calling any one from missouri

[Southerlys]

No but got transferred a lot with my J O B (yuck). We liked the kirkwood area and they have a good school for our kids. Pic am from southern Missouri originally and my wife is from South Carolina

 

[DEBUS CHICKS]

We got a late start this year on 4-H, so instead of rushing and trying to get stuff thown together I think he is going to wait until the fall and the start of the new year. He is torn between a project with the chickens or his bee hives.

He can do both, I am the Entomology project leader for our club and we also do chickens, but we need a project leader for chickens. I only have time for one, I have never done Bees but want to get started, I am sure my daughter would enjoy, she is my bug girl. It would be great to get some help. Our group is 4-Corners 4-H Club and we are out of Kearney.

 

[misschickenlittle]

Hey all!!! Anyone headed to Jacobs Cave this coming weekend?
I'll be there for sure Sat. Barring any rain...

 

[DEBUS CHICKS]

Back to Kirkwood. Is that where you are originally from? My mother in-law, husband and our children all went to Webby G. I'm a north county girl, myself - Ferguson.

Hi Just noticed you have a Sheppard/Boxer mix...we just did a DNA test on our pound puppy and found he is 50% German Sheppard and 25% Boxer. Do you have any pictures of your dog? Thanks

 

[iAmDizzie]

I'm in the Springfield area, too...specifically, Marshfield.

 

[misschickenlittle]

to the MO thread iamdizzie!
It gets quiet here once in a while but we're all friendly! What kind of chickens do you have?

 

[iAmDizzie]

I'm not entirely sure on some of them. LOL. We got 6 pullets from Orscheln's two weeks ago. I know 2 are Production Reds but the other 4 came from the "Pan Fry" box so they're just random ones. Today, we got 6 straight-run Bantams from Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon...the guy told me what kind but I can't remember for the life of me what he said they were.

 

[misschickenlittle]

I totally understand that! There are so many breeds out there.

 

[iAmDizzie]

I really want some silkie bantams...they look so cute and I've read that they're pretty docile.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

This thread does go stale at times but has been fairly active lately.
I have a story to share.
Last year, at my urging, the local feed store at the northern fringe of our large metro area had a chick day. It was hugely successful. This year they doubled their order.
They had 400 chicks and half were gone early on chick day but weeks later they still had about 30 when I visited Friday and they were so over them.
They had marked them down to $2 each. I asked if they'd make a deal on the whole lot but the manager wasn't there that day. I basically just wanted to rescue them since they weren't being well cared for.
I went back to the feedstore Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock. They close at 3. I was standing by the chicks trying to talk customers into taking some home. There were 21 left and the feed store so wanted to be rid of them. I talked one guy into buying the last 3 barred rocks. The manager and clerk came over and put his chicks in a box and took the heat lamp away. They're not open on Sunday and I wondered why they took the heat source away for the weekend. They then packed all the rest of the chicks into a box while I was blabbering to a woman about the amazing aspects of chickenry. I said to her that apparently someone else had bought the rest of them. I went to the register and asked, "who bought the others?" They said, "you did". I said, "we didn't even discuss a price nor did I tell you I wanted to buy them (today)". The manager said, 18 chicks = $15. I'm now the proud owner of 3 week old white leghorns, australorps and my first ever bantams, those are black wyandottes. Hopefully some of our local meetup group wants some of these breeds. They'll be in much better care here than they were there.