Central Florida Poultry Swap & Holiday Bazaar Dec 4th In Ocala

[floridamama]

After the way my morning started I thought i was going to have a Loooong drive there and back. I did have a long ride but I was being "sang" to peep..peep,peep....peep peep...

I did have a great time there all my birds that I brought up found homes. I was able to buy a couple of gifts too. Would of bought more but couldnt I had to buy feed for the critters that were waiting at home and surprise to me I looked In the bator to find 9 new New hamshire Reds so I have a total of 10 out of 11 pretty nice batch.

Nice pics. Cmom.

I just love my new silkies.....I will try and post pics tomorrow if I can

Thanks for hosting a great swap Pampered Pullet. And as usual I didn't buy enough stuff from yer store.

I'll just have to catch up with ya again....

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

Thank You all for coming out to our poultry swap and holiday bazaar. It was a nice turn out of buyers and sellers despite the cold.
It was nice to have Orange Blossom Forge here doing Blacksmithing demonstrations. 3goodeggs it was great that your son got a chance to be a part of that.
AT Hagan, nice to here you sold all your turkeys.
Romeo Wranglers 4-H did a wonderful job of the consessions and are gladly invited back for any of our next swaps.
Most everybody sold most if not all of their birds.
And when was the last time you had live entertainment at a poultry swap? Thank You Destiny for the wonderful singing.
Santa Chicken made an appearance with candy canes for all and gift bags for the kids.
Congratulations to the winners of the raffle prizes.
I wish we would have got more pictures but I know there were lots taken so maybe we can all post them.

Here is a rare picture of Alieda (cmom) posing with Santa Chicken. If you every need a great transport cage or small animal cage, she is your goto source. She makes wonderful cages at reasonable prices.

Here are most of the members of the Romeo Wranglers 4-H group that did the wonderful consessions for this event. We were able to break them free from their food handling duties to get a group shot with Santa Chicken.

We think this was another great swap and that everybody had lots of fun.

 

[cmom]

Thanks Eric & Le for the incubator and eggs. I set them this afternoon and if my calculations are correct they should hatch on Christmas eve and Christmas day.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

It was a good swap. The child and I had thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. This was my first swap where I sold every bird I brought. This ought to put me over the top now for ordering the parts for building a Whizbang plucker!

CMom and Jeff/Lee posted most of the better pictures but here's a few more to go with them.

Our live music act. She had quite a good voice for her age.

Hey mister! Wanna buy some birds?

A handful of happiness

The Romeo Wranglers 4-H club was our food vendor for the day.

Some of Vickie's birds

And the Kinder Major bought yet another Silkie to add to her burgeoning flock!

It was a good swap. Now my growout pens are empty and we can start getting ready for next year's hatching season! My feed bill is rejoicing!

We're looking forward to seeing everyone again at the Sunshine Classic next month!

 

[heatherndoug]

We had a great time today. It was really nice to meet like minded people!! Cant wait for the next meet!

 

[SunshineSilkies]

What a wonderful time I had! I brought my baby sister to her first swap/sale and she said she would definately come with me again. She said everyone was so friendly and enjoyed chatting with everyone. Thanks peeps for welcoming her!. Santa Chicken, entertainment by Destiny, good chicken friends, food,....what more could we ask!!!

I won't see everyone till the Florida Sunshine Classic in Lake City on January 9th. Hope everyone can come to this show. It is a great one!!....See ya'll down the road!!!


Merry Christmas to all my peeps!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[brahmachickenlady]

I, too, had a great time! I just wish I had more room in my car to bring more. Thanks Eric and Le. I thoroughly enjoyed Santa Chicken, and it was just so great to meet other people. I just love chicken people. Now I will know more faces at the Florida Sunshine Classic to say HI to.

Micki, enjoy your new family members, that's how I feel about my Brahmas, and if anybody else would like to buy any of my gentle giants, let me know and I will bring them with me to Lake City. Hopefully, we'll get the cold weather over with this week and the rest of the winter will be nice. What am I saying....it isn't even winter yet.

Take care. Merry Christmas, and hope to see a lot of you in January.

Susan

 

[cmom]

I sure hope it will be warmer weather in Jan. for the Florida Sunshine Classic than it was last Jan. The high for that day was 29 degrees and windy... Thanks to Vickie and Bill for their trailer and electric grill that helped to warm us up. This time I will bring a heater too. Better to be prepared than sorry.