i ordered from them last march, and all but 5 out of 26 died - 5 of the 17 replacements they sent were roos. i ordered their ornamental layer collection. never again - the lady on the phone was trying to blame me - and said she was not going to send replacements if i was just going to kill them...
little john - cochin roo
big daddy - cochin roo
anakin - blue sumatra roo
amadala - blue sumatra pullet
scar - white mutt
simba - white mutt
itty bitty - black minorca hen
raven - black minorca hen
snow white - white langshan hen
just a few...
Good luck - i looked for a black polish roo for quite some time before i gave up, and got rid of my polish hens. there are alot of silkie owners in our area though.:|
the first egg hatch fine! that is the chick in the 1st pic. the second chick did not make it out. it died in the egg - about 1/2 of the egg was cracked. so i helped the last two out. i have the one in the previous pic. and two that came from blue eggs.
out of seven eggs
two brown - one...
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wow BYC considers PCOT competition? WOOHOO! TEXANS RULE!
just to be clear i use both, and i think they are both great for their own different reasons.
you might try the arcola show.
http://busterschickens.blogspot.com/2007/10/animal-trading-day-arcola-feed.html
you can contact michele - her number is on the flyer.
if you dont find what you want feel free to contact pcot
you can meet some chicken addicts in your area.
maybe a langshan mix, judging by how tall he is, with feathered legs. is he a good breeder? i am breeding 2 cochin roos to my hens maybe next spring i will get some feather legged EE's. i have one broody on 4 EE eggs right now.
i saw thosse there, i am glad you found them. if i had bantams i would have bought one of the blue roos from the man near the middle of the south side acrossed from all the cactii. i thought they were a pair, but he told me they were two roos. if i get started on the bantams i will need a whole...
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I knew a lady who lived in Dayton, and for the life of me I can't remember her name now. She used to volunteer with the equine rescue I was involved with for a short time!
did she do 4H for horses? the only one i that has horses around here by name is linda ward.
yes she was passing out fliers for the arcola feed show, but that was early around 0830.
i saw the lady on the corner, it looked like they had about 300 silkies and about the same amount of polish too, but i was looking for a self black polish roo, to make blue babies. i think she had two cages...
I had a blast up there today, i bought 5 of the blue sumatras.
there were tons of silkies, and polish chickens there today. but no black polish roo for me, so i got rid of my polish hens, and the campine i had. so i am still +1 on the chicken count. oh yeah - and my daughter bought a pair of...