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[BerrytangleFarm]

I was just by there they are all there........................
Free Shipping Crates (Woodinville)

[rule]Date: 2012-06-21, 1:22PM PDT Reply to: [email protected] [SUP][Errors when replying to ads?][/SUP] [rule] Free Shipping Crates. All plywood construction so they can be shipped overseas. Approx. 48X40X40. Take one, take them all. Please dont call or reply. This is not a scam. They are in back of the building in front of bay door 22. 14241 NE 200th St Building A Suite A Woodinville, Wa 98072

If anyone picks up one too many, I'll take it! It's actually close but I don't have a chance to go until Sat.

 

[Chickielady]

Nope I don't work at Boeing. Those are Bantam Amaraucanas.

 

[Chickielady]

If she had gapeworm, you'd be able to see them from what I heard. I don't think gapeworm is very common in Western WA

Very true.

 

[Chickielady]

Yep talked to Cloverleaf. Everything is still on schedule.

 

[Chickielady]

Trust me... three neighbors would know right away, and the rest would know via neighborly gossip. We live on the edge of a cul-de-sac. Our entire yard is visible to someone, even though we have a wood fence. Two-story houses look down over the fence in our back yard. One family, who has full view of our back yard, has already expressed dissatisfaction with our having chickens (not that they can do anything about it, because my chickens are legal, kept clean and I haven't violated any set-back codes).

Unless I raised them in the garage, there's no way I could get away with that many. And that would go against the idea of free-ranged meat birds. Some day I hope we can move and I'll be able to raise meat birds regularly. But, for now, I want to raise a few on a regular basis to teach my children the idea of where food comes from and give them the skills as they grow up to, hopefully, plan for and develop as sustainable lifestyle when they go out on their own. I wasn't raised around any kind of farm animal, and I made choices (buying a house in the city) based on the experiences I had as a child. I want to change that for my kids and give them life experiences that will give them options for their life as they grow up.

Bummer !

 

[Chickielady]

Hmm, I was considering adding sand to my big coop/run ground this year. We have bare dirt in there now and I just don't like the way it looks. What kind of bark chips are being used? Is this something I can find at Lowe's or Home Depot? It sure would be easier to carry than sand!

Pea Gravel works the best & it is a bummer to carry.
Easy to shovel into buckets though.
Sand gets poopy & sticks together like a giant hard pancake & will gob onto feathered feets.
I wash my pea gravel runs every so often to wash poop & mud out.
The gravel pretty much stays put, sand did not, it ran right out with the water.
It also stuck to my feet & was hard to clean off.


then we have the La Har poopy mudflow running down the hill

 

[SadieSue]

Free cockerels to any of you on here with more than 5 posts. Is this acceptable BYC behavior? I just can't give them away on craigslist due to cock fighting.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/grd/3091035005.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/grq/3091013002.html

Very pretty boys! I hope you find some takers! Love those Silkie cockerels. Can't have 'em here.

 

[Chickielady]

Tom this is yer brother Tom and yer other brother Tom !

Sorry Mr Rogers made me say it!

 

[Teva]

So...how old are you? I kinda think you can't be that old, your kids are pretty young still I'm 29

nope, you can still have young kids at any age! I am an Army Retiree......and have a 9yo and 5yo.....how old does that make me? (as old as I FEEL!

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[SadieSue]

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Well those are more good reasons to stay away from sand, besides it not being great on my feather footed friends. Thanks you guys - you all have some pretty brilliant ideas! I do some of my best thinking here!