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[Chicken Rustler]

From the north Chehalis or Elma are a wash less than a mile difference. From the south Elma adds about 38 miles if ya go the right way.
I would also think that Puyallup may cost more to rent a building.

 

[Rainwolf]

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I looked at them and would guess they are both pure Ameraucana. I also have black Am's from CL and I have Black Olive Eggers (marans x ameraucana). My olive eggers have much thinner necks. Yours both look really full. HTH!

Well one came from a brown egg and one from a blue.. sadly I can't tell em apart! I mean I can tell which is Teal'c and which is warthog but erm.. not which was from a maran egg....

 

[Ogress]

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Super tall kid? I saw him with a piece of Baklava but he did not like the nuts, and I saw DD with a piece and she only liked the nuts, so maybe they swapped and decided to go back for more. Sorry I did not keep a better eye on them; I was hoping my lecture was enough. I could tell he ate a lot of beans!

 

[justbugged]

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see how that works? Elma is closer to you, Puyallup is closer to me...so guess which one I like better? but it doesnt matter, I am not a club member so therefore what I want has no bearing, but I can wish it were in Puyallup because it benefits me

Very true, however think of the cost!
It was over $1200 a day at Chehalis is what I was told!

I should check out what it would cost to rent a building here at the Expo fair grounds, in Enumclaw. The city now owns the former King County Fair Grounds. I know that the rental of the senior center is the least expensive of all the meeting places. There are 2 or 3 motels here in town also.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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I looked at them and would guess they are both pure Ameraucana. I also have black Am's from CL and I have Black Olive Eggers (marans x ameraucana). My olive eggers have much thinner necks. Yours both look really full. HTH!

Well one came from a brown egg and one from a blue.. sadly I can't tell em apart! I mean I can tell which is Teal'c and which is warthog but erm.. not which was from a maran egg....

Well that kills my idea then!!! LOL!

 

[Chickielady]

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I looked at them and would guess they are both pure Ameraucana. I also have black Am's from CL and I have Black Olive Eggers (marans x ameraucana). My olive eggers have much thinner necks. Yours both look really full. HTH!

Well one came from a brown egg and one from a blue.. sadly I can't tell em apart! I mean I can tell which is Teal'c and which is warthog but erm.. not which was from a maran egg....

Ya gonna post some pics of them????

Ok I am going to relax & get a shower & shut eye....G'nite all!!

P.S. the OEs will have feathered shanks, and at maturity (pol) have a bit taller points on their comb than a regular Am.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Somebody (Grace?) linked to the WSU Small Farms site- they're really good at providing ag econ information. For what you're talking about, I'd also recommend getting in touch with whoever is already selling stuff in your area: one thing with is absolutely true about the kind of specialty products you're talking about is that more vendors in a locality is good for all of them, up to a very high number. People still come from out-of-area to the Oly Farmers Market for garden annual starts, nursery plants, perennials, bulbs, and cut flowers because there are sufficient vendors for there to be a choice among a wide selection; having three butcher shops and two seafood ones has increased sales for all of them.

Most people who are making a living from their small farm have at least one family member working a job with benefits or they are young retirees with a pension and health coverage. If you're trying to sneak up on quitting your day job, you need to have a whole lot of information from people who know your area, your proposed products, and your suppliers. The Extension Service is always the first place to ask.

And I might add, the best way to succed, is to have enough land to raise the feed for your animals.
When you have to BUY the feed, you are loosing money.

Absolutely. One of the reasons we're still farming is that we have hay that gets fed to cattle and pigs (that's ground with grain). I'm trying to come up with some small grain or pulse I can grow on the well-acre for chicken feed/supplement next winter. Although I suspect, from the way they buzz through mint, lavender and lemon balm seeds, that I maybe should just cut the invasive oregano and feed that.

 

[RedReiner]

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see how that works? Elma is closer to you, Puyallup is closer to me...so guess which one I like better? but it doesnt matter, I am not a club member so therefore what I want has no bearing, but I can wish it were in Puyallup because it benefits me

Very true, however think of the cost!
It was over $1200 a day at Chehalis is what I was told!

yeah thats the suck part these days. the dog shows, they charge like 40 a night for parking an RV on the fairgrounds and that money pretty much goes to the club to cover whatever costs. I will stick to the Monroe show for now. its close and I can handle that one lol

 

[Chickielady]

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It's funny,.. Calesta and I brought a lot of chicken etc, but by the time I got over to eat and waited in line there was hardly anything left! Somehow I survived until the banquet (with the shall-not-be-mentioned cornish game hens- blech!). You think this derriere is self-maintaining? Gotta juice the caboose- just saying.

OMG that is so funny!!!!!!!!
You crack me up!!!!!

 

[pettec63]

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Geeeez cain't bleve ya din't name one ........ are ya ready fer it Ethel! ! ! !

Well we discussed it all the way home and talked about all the towns we had gone through and all the ones we could remember. I don't remember Ethel (would make a great name though)...DH tells me that Ethel is a Sh** hole outside of Morton...this is how he describes things to me. Tell me things like "remember that a** h*** in Twisp"....my response: "I know a lot of AH in Twisp...you are going to have to narrow it down"...LOl.

I will have to keep Ethel on the list for later birds. Elma (even though we did not go through it) would be a good name too.

OMG I thought I was the only one that talked that way!!! LOL course not around my BYC friends but....uh yea.....Sailor.....