2014 New York Chickenstock

[baunlee]

i'm trying to decide which breed of a rooster out of the ones I like would give me the most options with egg colors.
if I get wheaten ameraucanas and black copper maran hens should I ask the person selling me those for a rooster..
OR would it be better to just wait and see if sonew123 has any available because if I understand correctly, then I might be able to get olive eggs if I mix them?
sorry the newb question.. egg color thing is new for me, we always just bought chicks from the local feed store the previous times ive had them

 

[Gramma Chick]

Rancher...Im so sorry...thinking about you and your wife prayers and hugs!!!,

I totally want some of those hybiscus climbing plant things!!!! Someone put me down for those??

Not climbers ...they are small summer trees will be about the size of liliacs ...when mature ..Still want some ?
they will be seedlings about 3- 5 inches high ..maybe just a couple each ...I will divide them based on what I have & who wants some

Quote: You are on my list ..
Like just sweets ? You can do Fruit sweetened right ?
I think I will try to play with a apple betty dessert ...recipe .to see if I can make it sugar free & gluten free ...

Bring something you can eat too

 

[sonew123]

Im all in..gramma chick

Baunlee...if you had marans hens and a ccl rooster you will wind up with hens that will produce olive eggers...same thing if younhad ccl hens and marans roos olive eggers i love the genetics of it all

 

[chick inn]

FOR SALE!!!

I suggest contacting these members asap as most of us will only be bringing items that we know people want, have ordered, or have pre-paid for. If you would like me to add your items to this list please PM me what you are offering and what your asking price is as it is difficult for me to include all thread posts of what people have, plus I don't want to assume that people want me re-posting their offers. This will be updated as PMs come in and every so often so you don't have to dig...

Lynzi777 Offering:
Lavender Silkie Hatching Eggs (out of Geri Godina's Lines): $20/dozen
Orpington Hatching Eggs from my Splash over Lavender & Blue Trio: $15/dozen
Updated 3/31: Mottled Silkie/Cochin Roo and black hen: $40 Sold

Pyxis Offering:
BBS Copper Marans chicks - only bringing if preordered - $5 a chick
Possibly, if they start laying, sex linked OE hatching eggs - $15 a dozen
Regular OE hatching eggs - $10 a dozen
Bantam Mille Fleur Cochin Project eggs - $20 a dozen - will probably only have one dozen for that week.
Started Plants - Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Watermelon, Pumpkins, Mini Pumpkins, Cantaloupe, Peppers, Black Oil Sunflowers for seeds for the chooks - $3 each.

Metella Offering: These are all low prices or our group only ....
Light tan Horse Saddle - Brand New $75
True Blue horse blanket and halter - Brand New $20
Leather and Silver horse halter - lightly used $5
Small Plum Tree saplings - All spoken for $5 each
Barnyard mixed flock fertile eggs - will only bring if someone is interested $4.00 doz

ACES Chix is Offering: Updated 4/12
Chicks days old to one week, straight run: $4
Wheaten / Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes
LF Cochins - possible frizzle
Marans, BBS in Birchen &/or Copper
Olive Egg layers (Marans over Ameraucanas)
Possibly Polish mixes
Older pairs and misc. started birds available as pre-sold birds only. Please contact me for availability. Here is a partial list:
Splash Wheaten cockerels,
Mottled Cochin Cockerels,
Blue cochin cockerel,
Gold laced split to tolbunt Polish,
Gold Laced Polish roo with a very upright tail set 11 months,
Black Ameraucana 4 weeks,
Frizzled Mottled Cochin Roo 11 months,
golden cuckoo Orpington Roo - 10 months.
Beautiful BLRW breeding flock. 1 cock - Foley lines, 5 hens - Sterling and Foley lines. These are awesome birds, I just need the room for cochins.

Cracrzy4chicks is Offering:
Australorp hatching eggs - $25 dozen
Australorp chicks - $5 each ( straight run )
EE / OE hatching eggs - $15 dozen
EE / OE chicks - $4 each ( straight run )My EE / OE's consist of 2 Ameracauna Roos ( 1 Lav, 1 Blue ) over : Blue Am , Lav. Aracauna, Cuckoo OE, 2 Blue EE's,1 Blue mottled EE, 2 White EE's ( they are Silver Am x Leghorn ). All of these girls lay a green, olive or blue egg.
I also have these roos over 2 BR hens, if anyone wants to try for a Barred EE.
NPIP# 21-1327

Chick Inn Offering:
Started pullets from my chicken source (he will not be making it and I don't have enough time to hatch chicks, plus I don't have the variety he has!!) they will be various prices according to age, please PM me if you are interested in any of the following:
Brabanters (cream and gold), Barred Rocks
Welsummer, Cuckoo Marans
Barnvelder, Sussex
Java, Ideal 236 Leghorn
Chanatecler, GL Wyandotte
Light Brahma, Dark Brahma
Dominique, Salmon Faverolle
Rhode Island White, Asst. LF Cochin
La Fleche, Norwegan Jaerhon
Mottled Java, Partridge Plymouth Rock
Americana, Speckled Sussex
Rhode Island Red

ImpulsiveFarmer Offering:
Golden Cuckoo Marans $4/per chick - $15/for 1 dozen hatching eggs.
Black Jersey Giants $3/per chick - $10/for 1 dozen hatching eggs.
Narragansett turkey hatching eggs $25/ for 1 dozen.
I might also have started Narragansett turkey poults, but I have to see how my two batches I have in right now go.
I will only be bringing what I have pre-sold.

 

[bakingintherain]

Remind me a few days before the picnic. I might let the go the parents of the silver partridge if I have enough chicks to run on.

ok sounds good

They are not yet laying. Got them in Feb or was it March. I can't give you pics since I need to clean the pool they are in. No one here was expected to clean them while I was away so I'm not upset. Amazing how much things can change in two weeks. Oh, they're Blue Swedish.

Anyone know what age ducks begine to lay and how to tell these guys/gals apart. I expected them to be smaller. Not quite Call size but not Goose size either. Though I expect Geeses are bigger still.

This thing with DW has got me freaking out. She on the other hand is like a Duck. Calm on top, but paddling like heck underneath.

i would say $10ish each based on the prices around here but maybe someone who sells more can chime in

Ill bring bottles water as well...I typically drink a gallon a day

...Is it possible just MAYBE that the total,list of what people have and are bringing can be posted Thursday before stock?? This way we all know what our jobs are?? Lol i dont want to forget anything;(..
I have my list of CCL buyers...As they hatch here Ill put them in groups and post a pm to the person so I can get them all paid for before bringing all of them!! Lol thats alot of birds !!! Hahaha

So far HORSEKEEPER I have your 3 roos ...they are 4 weeks old right now...
CHICK IN I have your extra roo as well...just waiting to hatch your trio as well...

i drink that much too, i usually travel will a couple gallons in my car all the time

It's a tree or shrub in the Hibicus family. Comes in white, blue (purple) and pink. There is a Double flower variety that I think is sterile.

The variety I have is very weedy, but can be controlled easily by cutting down the sprouts.

soooooooooooooo pretty

 

[ke5hde]

They are not yet laying. Got them in Feb or was it March.  I can't give you pics since I need to clean the pool they are in. No one here was expected to clean them while I was away so I'm not upset.  Amazing how much things can change in two weeks.   Oh, they're Blue Swedish. 

Anyone know what age ducks begine to lay and how to tell these guys/gals apart.  I expected them to be smaller.  Not quite Call size but not Goose size either.  Though I expect Geeses are bigger still.  

This thing with DW has got me freaking out.  She on the other hand is like a Duck. Calm on top, but paddling like heck underneath.  

I wouldn't expect to see eggs from them until Aug/Sept. Them might lay through the winter, they might not. At this age you should be able to tell who is who from their voices. Ducks quack, drakes don't. Drakes will also get a curly tail feather.
I understand your stress when it comes to the wife, Danielle is going in for a biopsy next Friday. She's stressed out and I'm the calm one. It's usually the other way around.

On another note, I will have runner duck hatching eggs available for the picnic. I'm only bringing what is pre sold and can do 2 maybe 3 dozen. They'll be $20dz. I'll also have runners hatching in 11 days so if anyone is interested let me know. $10ea straight run. These will be the only ducklings I have for sale this year, nothing else until fall when I'll let adult pairs go.

 

[Lapeerian]

Less than 1 month!!!
I'll be getting some SLW due to hatch April 21 from Morrisville, anyone going to have similar aged chicks? Be easier for me to integrate into the main flock. Don't need show quality, must be good layers. Need EE.
Metella, do you have a pic of the leather/silver halter?

 

[sonew123]

Ok..I guess I need to ask a favor...i had a list going and now cant find it PLEASE pm me if I asked to get something from you...chicks...eggs...or plants...Dont worry about pming me about the ccls im hatching i have that list!! I just need to know what to bring and how much room I need for the trip home!! I can recall asking about a few kinds of plants...day old chicks marans I believe is all I asked for and dark marans eggs??

Im starting to pool all my chickenstock items to get ready so I dont forget!!!

 

[rancher hicks]

I planted my Rose of Sharons near my garden in an effort to draw bees, but the first year they bloomed there there few if any bees. I was very disappointed. Even now there are not many bees. Hornets I got bees no.

If you have an area that is not being used, please clear it out and just toss some wild flower seeds and let them grow. Save the bees.

I looked into getting a hive but it's work I can't do and money I don't have. One quote from a guy on CL was $350.

 

[aceschix]

i'm trying to decide which breed of a rooster out of the ones I like would give me the most options with egg colors.
if I get wheaten ameraucanas and black copper maran hens should I ask the person selling me those for a rooster..
OR would it be better to just wait and see if sonew123 has any available because if I understand correctly, then I might be able to get olive eggs if I mix them?
sorry the newb question.. egg color thing is new for me, we always just bought chicks from the local feed store the previous times ive had them

We'll see how sonew's hatches go between now and then. If she does not hatch enough I have one cockerel left out of her eggs. He is available for sale if you need him.