Oregon Spring Poultry Swap April 23, 2011 in Canby!!!

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I'm pretty sure this is chicken math: a new chicken loving friend comes to pick up 1 chick; leaves with 4 and gives me 1 in return?
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Marnie, Meg, Pandora and Greta are no longer available. They are going to live on a 140 acre farm near Stayton. Well, Marnie is going to be a house chicken, the others will have 140 acres lol
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In return, she left me an adorable little Turken that I promptly stuck under my broody Silkie who is hatching babies right now.
 
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I can't stand this - you guys have totally infected me with need for more chickens - I need a vaccine for chicken fever!!! I totally want some honey from Zanna and marans hatching eggs. I plan to look at any available silkies but am praying I can get some control as I am seeing MANY others I might want/need. I'll pray all you other addicts buy up my "needs" before I can see them. The 12 house chicks are growing, the outside replacement hens should be laying soon, and I ordered some ducks (what??). Then of course tomorrow night I pick up some eggs to "practice" with in the incubator before I buy my marans. I'm too excited as she has all kinds (fav, sussex, etc). It is logical to do a "test" run on an incubator, don't you all think so?? I may have to start reading this on the sly so as not to scare my DH. I was doing a little better before I actually joined.

P.S. I have shared the head against the brick wall as my new "work icon" this week with my co-workers. Now if I could just infect them with chicken fever. OOOH, April here we go.

Haves - none yet, still too young and cute as chicks (did I hear you do this twice a year??)

Wants - marans hatching eggs
Honey from Zanna
 
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We've ensnared another one!

And yep, twice a year. The next one should be in Sept/Oct...you should be totally hooked by then *evil laugh*

Here is a little more sweetness to help you along, lol

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Ok.....so.... unless something crazy happens

Have:
Organic veg starts
Lots of varietals only listing specific tomatoes
Tomatoes
Isis Candy - cherry tomato, super sweet and prolific fruit, Mid (69-80 days)
Japanese Black Trifele - gorgeous tasty tomato, looks a bit like a red d'anjou pear, Mid (70-80 days)
Brandywine - Fab large tomato, perfect acid/sweet balance, Long (80-100)
San Marzano - plum tomato, makes AMAZING sauce perfect canning fruit, mid (72-85 days)
Gardeners Delight - cherry, sweet and bountiful, early (55-68 days)
Roma - plum, fresh salad or can, mid (69-80 days)
Garden Pearl - pink cherry, very very sweet and tangy, early (55-68 days)
Marmande - beefsteak, great for salads or slicing, mid (68-80 days)
Eva Purple Ball - standard tomato, medium size fruit, deep flavor, mid (65-70 days)
Sweet Olive - grape, good acidity, high yield, early (50-65 days)
Red Grape - grape, very high yield, mild flavor, early (55-68 days)
Debarao - plum, good yield, good flavor, early/mid (62-75 days)
Cherokee Green - beefsteak, great for slicing, one of the best green variety flavors, long (80-100 days)
Bolseno - standard tomato, good flavor hearty fruit, mid (65-80 days)
Flowers
Morning Glory
Flying Saucers
President Tyler
Mini Bar Rose
Other
Sunny Tall Sunflower
Sundance Bicolor Blanket Flower
Bombay Wine Red Cellosa
Giant Dahlia flowering Zinnia - orange
Santavilia - Vanilla Sprite
Sonatina Scarlet Yellow Coleus
Poppy - Watermelon Heaven
Poppy - Shirley
Poppy - Iceland
Poppy - double choice
Nasturtium - Princess of India

Also origami paper flower lights - white or assorted colors in tulip or lotus
And possibly one Olive Egger Roo?......

Bringing:
ZooMommy - Origami Flower lights

Want:
ZooMommy - Gloria and Plain Cheesecake
OregonJen - parmesan, chevre, lemon verbena soap, chicks if you're bringing any
silkiechicken - vanilla extractx2 goji starts
Zanna - Lots of Honey!
Cloverleaf - if there are spare LF Salmon Fav pullets
Anyone? - wheaten/splash/bc marans chicks or pullets, LF splash/lemonblue cochin chicks or pullets, splash/BLRW chicks or pullets
 
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Zoomummzy, that is the most adorable picture!!! Would you trade some honey for a cheesecake?? Will have to decide on a flavor.........

Glad there is so much interest in the honey! If you guys could PM me with approx. how much you would like and if you are going to bring your own containers or want me to fill what I have that would be helpfull. I store it in 5 gallon buckets and have several with honey gates that I could bring for easy filling of containers. Also open to barter/trade or purchase so let me know what you have.
 
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I love the little fuzzy butt sticking out!

Yes, most definitely I would trade!!! I don't really have any containers for the honey...is that a problem?
 
Sorry Cloverleaf,
I have to add a couple things to my want list. Should of been second on my list totally forgot. Thank you for doing all the dirty work to keep us organized.
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I want:

Norwegian Jaerhorn - chicks, eggs, pullets...whatever I can get.

Orpington Duck Hatching Eggs....assorted colors if possible
 
Do we have the equivalent of AA for BYC adicts?
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Since I'm just as crazy as the rest of you, and I know you'll tell me when I need help...

Wants:
Creature Age Wanted
Speckled Sussex Rooster
SilverGrey Dorkings- chicks, adults
Dark form BLRW- chicks, pullets, hens
Blue form of BCM- chicks, pullets, hens
Japanese Bantams (Grey or Black)- adults, chicks
California Valley Quail- Hatching eggs, chicks, adults
Black Swans- hatching eggs or cignets
Emus- breeding pair, hatching eggs, chicks
Oregon Grey Turkeys- poults, adults
Sweetgrass Turkeys- poults, adults
Other Turkeys I dare not mention
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Tamworth Hogs- 2 weenling gilts and 1 unrelated boar (yes they count as poultry! you ever see a chicken that did not love pigs or a pig that did not love chickens?)

May Have:
Creature Description (all chicks vaccinated for Marek's, bred and raised by me, turkey chicks not vaccinated)
Americauna- chicks
Speckled Sussex- chicks
Black Australorp- chicks
Midget White Turkeys- poults
I'll think of more at a more decent hour, it is waaaay past my bedtime.
 
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