California-Southern

[Magana559]

HI, thanks for joining the SoCal thread…it's been a little slow =)
You should have lots of choices in your area.  Are you starting out with chickens, turkeys and rabbits?

Yes indeed, it's been kind of a wild ride with the turkeys but it's almost time for them to......uh see the greener pasture

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[sol2go]

Yes indeed, it's been kind of a wild ride with the turkeys but it's almost time for them to......uh see the greener pasture

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I've never had turkeys, what makes it a "wild ride"?
Did you choose a particular type of turkey, if so, why?

 

[Magana559]

I wasn't planning on turkeys, my dear old mother decided to buy 34 of them.....needless to say 34 turkeys for a beginner is no fun!
To be honest I thought they were heritage bronze turkeys but they might be broad breast bronze. I haven't a clue.
The wild ride is in the feed cost and the blackhead that broke out, not to mention I'm on a single acre so it makes fun to have 34 turkeys roaming round the property. I kept them in a large pen for the first 10 weeks, cleaning the pen every 3 days and a bail of orchard grass every 3 days wasn't fun either.

 

[Talonstorm]

I know this is a long shot, but I have 4 beautiful cockerels to find homes for. I know this is a request that will get me no responses, but I am hoping to find homes where they will not be turned into meat. They are located in Oxnard.

The first 3 are blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I purchased them as hatching eggs and of the 4 that hatched, 3 are boys, sigh. They were hatched on 3/7/15. They are all healthy, very friendly and outgoing. Here are some pictures:






The remaining boy is a bielefelder, also purchased as a hatching egg. Hatched on 4/2/15. This one in particular is super sweet and friendly! This breed is known for being great egg layers and laying very large brown eggs. He would make a good rooster for someone making barnyard mixes. He came from a good breeder and is really shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, I can't keep roosters and my experience with the no crow collar was not positive (not on this boy, but a different orp roo I tried to keep).

 

[Halokirbs]

Take them to Chickens Galore in Norco. He can resell them I am sure.

 

[sol2go]

I know this is a long shot, but I have 4 beautiful cockerels to find homes for. I know this is a request that will get me no responses, but I am hoping to find homes where they will not be turned into meat. They are located in Oxnard.

The first 3 are blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I purchased them as hatching eggs and of the 4 that hatched, 3 are boys, sigh. They were hatched on 3/7/15. They are all healthy, very friendly and outgoing. Here are some pictures:






The remaining boy is a bielefelder, also purchased as a hatching egg. Hatched on 4/2/15. This one in particular is super sweet and friendly! This breed is known for being great egg layers and laying very large brown eggs. He would make a good rooster for someone making barnyard mixes. He came from a good breeder and is really shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, I can't keep roosters and my experience with the no crow collar was not positive (not on this boy, but a different orp roo I tried to keep).

Good Luck, they are so colorful, hopefully the pictures will help you find homes...
Also, did you post on the buy/sell/trade section of BYC?
If you do/did, try popping into some of the other threads and let them know too, the Northern California thread has a bigger audience I suspect.

 

[Sylvester017]

I know this is a long shot, but I have 4 beautiful cockerels to find homes for. I know this is a request that will get me no responses, but I am hoping to find homes where they will not be turned into meat. They are located in Oxnard.

The first 3 are blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I purchased them as hatching eggs and of the 4 that hatched, 3 are boys, sigh. They were hatched on 3/7/15. They are all healthy, very friendly and outgoing. Here are some pictures:






The remaining boy is a bielefelder, also purchased as a hatching egg. Hatched on 4/2/15. This one in particular is super sweet and friendly! This breed is known for being great egg layers and laying very large brown eggs. He would make a good rooster for someone making barnyard mixes. He came from a good breeder and is really shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, I can't keep roosters and my experience with the no crow collar was not positive (not on this boy, but a different orp roo I tried to keep).

The thing about finding homes for chickens is to be pro-active since no one obviously will just come up to you and ask for a cockerel. Another BYCer had a sweet rare bird she didn't want to be someone else's dinner and another who had an amputated wing. Prime candidates as therapy chickens. Contact hospital and school and senior citizen organizations to get some rescue/therapy lists to see if they are interested in using one or all of your guys. Looks like you are being pro-active. I have a link to Black Hen Farm that rescues unwanted chickens and gives them forever homes till they die naturally and maybe they can further advise you http://www.blackhenfarm.com/index.html Their website is loaded with interesting chicken stuff.

 

[Sylvester017]

I know this is a long shot, but I have 4 beautiful cockerels to find homes for. I know this is a request that will get me no responses, but I am hoping to find homes where they will not be turned into meat. They are located in Oxnard.

The first 3 are blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I purchased them as hatching eggs and of the 4 that hatched, 3 are boys, sigh. They were hatched on 3/7/15. They are all healthy, very friendly and outgoing. Here are some pictures:






The remaining boy is a bielefelder, also purchased as a hatching egg. Hatched on 4/2/15. This one in particular is super sweet and friendly! This breed is known for being great egg layers and laying very large brown eggs. He would make a good rooster for someone making barnyard mixes. He came from a good breeder and is really shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, I can't keep roosters and my experience with the no crow collar was not positive (not on this boy, but a different orp roo I tried to keep).

I wish you luck in find them forever homes. It took us weeks to find a home for a rare cockerel missent to us as a pullet. Hatching eggs would've been even more difficult since it never fails that when you want girls hatches turn out more boys than girls! One of many reasons I don't deal with eggs or chicks. Even when ordering a sexed juvenile from a breeder I was still missent a cockerel! No fair!

 

[fnwolffie]

I know this is a long shot, but I have 4 beautiful cockerels to find homes for. I know this is a request that will get me no responses, but I am hoping to find homes where they will not be turned into meat. They are located in Oxnard. The first 3 are blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I purchased them as hatching eggs and of the 4 that hatched, 3 are boys, sigh. They were hatched on 3/7/15. They are all healthy, very friendly and outgoing. Here are some pictures: The remaining boy is a bielefelder, also purchased as a hatching egg. Hatched on 4/2/15. This one in particular is super sweet and friendly! This breed is known for being great egg layers and laying very large brown eggs. He would make a good rooster for someone making barnyard mixes. He came from a good breeder and is really shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, I can't keep roosters and my experience with the no crow collar was not positive (not on this boy, but a different orp roo I tried to keep).

People will want these two specific breeds for making olive eggers so don't worry just post em

 

[Katok8607]

Greetings SoCal from Pine Valley. Ive only had chickens for a year now and I'm just wondering what everyone does for their chickens to beat the heat during heat waves?