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[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Because it looks bad when they have excess hooks on the feet, makes them look cleaner and helps keep them cleaner. It's less area for poop to get packed under!

 

[broodytood]

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why is there tape on them ?
I put a tiny piece of duct tape on an egg before I set it that I cracked, a barely visable crack, but not hardly 1/4" square.
It hatched OK, but I always worry about the adhesive chemicals, especially warmed up in an incubator, that can damage a developing embryo...

The white egg is a heat sink(sand inside) didn't want it to get bumped and spill sand all over so I taped it.

 

[jbear]

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agreed...

It took me three times to learn NOT to help.. Because EVERYTIME I did, the chick had something really wrong and had to be culled anyway. Better to not see the cute fuzzness and have to cull that.

 

[broodytood]

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agreed...

It took me three times to learn NOT to help.. Because EVERYTIME I did, the chick had something really wrong and had to be culled anyway. Better to not see the cute fuzzness and have to cull that.

Thanks for the kind words everybody!

On a different note, Is there a concession stand there to get food or are people getting take out/delivery/packing from home for lunch? Don't know Monroe at all so it would be nice to know what my options will be for the fam. Thanks!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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agreed...

It took me three times to learn NOT to help.. Because EVERYTIME I did, the chick had something really wrong and had to be culled anyway. Better to not see the cute fuzzness and have to cull that.

Thanks for the kind words everybody!

On a different note, Is there a concession stand there to get food or are people getting take out/delivery/packing from home for lunch? Don't know Monroe at all so it would be nice to know what my options will be for the fam. Thanks!

There might have been one last year but I did not ever find it. I ended up having to drive and get food and then I lost my stellar parking spot.

So this year, I'll be hitting the grocery store and filling a cooler with snacks...cheese & crackers, granola bars, bottles of water and stuff so I don't die of starvation but I don't have to leave to get food, either.

There is a Dairy Queen at one end of town and several family restaurants.

 

[RedReiner]

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Thanks for the kind words everybody!

On a different note, Is there a concession stand there to get food or are people getting take out/delivery/packing from home for lunch? Don't know Monroe at all so it would be nice to know what my options will be for the fam. Thanks!

There might have been one last year but I did not ever find it. I ended up having to drive and get food and then I lost my stellar parking spot.

So this year, I'll be hitting the grocery store and filling a cooler with snacks...cheese & crackers, granola bars, bottles of water and stuff so I don't die of starvation but I don't have to leave to get food, either.

There is a Dairy Queen at one end of town and several family restaurants.

Albertsons has awesome fried chicken, Fred meyer closer to the fairgrounds, there is a red robin and blue fire mongolian grill behind fred meyer. lots of new hamburger places too. good mexican at Mi Tierra, the thai place next to that is supposed to be good. never ate there.

 

[Toastyone]

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Because it looks bad when they have excess hooks on the feet, makes them look cleaner and helps keep them cleaner. It's less area for poop to get packed under!

WHOA wait wait wait, you trim chickens nails? Yah know I've thought about doing this a million times because they looked yucky but I didn't know people actually did this! So is it just like clipping a dogs nail? They have a quick and everything?

 

[broodytood]

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Thanks for the kind words everybody!

On a different note, Is there a concession stand there to get food or are people getting take out/delivery/packing from home for lunch? Don't know Monroe at all so it would be nice to know what my options will be for the fam. Thanks!

There might have been one last year but I did not ever find it. I ended up having to drive and get food and then I lost my stellar parking spot.

So this year, I'll be hitting the grocery store and filling a cooler with snacks...cheese & crackers, granola bars, bottles of water and stuff so I don't die of starvation but I don't have to leave to get food, either.

There is a Dairy Queen at one end of town and several family restaurants.

Thanks for the info!

 

[broodytood]

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There might have been one last year but I did not ever find it. I ended up having to drive and get food and then I lost my stellar parking spot.

So this year, I'll be hitting the grocery store and filling a cooler with snacks...cheese & crackers, granola bars, bottles of water and stuff so I don't die of starvation but I don't have to leave to get food, either.

There is a Dairy Queen at one end of town and several family restaurants.

Albertsons has awesome fried chicken, Fred meyer closer to the fairgrounds, there is a red robin and blue fire mongolian grill behind fred meyer. lots of new hamburger places too. good mexican at Mi Tierra, the thai place next to that is supposed to be good. never ate there.

Yeaaaa I love mongolian!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Because it looks bad when they have excess hooks on the feet, makes them look cleaner and helps keep them cleaner. It's less area for poop to get packed under!

WHOA wait wait wait, you trim chickens nails? Yah know I've thought about doing this a million times because they looked yucky but I didn't know people actually did this! So is it just like clipping a dogs nail? They have a quick and everything?

Yup. I actually use dog clippers on mine. You can see the quick on a light colored nail (just like a dog's) and the darker ones are darker. If you doubt your clipping abilities, buy a large grit nail file and use that. It takes longer but it's a good place to start.

I have to trim my Houdans' fifth toes all of the time. They don't get worn off like the others and can curl back and grow into their foot.