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Wthrlady I am looking for a couple chicks but couldn't remember how close to Omaha you are. I saw your post about cream legbar and I would love one of those and a Marans. I don't need now, I could wait until later. I think I am getting close to retiring a couple of my girls. I have 3 pullets...

Moe QC supply in elkhorn always has some good looking birds and different ones than tractor supply . Last year QC had golden laced wyandottes and several other varieties.

Moe I have a mixed flock. Old girls are Blue Orpington, Heinz 57 (she was a classroom hatch), a silkie ( good for nothing but a laugh), after Thanksgiving I added a Buff orp, Barred rock, and Delaware somewhere about 20 weeks old when I got them. We got our first eggs from 1 of them last...

The coop as I left it today. My mom found my grandpa's weathervane in their garage. A coat of fresh paint and it was mounted today!

Hi All...Still working on the coop. It has been wrapped in tar paper for the rain and wind the last 2 days. Hope to try to get it done over the weekend. Does any have or know of anyone with any late summer/early fall hatches that I might be able to buy a few pullets off of? I prefer no RIRs...

Hi all, Seems like I have been on quite a long sabbatical again. Thought I would share...I have finally begun the coop that has been 2 years in the making. I got a bunch of pallets and materials from "The Old Yolks" in April of 2013, thanks again Nan! I had too many things get in the way of...

So...Funny chicken story to share. Today my mom and I were cleaning out my garage in honor of our neighborhood cleanup. My garage looked like hoarders lived in it, pallet hoarders. I am making my new coop of mostly salvaged materials. Anyway things were in there when we moved in and I just...

thndrdancr Well, all of the eggs I hatched from you were for my local community garden. I adopted 2 when they had a change over of people in charge. Honestly I believe they had too many hens in the pen. They were taking in homeschool or school group hatch rejects (the babies no one wanted...

thdrdancr HI!!! Oh my we must have ESP. I was thinking about you, wishing I had more sweet BBS Orp ladies. I didn't have a roo here, we had to rehome I think only 2 out of my hatch. I do have my favorite Blue Girl, Big Bertha, and a sweet little partridge silkie, Fluff. I also have a...

mg Thanks for the offer of egg seeking. I do not have an incubator at current. I have found barred rock,!new hampshire red and red sex link pullets but was hoping for a mixed batch!

Hi fellow Nebraskans. I have been on BYC hiatus for a long time from the looks of it. Last post was 2013. Tried to hatch with the help of PlatteRiverPs under a broody hen and was almost successful, but we know where almost counts. I postponed the new bigger coop (all supplies are in my...

PlatteRiver I haven't ever been to one either and have always wanted to go. Are there often a large variety of interesting birds there? DW

I supply my family when I have extra because I want them all to enjoy good eggs. I got in to chickens because I wanted to know where my food came from and how the producers of that food are treated. I buy a half of a cow each year as well from a co-worker. He works very hard to raise quality...

Nate: I agree with mg sounds awesome. I have a tractor currently but have been itching for a much better set up. I think that I am going to try sand in my new coop. I was going to do the pine shavings deep litter, but decided that an awesome kid chore is using a rake to rake the poo, a...

Heinz 57...farm yard question marks. One of the schools in the district I work for hatched them. The farmer had no idea what breeds, just an assortment of mutts. :) The yellow one was Banana. Flighty had to have some mediteranean something in her because she was really upright in stature...

MG- My girls would eat those mice! I could maybe rent them out!!! One of our first hens "Sophia" (name by my son) used to eat garden snakes that were at least a foot long and as big around as my index finger. She slurped them like spaghetti. It was disturbing because the darn thing would...

Hi all...I am doing some research of breeds I might be able to get locally (Nebraska) or semi-locally. I would love to expand my mixed flock to include any/all of the following. Dorking Swedish Flower Cream Legbar Marans Do any of you know of anyone relatively near by who might be...

Hi Nate To prepare I read a TON...and my best advice is raccoon proof EVERYTHING!!! We live in close to Dundee in Omaha and have the biggest nastiest raccoons. Since I started this chicken adventure 3 years ago I have lost about 4 birds to the hungry bandits in my area. Good luck on your...

Welcome Michelle. Nothing better than chicks in Spring.

Well that is interesting. The problem at our house is that I built the coop and the nest boxes on either end so I don't have the option to put in metal. Oh well, maybe when I upgrade this spring. Good to know mine aren't the only ones. Our old girls used to make a pretty little nest of the...