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[Stumpfarmer]

FREE Stepping and flag stones (Sammamish)

[rule]Date: 2012-10-22, 1:15PM PDT Reply to this post [email protected] [SUP][Errors when replying to ads?][/SUP] [rule] Fish are interlocking cinder/cement. Approx. 18" x 8" x 1.5". About 50 count. Stepping stones are grey granite of various sizes. You pick up. Taking all is most preferred. Call, or Text is preferred. 425-351-6050

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Oh, man, I wish I could get the fish: I have them scattered in the gravel/paver areas, and want to triple that surface in the next couple of years. Too far away, no help, and that's a deal of deals!

 

[ChaeBird]

Hi, all! We're over in Spokane, and our four girls are a week old, today!

 

[CarolynF]

Hi All,
I'd like to hear from as many of the seasoned chicken farmers here as I can. This is a topic that's been on my mind for quite a while and I just seem to be forever kicking it around in my head. So here goes....

I have just 3 hens. I got them because I wanted eggs and never thought about them becoming pets, and I've tried to remain as objective as possible knowing that at some time they will 'move on', one way or another. The way is my topic of discussion.

As the girls age their egg production will drop to the point that it's unreasonable for me to keep them. My EE has never been a heavy layer and by next summer will probably being giving us only 2-3 eggs per week. I know everyone has to deal with this issue eventually. So I'd like to know... at what point do you say good bye to a hen, and when you do what do you do? Sell, butcher, give away, send to a chicken retirement community? I went to the Enumclaw chicken auction yesterday and it sort of surprised me that I felt bad watching the birds getting sold, thinking how rough they were being treated, what their new home would be like, etc.

So, those of you with a few years experience, please add your voice to this. I'd really like to know what you feel is a practical solution.

Thanks very much

OK so I will throw myself under the bus in the name of trying to help others. I keep my layers until they are costing more to keep than the eggs they produce. This will vary from breed to breed and individual birds. Once that time comes (this is where the bus will back over me) I normaly take them to the sale. While many others opt to process and eat the birds. I look at it that I can take one bird (meal) to auction and convert it into $$ that will buy 2-4 meals plus I don't have to mess with processing. For me it is about making my money go farther and when it comes to eating dollar bills I can't taste the difference. This is just my opinion and what works for me others WILL disagree I am sure!

CR... thanks for getting the ball rolling, and thank you to everyone that's added their thoughts so far. I know there are still several experienced chicken folks out there that hopefully will chime in. I know there is no right or wrong, just thoughts and experiences.

 

[CarolynF]

Hi, all! We're over in Spokane, and our four girls are a week old, today!

Welcome!
Cute little chicks!

 

[SadieSue]

FREE Stepping and flag stones (Sammamish)

Date: 2012-10-22, 1:15PM PDT
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Fish are interlocking cinder/cement. Approx. 18" x 8" x 1.5". About 50 count.

Stepping stones are grey granite of various sizes.

You pick up. Taking all is most preferred.

Call, or Text is preferred. 425-351-6050

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• Location: Sammamish
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Wow nice - I'd go get them if I were closer. I hope someone scores them who can make good use of them!

 

[SadieSue]

I got a nice email this morning from the woman in Yakima who drove over the pass to buy my beautiful "Mr. Darcy", the blue English Orpington. He should be just over 6 months or so now I think. She let me know that her young daughter showed him at the show in Salem last week and that Mr. Darcy took Reserve Champion English in the Youth show!
I'm not really sure if that's good or not,

, but I'm so pleased that he has such a nice home where he has his own girls and is being shown.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I got a nice email this morning from the woman in Yakima who drove over the pass to buy my beautiful "Mr. Darcy", the blue English Orpington. He should be just over 6 months or so now I think. She let me know that her young daughter showed him at the show in Salem last week and that Mr. Darcy took Reserve Champion English in the Youth show!
I'm not really sure if that's good or not,

, but I'm so pleased that he has such a nice home where he has his own girls and is being shown.

 

[CarolynF]

I got a nice email this morning from the woman in Yakima who drove over the pass to buy my beautiful "Mr. Darcy", the blue English Orpington. He should be just over 6 months or so now I think. She let me know that her young daughter showed him at the show in Salem last week and that Mr. Darcy took Reserve Champion English in the Youth show!
I'm not really sure if that's good or not,

, but I'm so pleased that he has such a nice home where he has his own girls and is being shown.

That's really great, and Reserve Champion is definitely a good thing! It's nice to know things are going well, huh?

 

[CarolynF]

CloverLeaf -- Looking forward to saying hello on Saturday, we're getting excited for our trip to Corvallis and the oregon coast!

 

[itsren]

So I broke down and let the girls free-range today. They're soaking wet. The goofballs don't know how to get out of the rain. Are they going to be OK, or do I need to blow-dry them?