Colorado

[Pennoppom]

Is anyone interested in splitting an order of chickens? I'm looking for Female Polish hens and I could only find 1 hatchery that sexes them. The issue is that I have to order at least 15 chicks (though the breeds can be mixed and matched). I'm wondering if anyone local is interested in splitting an order? I want about 8 or so, so I need someone to go in on about 8 or so.

Let me know if you're interested! Thanks!

 

[yawningreyhound]

I almost didn't want to read the rest of this post, I thought you were going to tell us what chicks they had....and I would have probably gotten my coat and car keys....phew. Dodged a bullet there.

Well, there ARE two little dark-colored peeps I accidentally stumbled across at the Longmont store. And they were half-way across the trough the long way from the lamp. But they WERE pecking at the floor kinda munched up against each other. I didn't ask what they were, cuz that leads to How much are they? and that leads to Are they good layers? and then that leads to me thinking "If I get that original coop into operating condition this summer, I'll have plenty of room for JUST TWO MORE HENS, you KNOW, to keep the stock rotating." And that leads to me buying absolutely everything I need on THAT trip to set up for THESE chicks and well, you all know the ending on this. I have this hoarder tendency that I have to keep so on top of!!!!!! Rubber stamps is one thing...chickens would be a whole new layer of care, y'know? (ha! OF COURSE you know. It's a chicken blog, Marcia) insert emoticon of me making the crazy circle at my head. We need that one. I need that one.

And who has just TWO chicks? The other trough has LOTS (or it did on Friday, I actually didn't check last night..see above), like 50 maybe...the plain pale yellow ones? Does that mean their flockmates perished? Why wouldn't they put the two dark ones in with the yellow ones? Maybe the 50-chick trough WAS gone. I didn't hear anything but I only walked by what I thought were empty ones...

Sorry, I sound like a 4-year old with all these questions. Worse, it's stuff I can't google!

Holy cow, I wish it would quit snowing. I mean quit. Like for the year. I'm a native. an OLD native. And I don't recall a winter like this. Of course, the fall set me up to be hyper-aware of the weather. But seriously? eighteen below? surrounded by days almost as bad? TWICE in one season? so far.

I haven't even looked to see if it's everywhere or just the I25 corridor and the Northern Divide.

 

[trsturself]

Is anyone interested in splitting an order of chickens? I'm looking for Female Polish hens and I could only find 1 hatchery that sexes them. The issue is that I have to order at least 15 chicks (though the breeds can be mixed and matched). I'm wondering if anyone local is interested in splitting an order? I want about 8 or so, so I need someone to go in on about 8 or so.

Let me know if you're interested! Thanks!

I have a gold laced polish pullet for sale if you are interested. What hatchery are you looking at? I might be interested in splitting it with you, but I'd like to see what else they have.

 

[trsturself]

Well, there ARE two little dark-colored peeps I accidentally stumbled across at the Longmont store. And they were half-way across the trough the long way from the lamp. But they WERE pecking at the floor kinda munched up against each other. I didn't ask what they were, cuz that leads to How much are they? and that leads to Are they good layers? and then that leads to me thinking "If I get that original coop into operating condition this summer, I'll have plenty of room for JUST TWO MORE HENS, you KNOW, to keep the stock rotating." And that leads to me buying absolutely everything I need on THAT trip to set up for THESE chicks and well, you all know the ending on this. I have this hoarder tendency that I have to keep so on top of!!!!!! Rubber stamps is one thing...chickens would be a whole new layer of care, y'know? (ha! OF COURSE you know. It's a chicken blog, Marcia) insert emoticon of me making the crazy circle at my head. We need that one. I need that one.

And who has just TWO chicks? The other trough has LOTS (or it did on Friday, I actually didn't check last night..see above), like 50 maybe...the plain pale yellow ones? Does that mean their flockmates perished? Why wouldn't they put the two dark ones in with the yellow ones? Maybe the 50-chick trough WAS gone. I didn't hear anything but I only walked by what I thought were empty ones...

Sorry, I sound like a 4-year old with all these questions. Worse, it's stuff I can't google!

Holy cow, I wish it would quit snowing. I mean quit. Like for the year. I'm a native. an OLD native. And I don't recall a winter like this. Of course, the fall set me up to be hyper-aware of the weather. But seriously? eighteen below? surrounded by days almost as bad? TWICE in one season? so far.

I haven't even looked to see if it's everywhere or just the I25 corridor and the Northern Divide.

McMurray and Meyer both sex their polish.

 

[Araucana16]

Pennopon : what type of Polish were you going to get?

I don't know what hatchery you were looking at, but MPC has assorted polish, golden lace polish, silver lace polish, white crested black polish, white crested black polish bantam, white crested blue polish, and buff laced.

All sexed. If you get them at an order date after March, you can get as few as 3.

 

[suncatcher]

Snowing like crazy here! We have at least three inches in the last hour! Hope it tapers off soon, or we could end up with a foot of snow. .

 

[Araucana16]

Snowing like crazy here! We have at least three inches in the last hour! Hope it tapers off soon, or we could end up with a foot of snow. .

Over here it's not quite as bad, but if this doesn't let up soon, we've got a least 6'.

 

[suncatcher]

Pennopon : what type of Polish were you going to get?

I don't know what hatchery you were looking at, but MPC has assorted polish, golden lace polish, silver lace polish, white crested black polish, white crested black polish bantam, white crested blue polish, and buff laced.

All sexed. If you get them at an order date after March, you can get as few as 3. 

I orderd from MPC the end of last summer, for my area code they said minimum order was seven. Not sure if it is less chicks to a lower altitude here in Colorado. They arrived in very good shape.

Also, Ideal has a small order offer, you do pay an extra $7 (I think), and they do send extra chicks, all roos, to help keep all the chicks warm in transit.

 

[trsturself]

Meyer also has a 3 chick minimum after March.

We are getting a ton of snow here too. We already have a few inches. We had to run out this morning and put up some braces for the roof on the chicken's run. So much snow this year has taken it's toll and we knew this would be a hard heavy snow. I'm glad we got it up before it really started coming down.

 

[Araucana16]

That's odd.

I just put in my area code, and it said my minimum was 3 large fowl, 5 bantams, and 4 for a mixed order.