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June/July 2003
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I found a solution to this 'minimum 25 chicks' problem. These same feed stores may be willing to buy the chicks you don't want. You won't get full price, but your neighbors will have access to new and unusual breeds. I only got 50 cents each, but at least I got a little of my investment back and the birds found homes.

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ALLEN THOMPSON
Ocoee, Florida

Barred Rocks Rock

I have been meaning to write to you on so many subjects since I first got a subscription in 2001. But the subject of poultry pest patrols hit home. We bought our dream property in June 2002 and have been working happily ever since to make it into what we really want. One of the goals was to have chickens. Fresh eggs, the farm atmosphere, roosters crowing in the morning—the whole effect. What we didn't realize was that we also would have a solution to a major pest problem here in our area: We have millipedes —hundreds of big, long, black ones! They invade our house, even the upstairs!

Well, when our chickens started to free-range several months ago, we noticed that our millipede problem was diminishing. At first we thought it was was the winter season that had discouraged the bugs, but now that the weather has warmed, we still are not having the problem we did last year, thanks to our wonderful Barred Rock chickens! So if anyone has the problem that we had with millipede migration, we can attest to an easy solution: chickens. We love 'em and are planning on letting them have chicks this year so we can enjoy more.

JOYCE LAWRENCE
Scappoose, Oregon

If you have Poultry Pest Patrol stories to share, please visit our online Community Forum, at our Web site, http://www.motherearthnews.com . For a list of hatcheries that sell mail order poultry, see the Hatchery list in the Community section of the Web site.
—MOTHER

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