Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 22 - Corvallis @ the Fairgrounds!!!

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Bringing
-silkies
-snickerdoodle cookies
-peanut butter cookies

Wanting
-chicken diapers
-chicken harness'
-chicken shoes
-carriers
-coops
-polish pullets/hens
-chicken treats/toys

Updated list, most likely to add more by the time the swap comes around! So excited!
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Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex :

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YES!
I can't seem to have too many. I only have 3 pelts right now (barred rock, blue laced red wyandotte, and partridge cochin) and would love some more colors. Soon I will be in a mask-making frenzy in prep for the renaissance faire and I will need to restock.
If you had seen my boxes of feathers you would know this isn't quite true. It would take quite a lot of masks (hundreds?) to deplete my feathers, but what can I say? Collecting feathers is cheaper than collecting CHICKENS in every color, so I will have to make due.

If anyone else has some they would like to part with I am open to trades
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Sounds good. I will bring the ones I have in the freezer now, as well as any more we dispatch between now and then. I think that as the spring chicks mature more folks will discover they have the occasional oops cockerel and will be posting them on CL.


On another note... What would anyone think about a processing demonstration? I would not think it appropriate to dispatch the birds there, but if we had cooled birds (maybe dispatched that morning?) so that people that have never skinned a bird before could get some idea of what to do? We were talking about it a bit at the spring swap and there seemed to be some interest. I don't pluck, just skin, but would be happy to help others learn how to eviscerate a bird and safely take the skin off for their use at home.​
 
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YES!
I can't seem to have too many. I only have 3 pelts right now (barred rock, blue laced red wyandotte, and partridge cochin) and would love some more colors. Soon I will be in a mask-making frenzy in prep for the renaissance faire and I will need to restock.
If you had seen my boxes of feathers you would know this isn't quite true. It would take quite a lot of masks (hundreds?) to deplete my feathers, but what can I say? Collecting feathers is cheaper than collecting CHICKENS in every color, so I will have to make due.

If anyone else has some they would like to part with I am open to trades
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Sounds good. I will bring the ones I have in the freezer now, as well as any more we dispatch between now and then. I think that as the spring chicks mature more folks will discover they have the occasional oops cockerel and will be posting them on CL.


On another note... What would anyone think about a processing demonstration? I would not think it appropriate to dispatch the birds there, but if we had cooled birds (maybe dispatched that morning?) so that people that have never skinned a bird before could get some idea of what to do? We were talking about it a bit at the spring swap and there seemed to be some interest. I don't pluck, just skin, but would be happy to help others learn how to eviscerate a bird and safely take the skin off for their use at home.

I'd have to check with the fairgrounds about something like this...
 
Hi ZooMummzy;
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Just letting you know that everything has almost returned back to normal.
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I'm still giving everyone their medicated water, but my babies seem to be back to their happy little selves.
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Sure don't want to go thru that again! Just wanted to let you know that there hasn't been any more sick chickens or any more deaths!!
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I'm even thinking of going into Portland this weekend and checking out Pullet Days.
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I'm needing more laying hens.
How are your new babies? Any new eggs to hatch?
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Can't wait to see them!
Thanks,
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That is great news Paula!
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All good here too...lost a hen yesterday but she was really old (I got her at one of the first swaps I attended - a rescue of sorts lol). She lived a good life here
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All the babies are great and growing like weeds! I have 14 total left, 3 of them very tiny
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I checked on the last two eggs today, saw no movement so I opened them. Fully developed, just never pipped. I hate that
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I am setting eggs this weekend from my new girls! Fawn and Dusty are laying so I'm taking advantage of it
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I'm throwing a few of Zephyr's in too since none of his made it to hatch. I'm kind of floating on air this week already...the 3 people who have received my shipped eggs all report 100% growth in them! Very wonderful news for me...and them, lol.
 
Quote:
YES!
I can't seem to have too many. I only have 3 pelts right now (barred rock, blue laced red wyandotte, and partridge cochin) and would love some more colors. Soon I will be in a mask-making frenzy in prep for the renaissance faire and I will need to restock.
If you had seen my boxes of feathers you would know this isn't quite true. It would take quite a lot of masks (hundreds?) to deplete my feathers, but what can I say? Collecting feathers is cheaper than collecting CHICKENS in every color, so I will have to make due.

If anyone else has some they would like to part with I am open to trades
smile.png


Sounds good. I will bring the ones I have in the freezer now, as well as any more we dispatch between now and then. I think that as the spring chicks mature more folks will discover they have the occasional oops cockerel and will be posting them on CL.


On another note... What would anyone think about a processing demonstration? I would not think it appropriate to dispatch the birds there, but if we had cooled birds (maybe dispatched that morning?) so that people that have never skinned a bird before could get some idea of what to do? We were talking about it a bit at the spring swap and there seemed to be some interest. I don't pluck, just skin, but would be happy to help others learn how to eviscerate a bird and safely take the skin off for their use at home.

I really don't think that a swap is the place for a demo like that. Besides how crazy and hectic these swaps get, the number of families with small children as well as unsuspecting passersby might not appreciate accidentally seeing something like that. I think it's great that you want to teach people how to do this, but I just don't think this is the right avenue for such a thing.
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That is great news Paula!
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All good here too...lost a hen yesterday but she was really old (I got her at one of the first swaps I attended - a rescue of sorts lol). She lived a good life here
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All the babies are great and growing like weeds! I have 14 total left, 3 of them very tiny
smile.png
I checked on the last two eggs today, saw no movement so I opened them. Fully developed, just never pipped. I hate that
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I am setting eggs this weekend from my new girls! Fawn and Dusty are laying so I'm taking advantage of it
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I'm throwing a few of Zephyr's in too since none of his made it to hatch. I'm kind of floating on air this week already...the 3 people who have received my shipped eggs all report 100% growth in them! Very wonderful news for me...and them, lol.

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Yeah!!
I want to have a good hatch!
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I've been going over and re-reading everything on hatching in every chicken book I own!! (and between me & hubby) we own a lot of books! (hubby's not necessarily are chicken related
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So next time, with the next eggs ............
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