Hens can crow, I didn't know that! I definitely don't want any roosters, certainly not to start. We have a neighbor's house a few hundred feet from ours. I think we'd be interested in getting some hens or pullets (isn't that what you call young female birds? I'm still trying to learn the...
Thanks StragestarChickens. We'll keep in touch. I'm still working on my getting my shop put together here, then I'll build the coop, which I haven't got designed yet. But I think we'd like a variety of girls - but no roosters! Don't want the crowing. We can hear at 3am the neighbor's...
Thanks StrangestarChickens. I found a neighbor here in Waiohinu who has a lot of chickens. We are going to get some chickens from them. They have some 3 year old hens - I think we'll start with some of them. They are a mixed breed - I think Golden Comet mostly. We'd like some Easter Eggers...
Thanks Soon2B! I did some more searching and found the Hawai'i State Thread. I think I posted there - no replies yet. But I'll keep checking... maybe get my bait cast net out on the side of the road and go catch some!
There are chickens everywhere here! Sort of like the Florida Keys were I moved from. So maybe I don't need an incubator, or to buy some chickens, maybe just a big throw net will do? :-) . Yesterday I was looking at a post that was maybe the Hawai'i state thread - but tonight I can 't find the...
Aloha, we want to start raising a few (12 or less I'm thinking now) chickens in June. We'll be living near South Point, on the Big Island, Hawai'i. We are newbies to chickens, and would like to find a local source to get some birds to start a flock. Does anyone on here sell fertile eggs (we...