California - Northern

[Disco Hen]

Anyone interested in some mixed sizzle chicks???

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Hey Zoo, I wish I would have been on here this week. My life is so crazy with getting ready to move that I am running around ragged. Guess where I am moving?! To redding. Anyway, I will have some FBCMs roos for you down the road for share I have hatched them from three different breeders so will have a diverse blood line. I also have some Blue Copper Marans that are growing up nicely. Anyway, are you interested in any more chicks? I am bringing some 1-3 day old chicks up for my neighbor in redding this weekend and have been selling quite a few extras. Anyone else in the sacramento or redding area interested in some chicks?

Hatched in the last week:
BBS Orps from Thistledown farms
Silkies from Thistledown farms
Light Sussex from The fancy Chick
Sizzles from multiple different breeders, (Sheri Minkner and others)
Polish (from Sheri Minkner
Ameracaunas (from Debi who works at Eleverta Feed) various colors: Birchen, Blue Wheaten, Black, Blue
BBS Ameracaunas from a BYC auction
French Black Copper Marans from Debi
Broilers from Debi
Olive Eggers from Debi
Silkies from Debi
Bantam Cochins from Sheri Minkner

I have hathing in 3 weeks:
SFHs
Sizzles
Silkies
White Leghorn
Rhode Island Reds
Brahmas
Light Sussex
Speckled Sussex
Ameracaunas
French Black Copper marans
Wheaten Marans
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes

Clearly I am over run with chickens and have completely lost my mind. Buy some chickens from me and help me pay for all these eggs!!! :-0

Prices on chicks that I have are anywhere from $5-15. All are straight run.
vaccination for Mareks is optional as I have plans to do so tomorrow afternoon on all the chicks that I am keeping. Maybe I'll go take some pictures and post on here to try to entice some buyers to save me from myself!!!

ahhh wish I could take some blue wheatan ameraucanas but well .. to many breeds now lol

 

[Papa Brooder]

Only problem is now there is another source close and easily available that I can drive over to and fill my incubator with eggs. I have some great looking chicks from her. A few of the ameracaunas look amazing. I'll have to take some pictures! After my next hatch in three weeks, I am not hatching anything else until my chickens start laying. Already, i have to start selling off the breeds I've decided not to keep. I just spend time in the pens up in redding and see which chickens i enjoy the most, which ones respond well to my kids. it's kind of fun, but i'm hoping i can off load the ones i just can't keep! i

 

[Papa Brooder]

Quote: Well then I guess we are neighbors. we are in between old oregon and stillwater on old 44. so, we must be in the same area. Oh, i will always have chicks. i've have a problem...clearly a hatch-a-holic!! Orps that I will ultimately have in the next six months: jubilees, gold laced, lavender, BBS, Lemon cuckoo, and chocolate. As you can see I love them as well. I go back and forth between them and the marans until i discover something cool like the legbars, rhodebars, and basques. My 10 breeding pens are already full and they aren't even finished yet. I have plans for 10 more that will house only 4-8 birds. the first ones I built can hold 10-12 birds. it's only when I start listing out the breeds I currently have that I realize that i have become my own person hatchery. oh boy...

 

[Meg2000000]

Well, Johnny and I are off to Spain!

1. Dogs at the sitters - check
2. Rabbit at the sitters - check
3. Chickens at the sitters - check
4. Head screwed on tight - ehhhh

If I don't get on BYC I hope everyone has a fabulous June! See you in a month!!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Only problem is now there is another source close and easily available that I can drive over to and fill my incubator with eggs. I have some great looking chicks from her. A few of the ameracaunas look amazing. I'll have to take some pictures! After my next hatch in three weeks, I am not hatching anything else until my chickens start laying. Already, i have to start selling off the breeds I've decided not to keep. I just spend time in the pens up in redding and see which chickens i enjoy the most, which ones respond well to my kids. it's kind of fun, but i'm hoping i can off load the ones i just can't keep! i
I am saying the same thing. I have one hatch going and will stop after they hatch. I need to get some space and let the Basque and Cream Legbars settle in.

The problem is, Elvirta is just a bit over the river....
My Brother used to live out there. He lost a nice place with a creek on it during the housing crash. He even built the house that he lost. It's a nice area, but should have a lot of predators. Guardian Dogs, electric fences and very secure coops for night.

Have fun over there in the Bella Vista area.

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

Well then I guess we are neighbors. we are in between old oregon and stillwater on old 44. so, we must be in the same area. Oh, i will always have chicks. i've have a problem...clearly a hatch-a-holic!! Orps that I will ultimately have in the next six months: jubilees, gold laced, lavender, BBS, Lemon cuckoo, and chocolate. As you can see I love them as well. I go back and forth between them and the marans until i discover something cool like the legbars, rhodebars, and basques. My 10 breeding pens are already full and they aren't even finished yet. I have plans for 10 more that will house only 4-8 birds. the first ones I built can hold 10-12 birds. it's only when I start listing out the breeds I currently have that I realize that i have become my own person hatchery. oh boy...

Oh my! haha I just emailed Debi (in RB) about adding on 2 or 3 more Marans and hopefully one of which would be a Roo). I have a ton of different duck breeds and it's fun for sure. I def got a feel for which ones I I like the most...which isn't always how others in my family feel. Next year I might venture out of these 2 breeds (Marans and BO) but since we have like 6 diff duck breeds and a pair of geese coming next week- and this is our first year with livestock/farm animals EVER... so much for me to learn about all this. I am so excited!

Welcome to Redding!

 

[zooweemama]

Well, Johnny and I are off to Spain!
1. Dogs at the sitters - check
2. Rabbit at the sitters - check
3. Chickens at the sitters - check
4. Head screwed on tight - ehhhh
If I don't get on BYC I hope everyone has a fabulous June! See you in a month!!

WOW! Have a wonderful time!!

 

[CowgirlJules]

I think I've found the bright side to losing all of those birds. I went to the feed store yesterday, and the bill for the whole month, for everything on the place, was less than $150. I used to spend more than that biweekly! That includes pigs, ducks and everything, and I won't have half of those by the end of summer. I think when I start up again, I'll keep it smaller.

 

[MrsMoonCat]

I think I've found the bright side to losing all of those birds. I went to the feed store yesterday, and the bill for the whole month, for everything on the place, was less than $150. I used to spend more than that biweekly! That includes pigs, ducks and everything, and I won't have half of those by the end of summer. I think when I start up again, I'll keep it smaller.

What is that they say about good intentions?? I planned on only my three breeds and I don't even want to tell you what I am feeding now. (I actually can't tell you off the top of my head)