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I will have lots of Cream Legbar pullets for sale at the Spring Maryland Poultry Swap. I think you may find that it is really late in the year to find pullets or chicks for most breeds. The temperature is just to cold to properly raise baby chicks.

Depending upon what you are looking for I have one of the largest collection of rare breeds in Maryland (15 breeds at last count). I an in Upper Marlboro. Just let me know when you are ready in the Spring.

I know Garrett County. I go fishing up there all the time. I can't imagine anyone up there complaining about livestock. But Maryland is odd. Like I said, I am a 5 minute drive to the nearest Metro stop and everyone around me has some kind of animal or another. But cross over the D.C. border...

It really varies from city to city. Even the county laws can be hard to understand. For example, I live in Upper Marlboro. Every one of my neighbors owns five acres or more and owns horses, cows, chickens, goats, or pigs. But then bordering my neighborhood are homes selling for millions...

Somewhere during the year, I added English Orps both LF and bantam. LF I have BBS, Cuckoo, Jubilee, Frizzled, Partridge, Silver Laced, White, Red, Buff, Red Cuckoo, Lavender Cuckoo, Lavender, Mottled/Spangled, and Crele. Bantam I have chocolate, cuckoo, and chocolate cuckoo. The LF got...

I went from about 4 dozen to a dozen or so. Most of mine are molting. So I am going to start giving them more protein and calcium. But it may just be that time of the year.

You might try the Maryland Poultry Swap in Sharpsburg this Saturday.

I think you will find that most breeders no longer sell during Easter or the weeks leading up to it.

Southern States in Upper Marlboro carries both No-Corn/No-Soy (but not organic) feed. They also sell Countryside Organic feed in a 50lb bag. You can also order Organic feed from Blue Seal. Their is a Blue Seal dealer in Upper Marlboro called Meyer Feed. You need to call Mr. Meyer and have...

@Anna Lee , I crossed a Bielefelder with a Cream Legbar to create my Olive Eggers. They look just like the Bielefelders only they lay an olive egg. And they are autosexing.

You might as well put Cream Legbars on your list. Eventually your brother will convince you to have them. :)

Alsteirer Arkansas Blue Ayam Cemani Bielefelder Barnevelder Bresse Cream Legbar English Orpgintons Bantam: Chocolate Cuckoo, Chocolate, Cuckoo English Orpingtons LF: Blue/Black/Splash, True Black, Buff, Cuckoo, Lavender Cuckoo, Lavender, Chocolate, Silver Laced, Jubilee, Red, and White Hedemora...

That's exactly the conclusion I have decided upon. My place is 17 miles to downtown D.C. in a "mini-farm" community. It's been there since the 70s. People moved out there to get away from the District. But then they expanded the Metro line out. Now people are pouring into the "country"...

My guinea are ready to go outside. I bet the city people are really going to love them. Guinea are an organic method of controlling ticks and my property is entirely wooded so ticks are a problem.

I can't do anything with electricity. My insurance company believes the risk of children ignoring the signs is too high. All I need is some kids playing "let's see who can hold the electric fence the longest" and then one of them has a heart attack or their pace maker fails. Then I am stuck...

It takes a lot of food to get a pullet to point of lay. By my calculations, I spend between $25-40 per bird to get to that age. So no matter what the breed of chicken, feed costs are always the starting point. After that it depends upon how many cockerels I also had to feed as well. Since no...

I wish I could. But it's too much liability. I am surrounded by subdivision after subdivision of million dollar homes with children that trespass on my property because their parents told them to go play in the woods (my woods) that border their postage stamp sized backyards. The more...

I don't normally keep chicks on hand as I am not a hatchery and I hatch for specific orders. But send me a PM as I may be slimming down my flock for the fall and will probably have some laying pullets to sell. I may also drop some breeds as I start to focus more on FM breeds like my Ayam...

I am the worst at sexing chickens. I keep meaning to learn to vent sex them. I have the same problem with my Ayam Cemani and Svart Hona. With those breeds the combs and wattles don't turn pink or red. So you have to start looking at the hackle feathers. I already had one fox trapped and...

The Arkansas Blue eggs are larger and pure blue. Plus I have some that are 13-14 weeks and just started laying. So from a pure blue egg-laying perspective, the Arkansas Blues win hands down. But who knows if their laying capability will slow down like other commercial Leghorns. The main...