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You were right on.....here's the email about the DUH Swap:

"Chicken Swap Vendors,

Our first swap in 2012 will be Saturday, January 7. Then, we will hold a swap every first Saturday of the month, just as we did in 2011. As usual the swaps will be from 10-12noon at Earthdog Denver, 370 Kalamath Street. We have indoor rooms available, so for those of you who will be selling chicks you can bring them inside where it is warm.
So we ask all of you to be our ambassadors and to help promote our business, since we are promoting yours. Be sure to let anyone interested know that we have organic chicken and goat feed, diatomacious earth and oyster shell. We sell chicken coops. We will sell beekeeping equipment in the spring, and we will have the most extensive collection of heirloom and organic seeds in the Front Range. We have a "chicken recycling" service in which we take chickens that are no longer laying and get them processed for a fee to the public, returning the meat that they can use for soup. (You can read the details here: http://www.denverurbanhomesteading.com/new_page_3.htm)

We have Denver's first and only indoor, year-round farmers' market, Denver Urban Homesteading, just a few blocks away from Earthdog Denver at 200 Santa Fe Drive where we sell local, organic foods. www.denverurbanhomesteading.com Please tell people about us. And we have classes. Aimee is one of our teachers for a class in backyard chicken keeping. We charge a $35 fee for the class and this helps both Aimee and us to make some income. Thanks for supporting us, Aimee!
We are looking for other teachers. We need a dairy goat teacher, so please refer any to us. Also, we are trying to make a small book about chicken activities in Denver, and we need some more great pictures of chickens, coops and we also want to get some pictures of home slaughtering operations. We also need duck eggs to sell at the market on a regular basis.
So if you appreciate the marketplace we are providing and you can help us in any of these ways, please let us know. We need to help each other.
Thanks, and see you next month.

James Bertini"



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Well I had such luck with my last question, thought I'd post one more.

I am getting my first chicks (2 Welsummers and 2 Black Aussies) in February. My coop should be finished in January.
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I am also looking for 2 Barred Rock chicks around the same time or a little later, definitely not before. Anyone in Colorado breeding Barred rocks? I really don't want hatcher chicks. Am willing to drive (for hours if necessary) to get these. Or if you don't have them, know anyone who does?
 
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So happy to see this! And I hope I'm not stepping on toes with this comment, but Aimee is awesome. She's been a huge help to me in starting my flock-- the ups and downs and all!

The swap is pretty cool-- loads of people so come early. It's in a part of town that, to me, seems to be really turning around, too. Lots of cute houses and shops and restaurants. We went to a little place to eat and took our peeps along for the ride! lol

I'll definitely be going to the swap whenever I see something pop up-- like my wanting of Wyandottes.
 
Ryan,

Aimee is a very kind and awesome soul isn't she
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I've known her since I started with chickens and she has been there for me many times. Good person to claim as one on your list of friends that's for sure
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She absolutely is! I bought my first chicks from her and though they are no longer with me (dang coyotes!) she has been supportive in helping me rebuild my flock. The chicks, btw, grew to near-adult size before losing them and they were gorgeous buff orps! In fact, one of them was named Sybil, which is where my blog title came from as a tribute to an awesome hen!
 
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I've only ever been to the swap once and it was to buy my original flock from Aimee, so I doubt we've met. I don't know what chicks will be offered in the first swap but if I can go, I plan to.
 
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lol I understand. I'm not wanting any grown birds-- I prefer chicks as I find it easier to bring them into the flock. I'm in a dangerous position though-- I have room to grow!!!! *cue scary music*
 

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