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Here is my new Trio...

all the way from South Carolina. Finally after a long summer of waiting for it to cool some

Edited by Hangtown Farms - 9/13/12 at 9:09pm

Congratulations, they ate beautiful! :-)

would anyone on this list be interested in three 4-week-old blue and lavender orpington chicks?  the blue is definitely male, but best guesses so far about the two lavs is that they are pullets.  I'm just realizing that a dozen birds is really the highest number i should have in my coop through winter (when they'll have to stay in more often), and with these three i currently have 15 -- plus i figure they might be more interesting to someone as a trio -- photos taken wednesday afternoon:

 

the blue boy

 

 

 

 

all three together

 

I got them from Deann Disilva at Just Struttin' Farm in Novato, and they should be absolutely gorgeous birds:

http://www.juststruttinfarm.com/breeds.html

 

they are MUCH larger than my other chicks, really are going to be impressive birds!  please pm me if you are interested...

We are raising a couple meat chickens for the fall. I was wondering if anyone knew of a place in the Bay Area to rent a plucker? I have found them for rent in a number of places, but nothing closer than 3 hours away.

I have found nothing. I found how to make them online, but nowhere that rents  or processes at a reasonalbe cost closer then sacramento. II found someone seling one for 600 bucks, but  that  seemed more then i needed, ha.

This was all I could find.
http://featherman.net/rentals.html#CA

Seems like a good deal, but not close.

Hi Walt!

 

It's Meg from Moraga. I was just securing the girls in their coop and saw that one of the hens has a large (almost lacrosse ball size) soft swollen area above and to the left of her vent. Do you have any idea what it may be? I'm a little nervous. She loves her food. Energy seems fine.

 

Any advise is much appreciated!

 

Thanks!

I have no idea what that might be.......Sorry!

 

Walt

Hi folks, 

just wanted to post a link to some photos. My girls were helping me in the garden today. 

 

There's a couple shots that'll be of interest to Cheryl - the boys from my recent hatch. There's several of the millefleur leghorn boy and a couple of the SilverPenciled rocks boys. If anyone needs a gorgeous roo from Cheryl's lines, let me know. Otherwise, once they crow, they're going to freezer camp. https://plus.google.com/photos/108526151904394584422/albums/5789291761168407409

 

Here's one of the flock:

 

What a great time they are having!!!