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[Rainwolf]

Ok i'm bored and surfing CL again...

free bird cage
http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/zip/2017288189.html

Free chicken coop?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/2015940158.html

free Old wood ladders for making roost?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/2016126705.html

 

[hallerlake]

Like you, I don't have a truck. Getting anything I can't fit in my Forester is tricky. I've sent an email asking about the dimensions anyway.


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[Rainwolf]

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Most times I'm not fast enough for the little bit I can go get but sometimes I get lucky lol
Figured I'd post the finds for those who need and might get lucky.

 

[Rainwolf]

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Yes not having a truck or in my case I can't drive anything is stinky

 

[justbugged]

Thank you Rainwolf for the heads up on the bird cage. I have finches, and they have been making new finches. So I now have 12 finches. I started with 11 and lost two very early on because I tried to keep them in the wrong type cage. My kitties were very happy to munch the little birdies. So I quickly found a nice cage for them remaining 9 birds. I really didn't much of the fact that the little birds were sitting in the nest, and never saw or heard anything out of the ordinary. So one day I am looking in the cage and I see this little grey bird. I am then thinking that I didn't remember having a grey finch. Well the next day I am looking at the birds in the cage, and I started counting the birds. There were supposed to be 6 brown birds and 3 white birds, and there was 6 brown birds and 3 white birds and no matter how many times I counted there was also 1 grey bird. Given that all the birds are never allowed out of the cage, the only conclusion I could make was that a pair of the white birds had made the new grey bird.

It wasn't more than another month that the white birds were back sitting in the nest. At least this time I was able to see the babies in the nest. What surprises me is how big they are when they come out of the nest. Also from the time they lay the eggs to the time when these fully feathered birds are flying around the cage isn't much more than a month. I must say the babies are really very cute.

I will let you know if the people with the cage bother to respond to my e-mail.

 

[justbugged]

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I am so happy that my family isn't the only people that say things like tothedump-tothedump-tothedump dump dump!

I have always blamed my mother for that one. I might have to reconsider now.

hallerlake; quote: I would love some little fuzzy wuzzies


Fuzzy wuzzies was a bear.
Fuzzy wuzzie had no hair.
Fuzzy wuzzie wan't very fuzzy was he?

There are times when I really wish I could remember more of the little diddies that my mother and grandmother taught me. I think that they knew a lot of silly songs because they were from West Virgina. I am so happy you guys made me laugh tonight. I think laughter is very good for the soul.

 

[justbugged]

A warm welcome to all the new people here. I hope that you will all feel free to jump in and join the conversations here. We have a very friendly group that has quite a bit of experience in owning chickens.

 

[Rainwolf]

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I hope you get them! I see so much stuff go to waste in the garbage and dump I always try and find homes for things lol. I'm hoping to get a email back about some stacked cages... my quails would like them I think. need to split them all into mated pairs.

 

[Rainwolf]

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2x!

 

[Chickielady]

Interesting stuff: WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov

CROSSING PATHS NEWS NOTES

October 2010

Naturalize your backyard bird feeding

As sure as leaves turn color and fall to the ground at this time of year, bird feeders are filled and placed in backyards across Washington.

Window-side, arm-chair birdwatchers enjoy drawing both migrant and resident birds into close-up view in this traditional way.

It's a tradition to continue only if you keep those bird feeding stations immaculately clean; use high quality feed and feeder types that only birds can access; locate them to avoid problems with window collisions, predatory cats, and other wildlife like deer and bears; and recognize that feeding only provides temporary benefits to some birds.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recommends simplifying and "naturalizing" the tradition of backyard bird feeding by landscaping with plants that provide berries, fruits, seeds, or nuts for your feathered friends.

Many of these natural bird feeding plants will add beautiful color to your fall homescape. And there's no time like fall, when plant root systems slow down and go dormant, to add trees, shrubs and even some perennials.

Some of the best plants that provide soft fall and early winter fruit include Pacific crabapple, red-osier dogwood, elderberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, Western serviceberry, and madrone.

Plants that best provide fruit that will last through winter and into early spring, when food is in short supply, include barberry, currant, firethorn, Douglas hawthorn, Rocky Mountain and Western junipers, Sitka and Cascade mountain-ash, Oregon-grape, snowberry, sumac, and wild rose.

Three great seed and nut-producing trees for western Washington landscapes are hazelnut, vine maple, and birch. For larger areas, include oaks and conifers.

Wildlife-friendly seed and nut trees for other parts of the state include alder, Douglas fir, and other conifers.

More birds than not use seeds, and lots of shrubs and perennial flowering plants provide them. But the key to this naturalized bird feeding is to leave those "dead heads," or spent flowers with all those seeds. Leave that kind of clean up for spring, and enjoy watching your bird visitors do some of the work this fall!

Among the best seed-producing shrubs are mock-orange, ninebark and oceanspray. There are dozens of garden perennials that are good seed-providers, including aster, black-eyed susan, blanketflower, calendula, goldenrod, columbine, coneflower, coreopsis, cosmos, fall sedum, lupine, nasturtium, sunflower, sweet pea, and yarrow.

Check with your local nurseries for other appropriate plants that will not be weedy or invasive in your part of the state.

For more information about naturalizing your backyard bird feeding, see WDFW's Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary program at http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/backyard/ . A good source of detailed information about plant species is available in the "Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest" book by WDFW wildlife biologist Russell Link, available through WDFW's North Puget Sound regional office in Mill Creek (see http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/book/ .)



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