This is an interesting site. Half way between Omak and Seattle is Leavenworth.
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Yes I'll be doing some major hatchin' this year....now that I think I have the "strength" to eat any extra roos I can't sell....
I do have "fancy" breeds and I do show....some are better layers than others. I do have a 1 year old Light Sussex hen for sale she's laying well but has too much excess black on her back for me to show....so I'm selling her and she's laying now.
Edited to add: YES! I almost always have culls that have too much white, the wrong pattern, a funky comb, a crooked toe, etc. But they would be happy & healthy productive members of a laying/backyard flock without any issues.
I usually don't sell chicks until they are a few months old so I can sex them and pick out my keepers from the culls...unless I do a custom hatch then they go right away because it's something I am planning to keep & breed for myself.
I'm interested in layers as well, though I do like a colorful flock, I can't pick a breed just like I can't pick what color flowers to plant in my hanging baskets ... a little of everything. Maybe I should plan a trip east one day and pick up culls for CL and I. I think you are quite a few hours away from North Bend though, maybe have to time it with a trip to see the laser light show on the dam. Went out there with 2 visiting Aussie families for the opening a couple years back and it was broken! So was the glass elevator, and the hotel lost our bookings, and so we all had to crowd in one room. Promised the kids I'd take them back out there some day.....