California - Northern

[10 littlechicks]

Hello and welcome, neighbor! I'm here in Rancho Calaveras

Oh heck, we are neighbors! I am actually closer to Burson than Rancho now. We moved from Rancho about 3 years ago.

 

[Audio51]

Just jumping in here to say hi. I am new to the whole chick raising thing and am already getting addicted.

I am in the foothills of Central Cali... OK, Northern Cali. Valley Springs area. So... Hello!

Welcome to the thread!

EDIT: Sorry for picture spam! Didn't realize how long the post was until after I posted.

Hey everyone - I'm selling my flock. Mom told me after I got off work yesterday that my favorite hen, one of my original 6, had died.

I was devastated, and to make it worse, I had to watch her get ripped open for necropsy today. The guy that did it is very experienced and said everything looked normal. So between that and the fact that she and the other bird that died a couple weeks ago showed no symptoms of any kind, plus the fact that my flock has always tested free of diseases when birds are sent in to UC Davis for necropsy, we're thinking it was this darn heat that got them. It's been over 110. I know Jeff has lost at least 10 birds recently from the heat.

All my birds are FOR SALE.

"Splash" the Splash Andalusian. 2 years old. Top hen, feather-picker, skittish around people. But she is BEAUTIFUL, and a good layer. Her eyes are different, might make a really fun breeding project.




Mottled Orpington. A few months old. Not sure if male or female but I would bet money that it's a female as its brothers(who are also for sale) have BIG, RED combs and wattles.


Silkie pullet! A few months old. At least, I THINK it's a pullet. Very hard to tell with Silkies. This is a VERY friendly bird.


Silkie. A few months old. Again, not sure on gender. This one could be either, but I'm thinking female.


Lacey. Splash has picked her feathers like crazy, she is not very pretty right now. She is a year (or so) old Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. She is absolutely stunning when she has all her feathers - which she will after her next molt. She is broody right now and is sharing the nest box with Curly Sue.


This is a photo I took of one of Papa's Poultry's BLRW - this is the breeding stock Lacey came from - so you can get a better idea of how she will look after her next molt.


Curly Sue the Frizzle Tolbunt Polish. She is about 2.5 years old if I remember right. Walks with a slight limp due to having survived the neighbor's dog digging into my yard and attacking her. She recovered from going into major shock - she is a fighter!! She's broody right now, sharing the nest box with Lacey. She is a decent layer, but she's more of a conversation piece than anything!





Sabrina, French Black Copper Marans from Heaven Sent Ranch stock, which are normally $25 per unsexed day-old chick. Sabrina lays beautiful chocolate colored, sometimes speckled, eggs. She is about a year old and a great layer. She is pretty ugly right now due to Splash having picked at her feathers on her back so much. But there is a picture of her by the pool that shows how she will look after her next molt.




Little tiny Silkie. A few months old. Unsure on gender, but thinking pullet.



Maybe a more experienced Silkie person could weigh in on the genders of those 3 babies.
I also have two or three Mottled Orpington and 1 Chocolate Orpington COCKERELS for sale.
Please PM me if you're interested in any of the birds. Discount for buying multiple birds, and I will give a REALLY good discount to anyone who takes all 4 hens or a pair of hens.

I am so sorry you are going to sell your flock! They are all beautiful and you should be able to find great homes for them easily. If I were closer I would take some off your hands myself. I have been watching the temps up there and wonder how any human can survive it, much less animals.

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Good luck with that!

 

[caychris]

youngsters getting some yard time excuse the mess






can anyone tell me what this rascal is Neal has him (pretty sure him) and we dont know if he is breed or a mutt. He came with all the people in prison outfits.

 

[ronott1]

youngsters getting some yard time excuse the mess






can anyone tell me what this rascal is Neal has him (pretty sure him) and we dont know if he is breed or a mutt. He came with all the people in prison outfits.

Nice Pita Pintas!

He might be a marans--without the feathers on the legs and feet. There is quite a bit of red though.

 

[h2oratt]

Just jumping in here to say hi. I am new to the whole chick raising thing and am already getting addicted.

I am in the foothills of Central Cali... OK, Northern Cali. Valley Springs area.   So... Hello!

Hi I am julie in Stockton ca

 

[attimus]

Loving this thunder storm anyone right underneath it?

 

[coby fiji]

Modesto here, where y'all from

 

[attimus]

Bootjack up in the foothills,
How's the weather there? Starting to rain her now too

 

[Sueg4332]

Loving this thunder storm anyone right underneath it?

we were having lightening and thunder here in Ceres about that time too. Such strange weather. No rain that I saw. Lots of lightening.

 

[attimus]

Raining now, a scamper in the dark for covering and putting items in the shed. Haha to funny raining in July. Love this stuff. Hope the girls do.