Sorry all - meant to report that they've all been re-homed. I did have two pullets and two cockerels, but I had to re-home them as pullet-cockerel pairs and couldn't just give away the pullets.
Hi Tara K,
I'll try to post something in the next day or so. The available pullet chicks are pure-bred Chabo bantams, also called black-tailed white Japanese bantams. They are fully fledged and starting to look quite pretty. :)
I'm right off Rte. 1A, so a "straight" shot south from Hamilton. Not far at all.
Japanese bantams (also called Chabo) are gentle and make wonderful pets. My adult birds get along fine with the other breeds I keep. I've already re-homed the three cockerels, fortunately. The rest are all pullets...
Hi Kathryn123
I am in Salem.
A lot of people keep bantams with standard size hens. I used to do it but found that the big hens could be bullies, especially if there are a lot of them. They just crowd out the little guys! When I had just a couple of standard hens in a large barn and run...
Hi Winifredbee,
I'm on the opposite end, on the coast! I do go through the Berkshires on my way to NY on the Taconic Pkwy, but won't be out that way until September... too late to meet up.
My chickens hatched more eggs than I was planning for, this season, and I have about 10 very nice peeps looking for a new home. They range in age from a couple of weeks to a little over a month old. Nearly all are pure-bred, black-tailed white Japanese bantams.
There is a good balance of...