California chicken enthusiests.. where do you get your birds?

[ScratchesWithChickens]

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Do you have any bantam mille fleur cochin hatching eggs available?

 

[onthespot]

I have two hens out of my F2 pen that JUST started laying. That pen is mottled hens split to mille fleur, in with a dark spotted mille fleur rooster. Then there is one hen just started laying last week in the F3 pen, which is all mille fleur pullets in with a mille fleur cockerel and a mottled F1 roo with KILLER good rounded cushion. So I am not getting three eggs a day, but some days I do. Most days one or two. Shouldn't be too long before more of them kick in and speed up the assembly line though...

 

[Imagesoart]

I just wanted to say hi!

Come March, the rural ACE Hardware Store in Los Gatos starts selling chicks. I got my first flock from them! Also, Sam's Feed store in San Jose will order chicks for you. I think this is in a few months as well.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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my neighbor got his chickens from Tru North, and they are wonderful. (One of them came to visit for a day once, and she was a sweetie, and gorgeous!) A thought on the price..... If I could buy my chickens from someone who charged more, but the birds were healthier, I would not see it as expensive.

Expensive was when I bought a feed store BO, watched her get EYP, treated her with antibiotics and a vet visit, only to watch her decline and die. Now THAT was expensive.

Tru North sounds like a bargain. I will be checking into them, if I don't get any pullets from my John Blehm Ameraucana order.

 

[cherylcohen]

Rachel is fabulous at tru north farm...she is very caring and really does a great job of choosing quality birds, we have 6 of her girls

 

[petrelline]

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Los Gatos Rural Supply has baby chicks NOW! They start getting them just after valentine's day. Just yesterday they had a good collection of tiny buff orps.

I have trouble with feed stores because even though I already have chicks in the brooder I always want more. more! more! more!

 

[eastbaychicks]

Anyone know where to get fertile eggs if I wind up with a broody chicken?

 

[cherylcohen]

I just got some from 5 different breeders. i just looked up different threads on BYC and found out who had certain eggs. I believe you also can add a post under the items wanted section https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=56

 

[eastbaychicks]

Were they locals?

 

[cherylcohen]

nope they were shipped

except one person that had barnevelders