California - Northern

[rambob59]

Hi everyone! I'm going up to san Francisco in the morning, does anybody have birds or eggs for sale?

 

[PetRock]

Hi everyone! I'm going up to san Francisco in the morning, does anybody have birds or eggs for sale?

Are you looking for something specific? Bantam or large fowl? How old?

 

[rambob59]

@nikki1496 my Girlfriend has 1 duck with our chickens. Its a bantam gray call duck. Not loud at all and very sweet

 

[EZFarms]

I'll have to see what pardner has

 

[member 142084]

Took some pictures of my garden. It's growing nicely this year harvested some potatoes and snow peas. I will soon have zucchini, carrots and green beans too.

Trisha

PS having snow peas for breakfast doesn't go very well with coffee, LOL.

That's beautiful! Wish mine looked like that Has to be the area you live in I have had to watch water too much.

 

[member 142084]

I need to post a pic of my crested Pekin she is so pretty. Almost has all her feathers in now

 

[sewandgrow]

Hey guys, I'm new here but I'd like to say I live in martinez If anyone knows where that is!

I do know where Martinez is..............Welcome. My husband's family use to go to Martinez for picnics when he was a kid. They were from Oakland. I will have to ask him where they went there. Ue has fond memories of their times there. I think there was a big swimming pool but this was a very long time ago........LOL
We live in Turlock now & have since 1979.
What chickens do you have or are interested in? You will find so much info here & friendly willing to help people too.

 

[sewandgrow]

Well, I didn't make it to Trader Joe's but I did find someone locally with fertile eggs. I got a mix of different breeds but they're all purebred, and all for $15 so I'm happy. I got:
5 Black Copper Marans
5 Welsummer
2 mixed color Marans
1 Olive Egger
1 Amerucana
2 Black Tail Japanese Bantams

And tomorrow morning I'm going to Trader Joe's to get fertile eggs as I didn't have time to get there this evening. How long do the refrigerated eggs need to sit on the counter for before they can be set in an incubator?

Quite a nice selection....good luck with your new incubator.

Will do. Are any of those breeds auto-sexing?

Nope........................not that I know of.

Drakes tend to be much quieter. I've hear Muscovy are quiet but I've never kept them. The quietest duck I've personally kept was a Cayuga.

Muscovies are called the quackless duck. Ours would stick out his neck & hiss....................LOL

I love ducks, LOVE them. Had them the whole time I was growing up. They seem to be a lot messier and a lot harder on the land they're on than other poultry. It is possible to keep them as backyard pets, but go in well-researched and with your eyes wide open.

Good advice for any new venture................google, u tube etc................. are great. You can sit & learn forever.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Des anyone here use alfalfa pellets? Ifnso how do you like using them ? I am considering making my own organic feed and I'm seeing it in a few recipes out there. In the summer I throw out a bale and they get plenty of veg table scraps since we're a large family.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Will do. Are any of those breeds auto-sexing?

welsummers I believe