I'm from the Tri-cities, just started the final two years of my BSN, and I raise/show silkies, white runners, and geese.
I do process my own birds, and up until last year I had Buff Americans as meat birds/pasture weeders. Sold them in order to concentrate on fancier goose breeds, from which culls will be just as delicious.
I've always loved chickens, the sounds they make relax me and I enjoy watching their antics. Gentle and calm breeds of the birds I raise tend to be my favorite.
I actually do have a bunch of silkies available right now, some really nice adolescents in black and buff, some chicks (age 1 week through 6 weeks) in white, buff, blue, black, and lavender.
If you're interested it would be pickup only at this time, as it's still a bit warm on and off to ship. I am also headed near Portland tomorrow to pick something up, and could meet along the way. Chicks without any DQ's are $10 up to three weeks, after that are $12. Adolescents are $15- some of these have an extra toe on one foot (in black) but are otherwise excellent specimens that I wouldn't hesitate to use for breeding- these are late April hatch birds. I do know of a couple cockerels because they are crowing, and the rest I won't hazard a guess on except to say they haven't crowed or laid an egg to date.
I also have two pairs of Saxony ducks. They are from Kevin Noorlander stock, I raised them on eggs I won in a raffle at the Stevenson, WA show this spring. May hatch. A lady who got some from me who has Holderread line Saxonys really likes them. I don't know much about Saxonys, but they are entertaining ducks.
I am looking forward to the Stevenson, WA and Montana shows this fall, and the Chehalis show in winter. I hope some of you make it to one or all, I would love to meet you. I'll be the gal curled up with a Nursing Theory book behind cages of silkies. Really, try to make it to a show, they are SO much fun.
I do process my own birds, and up until last year I had Buff Americans as meat birds/pasture weeders. Sold them in order to concentrate on fancier goose breeds, from which culls will be just as delicious.
I've always loved chickens, the sounds they make relax me and I enjoy watching their antics. Gentle and calm breeds of the birds I raise tend to be my favorite.
I actually do have a bunch of silkies available right now, some really nice adolescents in black and buff, some chicks (age 1 week through 6 weeks) in white, buff, blue, black, and lavender.
If you're interested it would be pickup only at this time, as it's still a bit warm on and off to ship. I am also headed near Portland tomorrow to pick something up, and could meet along the way. Chicks without any DQ's are $10 up to three weeks, after that are $12. Adolescents are $15- some of these have an extra toe on one foot (in black) but are otherwise excellent specimens that I wouldn't hesitate to use for breeding- these are late April hatch birds. I do know of a couple cockerels because they are crowing, and the rest I won't hazard a guess on except to say they haven't crowed or laid an egg to date.
I also have two pairs of Saxony ducks. They are from Kevin Noorlander stock, I raised them on eggs I won in a raffle at the Stevenson, WA show this spring. May hatch. A lady who got some from me who has Holderread line Saxonys really likes them. I don't know much about Saxonys, but they are entertaining ducks.
I am looking forward to the Stevenson, WA and Montana shows this fall, and the Chehalis show in winter. I hope some of you make it to one or all, I would love to meet you. I'll be the gal curled up with a Nursing Theory book behind cages of silkies. Really, try to make it to a show, they are SO much fun.
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