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[doublejfarm]

Ok so I gotta ask are any of y'all into meat birds? Also who sells chicks before I buy from a hatchery. Anyone gonna have hicks forsale in the CSRA this spring?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

I didn't know this:

The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is a 13-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is also considered to include five to eight counties in South Carolina. The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCollum, the winner of a $250 contest held by The Augusta Chronicle to generate the best name for the area. Today the acronym is so commonly used that the full name is not known to all residents. The region is located on and named after the Savannah River, which forms the border between the two states. The largest cities within the CSRA are Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina.
As of the 2010 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, the CSRA had a total population of 709,433, and the six-county Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area (at the center of the CSRA) had a population of 543,738, making it the second largest in the State of Georgia.

Central Savannah River Area (CSRA)
Burke County, Georgia: Keysville · Midville · Waynesboro Girard · Sardis · Vidette
Columbia County, Georgia: Grovetown · Harlem · Evans · Martinez · Appling
Glascock County, Georgia: Edge Hill · Gibson · Mitchell
Hancock County, Georgia: Sparta · Culverton
Jefferson County, Georgia: Avera · Louisville · Stapleton · Wadley · Wrens · Bartow
Jenkins County, Georgia: Millen · Perkins
Lincoln County, Georgia: Lincolnton · Chennault
McDuffie County, Georgia: Thomson · Dearing
Richmond County, Georgia: Augusta · Blythe · Hephzibah
Taliaferro County, Georgia: Crawfordville · Sharon
Warren County, Georgia: Norwood · Warrenton · Camak · Jewell
Washington County, Georgia: Davisboro · Oconee · Sandersville · Tennille · Deepstep · Harrison · Riddleville
Wilkes County, Georgia: Washington · Rayle · Tignall
Aiken County, South Carolina: Aiken · North Augusta · Jackson · Burnettown · Monetta · New Ellenton · Perry · Salley · Wagener · Windsor · Belvedere · Clearwater · Gloverville · Bath · Beech Island · Graniteville · Langley · Vaucluse · Warrenville
Edgefield County, South Carolina: Edgefield · Johnston · Trenton · Murphys Estates
Allendale County, South Carolina: Allendale · Fairfax · Sycamore · Ulmer · Martin
Barnwell County, South Carolina: Barnwell · Blackville · Elko · Hilda · Kline · Snelling · Williston
McCormick County, South Carolina: McCormick · Parksville · Plum Branch · Clarks Hill · Modoc · Mount Carmel · Willington

Hi! No meat birds, but chicks hatching every week / 10 days here.

Lisa​

 

[FarmerJohn3285]

DoubleJ, I will have chicks this spring as well. Check out BYC page for pics of my most of my birds.

Lisa, That is pretty neat. Wikipedia I assume?!?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi John! Yes, swiped from WikiP.
Anybody got any tips for keeping ants out of coops/runs?

Lisa
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[char259]

Are you serious? Somebody else here from Waynesboro!!!!

Awesome!

I'm on the south side - going towards Sardis!

edited to add - Please put me on your list.

 

[FarmerJohn3285]

Only sure fire thing I know that works against ants are Guineas! Although I don't have any myself, just what I know from BYC. I know I put down pine shavings at the beginning of summer to dry up the floor to get rid of a bad fly problem. Worked like a charm!

 

[char259]

Could one guinea live in a small flock of chickens?

 

[oneofseven]

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Welcome char259. I will certainly add you to the list.

 

[oneofseven]

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I know that a good sprinkling of DE works. Only problem is you cannot keep it on the sides of things. They will find a way around.

 

[FarmerJohn3285]

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I know WestKnollAmy in upstate South Carolina had a random Guinea come to her yard and would hang out with the chickens, until she got a second one, and now those two stay pairded up and off in their own world from what i gather from her.

P.S. I'm thinking of getting rid of my RIR flock to spend more time on my Delawares and BLRW. Anyone interested? PM me if so. I have 6 hens (6mos-1yr), 1 roo (8mos-1yr), and 4 Gold Comet hens (1 yr old). Would like $10 per hen, I'll give the roo for free if you buy all.