ALABAMA!!

[Tomtommom]

I would love to show you my birds. I have the parents, and chicks of various ages. I have a couple of baches of Black Orpingtons cooking now and I'm about to set a few EE's so they will be ready in less than a month. I would be happy to move some and would likely make you a good deal, but I can't guarantee that I know the boys from the girls. As soon as it becomes apparent that a chick is likely a girl, she is snapped up. I have quite a few that are pretty obviously male and they will be going to someone for dinner. I will sell the "obvious boys for a dollar each so I don't have so many to feed. Some will be huge, nice roosters. but there's not much call for them.....

Let me know!

I was going to get a few cornish X for meat.. so some roosters would be fine too. I'm sure they take a bit longer to get big enough though, compared to a cornish X, so crowing may be an issue?

On the chicks.. we've got 3 black chickens... so other colors are prefered or some distinguishing feature (I prefer being able to tell my birds apart

, makes keeping tabs on their health easier), other than that... we're not picky. Would love some eggies in a shade other than light brown.. again one of those 'easier to tell apart' things. I would LOVE to know who is laying and who isn't, right about now!

If you've got some ready, any Monday or Wednesday would be great. If you still gotta hatch them, that's fine too. I've bought a heat plate to replace a heat lamp... so I am not going to be as frantic, trying to have all the babies at the same time to reduce the window of extreme power usage.

 

[Tfonda]

Coops4me those birds are beauties I bet u don't live far from me I'm South of Dothan about 5 mins from FL state line how much for those cute babies I might need a couple!!

 

[Tomtommom]

I guess I will become the local chicken dispatcher...

Y'all got roos, just bring 'em to me.... I'll eat 'em. Freak the kids out with black chicken.

 

[groleau6]

I guess I will become the local chicken dispatcher...

Y'all got roos, just bring 'em to me.... I'll eat 'em. Freak the kids out with black chicken.

I just might do that! After all, you live about 5 minutes from me, if that.

honestly, I wouldn't mind raising meat birds but I don't want fertile eggs just yet...that would freak me out to go to bake with my eggs, and crack an open fertile egg.

 

[groleau6]

Tomtommom, we are planning on a homeschool play date at Veteran's tomorrow around 10. If you are free you should bring your kids too. I am bringing my younger ones. I would love to talk chickens with you

 

[JDchicks]

Looking for some Columbian Cochins, would like some standard size but bantams will do. Also looking for some white silkies,
Does anyone close to Dothan, Al have ny for sale..will buy eggs also.

Unfortunately, no Columbian Cochins. But I down in SE Alabama, just north of Dothan.

 

[Coops4me]

3.00 each for babies. There between 1-3 weeks now

 

[Tomtommom]

I just might do that! After all, you live about 5 minutes from me, if that.

honestly, I wouldn't mind raising meat birds but I don't want fertile eggs just yet...that would freak me out to go to bake with my eggs, and crack an open fertile egg.

Honestly, if you stick them in the fridge, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless you knew what you were looking for.

We get some bloody specks every once in a while, but that's just part of the deal with 'real' eggs, and has nothing to do with being fertilized or not (none of mine are). It's just part of the lining in their system. Commercial eggs go through an x-ray and any eggs with spots end up in the liquid egg stuff or get sold in bulk for baked goods... that's why you don't see it in those.

A fertilized egg has a little white bullseye, where a normal egg just has a white dot. No baby chicks in your eggs, unless you left them under your chicken for a week.

Tomtommom, we are planning on a homeschool play date at Veteran's tomorrow around 10. If you are free you should bring your kids too. I am bringing my younger ones. I would love to talk chickens with you

Will see if we're up for it. My step-son is in school, but my two year old may like it. All depends on what dad has planned for his day off.

My two year old just LOOOOVES his daddy. Whenever it's his day off, that boy is like velcro.

 

[waynec1955]

Our babies at two weeks, doing well. Our second hatching due to come off in two weeks.

 

[kingfrodo]

Honestly, if you stick them in the fridge, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless you knew what you were looking for.

We get some bloody specks every once in a while, but that's just part of the deal with 'real' eggs, and has nothing to do with being fertilized or not (none of mine are). It's just part of the lining in their system. Commercial eggs go through an x-ray and any eggs with spots end up in the liquid egg stuff or get sold in bulk for baked goods... that's why you don't see it in those.

A fertilized egg has a little white bullseye, where a normal egg just has a white dot. No baby chicks in your eggs, unless you left them under your chicken for a week.

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