of the other girls have been laying in. She has a wide stance and a slow, waddling walk that looks like she has an...
  11. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Question about bald-headed hens

    Okay Turken/showgirl folks, help me out on this... I have a hen (speckled sussex) who was injured by a dog after sticking her head through the fence that separates them. She is recovering nicely, but her injury was pretty terrible to see. All the skin from the back of her head was torn compltely...
  12. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Zombie chicken pic

    This is an undoctored photo of my 3 year old barred rock hen, Rufus, going through a hard moult. She looked so much Like a Zombie I couldn't help making the frame and posting her pic!
  13. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    How long *should* it take me to skin and proccess a chicken?

    I am fairly new at this (proccessed total: 20 roosters, 3 hens spread over 4 occasions) and I feel like it takes forever! I am learning every time (and now own a set of knives designed for proccessing) so I am getting faster and more efficient. Saturday, I decided to time how long it took me to...
  14. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Strange lump on ear... Newly UPDATED

    My buff orp cockeral has a hard lump on the side of his head... What is it? What should I do? My first thought was it was possibly an infection (he had a wound a few weeks ago from a fight he lost with an older rooster) We brought him in and tried to puncture/drain it, but we couldn't get it to...
  15. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Day old chick got chomped- what can I do?

    Yesterday My broody hatched seven little blue laced red wyandottes. We moved the new family to the coop and everything seemed fine. I went to work and as soon as I got home today I had to check on my brand new BLRW babies. 6 were under their mom doing fine.... one was off, alone, by my little...
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    Where did you get your friendliest chicks?

    I am really curious about this. I have the friendliest chicks I have ever met right now and I can't figure out why, if it isn't to do with their genetics. They are all breeds I have had before (EE, SS, BO) but they are so much more outgoing. They run up to me and peep to be picked up. This...
  17. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Barring gene questions- HELP! (pics)

    I am working on a project where the goal is a mille fluer pattern. I am helping out a few others who started the project and got my chicks from one of them. Here's the trouble: Most of my cockerals have come out with stripes. All of the ones who have the right colors or body type have stripes as...
  18. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Repurposing ideas and reources- share yours!

    I am busily building a new coop and run out of scrap materials. Instrumental in my plan is the frame of a portable garage (given to me by the neighbor after sun damage ruined the cover and wind bent a few poles) which will be a nice 10x20' run once I chicken wire it. Before I aquired said garage...
  19. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Could this brown and yellow chick grow up to be... BLUE? (pics)UPDATE!

    I have an adorable chick who hatched out on the first day of summer. I named it Solstice. It is the mutt offspring of my flock being mothered by Archie, the Columbian Wyandotte. No idea which birds are biological parents because it does not look like ANYONE in my flock. Now it has tiny wing...
  20. Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex

    Blue Andalusian rooster-Free in Southern Oregon

    Gorgeous black rooster needs a new home. He is a Blue Andalusian I hatched from eggs I bought from a breeder with some lovely birds. Indigo is a great rooster. He is watchful and protective and always shares food with his ladies. He is a great protector and a strong survivor. He isn't quite a...
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