north carolina

Hello, Everyone! My name is Lisa and I am now a proud chick mom to 6 black australorps. I found this site by looking up information about them. I enjoy, photography, crafting, and blogging. I am originally from Southern California and have lived in North Carolina (Piedmont region) for a year...

I am looking for some Lavender Orpington hatching eggs or chicks near my area. I have been looking everywhere. If anyone has some please let me know, thanks so much!

Hi there, My name is Nic and I am an aspiring entomologist in the Raleigh/Durham area of NC. I have joined this community in hopes of finding someone whose flock may have some form of arthropod parasite to include mites, ticks, poultry lice, flies, or beetles and would be willing to send some...

Hello, I've been raising chickens for several months and have loved it. I live in the Raleigh, NC area, more specifically Cary, if you are familiar with the area. I don't live on a ton of land (only about a quarter acre), but have a good space for the chickens out back. I've been thinking of...

Hello! I am looking for 2-3 d'Uccle pullets or hens for sale in eastern NC. Must be within 2 hours of Coats NC. No chicks please we are looking for young or adult hens that are laying or will start laying this spring. Thanks for looking and we look forward to your reply!

Hello, I have recently gained an interest in raising rabbits for meat. I have done a considerable amount of research, but have several questions that are more pertinent to raising rabbits in NC, as well as a few general questions that I'm hoping others who have raised rabbits for meat purposes...

A roo slipped in with our September pullet order and needs to be re-homed, as our neighborhood doesn't allow them. He's a lovely, friendly fellow, 17(ish) weeks old, Marek's vaccinated, used to children, and showing no signs of aggression. I hate to have to cull him as we've grown really...

My boyfriend just had to have chicken for his birthday.. So we built a coop, went to barnyard flea market.. what a mistake. Our lil Polish died same day from what seemed to be mites and poor care... Broke my heart the way this guy kept his chickens.. alas.. that's farm life I suppose...

Batch of roos I am listing before they go to the freezer in a month, all from Sand Hill Preservation. I included their catalog description for each breed but the forums contain a lot more information. I can provide more photos for each bird. (1) Black Penedescenca- Black Minorca-like chicken...

Hi I’m Katie! I’m a momma of two crazy toddlers and we live in currituck North Carolina! I have falling in love with incubating and I’m working on my second batch! I hatched my first set of eggs and got two great chickens, but then a critter got them. So we are trying again and I also have two...

Hey everyone! I am trying to find someone close to the Hickory area of NC who is interested in purchasing 10 Orpington chickens. I have one lavender rooster, one blue rooster and one mottled rooster; plus 7 mottled hens that need to go. We experienced a tornado in our area, which launched the...

Hello from Cary, NC! I'm brand new to chickens and don't even have a coop. I'm still in the planning stage and hoping to get some chicks this fall. I'm partial to Buff Orpingtons, Amercaunas and any clean legged breeds. The chickens will be pets first and with the eggs as a bonus. Super...

New-ish to chickens. I helped my friend build a new pre-fab coop today. We set it on pavers to keep it off the ground. We have 1/2" hardware cloth to add an apron, but storms kept us from adding it today. Thoughts on stapling hw cloth to 1x4s and framing around the bottom? Leaving coop...