Recent content by blackcat0229

I've had chickens in a lot of places - as a Navy RN I moved around alot. Wetness causes stinkiness more than anything else. Water has to be kept fresh, and the ground must be able to dry out or anything will stink. Most chickens themselves don't stink - just the poop and wet/damp litter. Pine...

Please email me at [email protected] I need to know how to find you, and how much you want for you little guy! Thanks, Rhonda Taylor Frosted Fjords Farm Marengo, Ohio

I want to buy a Buff Brahma Rooster for my girls. Our previous rooster was nabbed by a raccoon. I am in OHIO, and can pick-up in state. Thanks.

Have several hens, I need to buy a BANTAM white crested polish rooster, preferably the more common black, but blue or white would do. I am in OHIO, and can pick-up in state. Out of state, please let me know if you can ship USPS. Thank you.

Dear 4-H, Don't worry about assisting with the shipping costs - consider it a donation. Since 4-H is an opportunity for children to learn, help them learn to say "The eggs arrived. Thank you." Even if everyone of the eggs I sent were broken, communication is a wonderful thing. From the gifter...

Dear Puzzled, I'm not sure the going rates in your area - but here are 2 ideas. www.eggbid.com they list many adult, started & chicks. They have a category for peacocks that might give you an idea - reserve / starting bid amounts. At the recent auction in LaRue, Ohio - adult males with any...

Dear Snaked, It will eat anything it can get in its mouth (so, relatively small things) that is warm & protein. And some things like nest eggs that it thinks are. Poor snake, if it ate the nest egg - terminal tummy ache. I prefer snakes to rats or possums. I've always loved having a black...

Dear Kat, I'm with you! I love my light and buff Brahmas! I also had fun with my Cochins, but they didn't lay well. I think my gray splash Cochin hen, Powderpuff didn't lay a single egg in her 6 years. She was very friendly, as was her rooster Freckles (also gray splash Cochin) Freckles was...

Dear Turkey Mom, I am so sorry about your baby turkey. And a bourbon red too. I am so very sorry. This changes the scenario. Please see your aviary vet. It may be Arizonosis. I pray it is not. Occurs worldwide in young turkeys, caused by Bacterium-Salmonella Arizona. The effects are same as...

Dear Worried Turkey Parent, No drainage, no crusting - very little risk of dying of THIS problem. Babies have their own risks of dying, we know. If it was seriously infected - different issue. (no guarantees on stuff like dogs, cats, other critters killing him because he's blind on one...

Dear Lonely, It's very difficult - and being lonely is harder to fix than being alone. I go to free seminars, church & hobby clubs to meet people like me. It's harder for you than for me - divorced, 54yo single mom w teenager at home, work full time. If you just want some connection, and...

Dear Teacher, If you send me a snail mail address, I have some interesting eggs. Turkey, duck, goose, Maran, Brahma, I think a few sparrow. My neighbor has Wellsummer & call duck. We could send the "non-fertile" candle eggs - since we are hatching right now. (Between us, I think we are now...

I'd like to buy pure white runner ducks. I've had all the other colors (except butterscotch) but not the just white. Any directions for where I can look? Eggs, adults or ducklings? Thanx. Blackcat0229

Dear Teacher, I don't think mine would fit, but I have an autoturner, holds 42 eggs - standard. Will handle duck, most turkey & most bantam eggs. Not quail, not goose. Needs an area 15x15 inches square. Fits the forced air Hovabator. Could you use this? You pay shipping. Blackcat0229

:DABOUT SHIPPING:lol: Hey guys, I've gotten 28 adult hens/roosters shipped from just about everywher in the US. They ship overnight US Post Office (usually) in a special ventilated shipping box. The box usually costs about $10, the shipping usually runs about $50-60. I get 2 per pox. My...