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Thanks all for the kind words. This has been definitely a hard decision and I may decide to keep a small few (maybe) I want to keep a few but if i get rid of them all my father has offered to redo our backyard (lay sod and get the whole back yard all nice for the new baby) If i keep any, the...

Well the day has come that I must get rid of all my chickens Lost my main client yesterday which will Drastically affect my income and so knowing that I need to get super lean in all expenses and so unfortunately I need to find them all new homes. I know this is not the time of the year...

Thinking of getting rid of some hens and some older pullets. Anyone interested? The ones i know for sure: One barred rock (took from a friend so not sure how old but laying regularly) One buff orp (got her from ArizonaDesertChicks i think its been a little over a year now. she lays well...

Hiya everyone, So yea i dont even know how many pages I am behind. The chicks I got a while ago are doing great and so is everyone else. Its starting to get hot and now that the chickens are confined to a run instead of free ranging in the yard I am curious if there are any plants I could...

Hope everyone is doing ok! The thread goes by so fast lately i can barely keep up. So anyone have any young chicks they would get rid of (sell) and i mean week old or less if possible. I can go to the feed store but thought i would check here first. Have a broody that i cant seem to break...

so odd question. Was looking at getting an incubator and trying some eggs this year but for some of the more interesting breeds i thought it might make more sense to see if anyone would have some room in their really nice incubators coming up. Not sure if this is and odd thing to ask or not...

Quote: I have one Jersey Giant she is about 8 months old now I think. Would have to look to be sure. I want more

Quote: Do you mean the stuff political signs are made of? Sometimes you can find some on CL. I saved mine and used them as a divider between two fiesty roosters. I painted the other signs. One sign went up quickly ams didnt get painted. I need to paint it as it can be seen a mile away. It was...

spent most of the weekend reconfiguring the coop. Its now HUGE but not yet ready for pictures. I have to figure out a roof for part of it. I wanted to do that corrugated plastic roofing but it was expensive! OK well more expensive than the figure i had in my head lol Any suggestions? Shaun

Quote: Hiya, Yes just got my first green eggs a few days ago was wondering for a while if something was wrong. But they just started laying. I still have all of the ones i got from you and they are doing great!! I should get some pictures one day so you can see them. I am planning on...

Well Hello all, I have not been on here in a while. Things have just been so busy i havent had a chance to say Hi. From my quick scan it seems everyone is ok. My chickens are all doing really well. Aside from the freezing temperatures and the rain they are great. (bad coop placement in the...

Just saw an email reminding me to go here so i wanted to say Hi. Things have been so crazy at work that I havent had much time for anything but work family and keeping the animals happy. All seems to be going well. My pullets still havent started laying yet for some reason. I think they...

Quote: My dad seems to think he has lost his female, but there is no way he'll give up Barney. Perhaps you dad can pimp out his tortoise for a week? It is breeding season.... We should talk! He is willing to pimp lol... Call me I think you still have my number yes? Shaun

Quote: Just FYI if anyone ever has any desert tortoise they dont want I would love to have 1 or two and my dad has been looking for a male for his 10-15 yr old female JUST FYI Shaun

Quote: Hi Shaun - your 3rd roo is not a Bue Wheaten Ameraucana - it is a cross between a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana (the daddy) and a Blue Ameraucana (the hen). I bet he's beautiful - he was mostly blue before - I've love to see a pic too. I have another of his direct siblings (same cross)...

Quote: Sigh Im home now. I have no one to help me and my wife let the roos back into the coop after dark so they could eat and drink and chill. Do you think you might be interested in this roo? If so I will do what I can to try and keep him around till you get back on Saturday. Let me...

Quote: I will take a new pic tonight when i get home. I am working all day till late Shaun

Hello All, So not caught up here since i have been out of town and sick just before that,but had pressing business to chat about. So I had three roosters start crowing while we were gone on vacation... One - Black-grey Frizzled Silkie REALLY CUTE guy I WISH i could keep him! Two -...

Quote: lol Are they loud?? I assume you try and get a tom for butchering ? Totally new to this the idea hit me out of the blue Also um anyone out there that could help me with the processing part since i have NO idea how to do that? Maybe i shouldn't do this just yet LOL (yes im scared...

Quote: lol Are they loud?? I assume you try and get a tom for butchering ? Totally new to this the idea hit me out of the blue Also um anyone out there that could help me with the processing part since i have NO idea how to do that? Maybe i shouldn't do this just yet LOL (yes im scared...