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I finally sold most of my extra males at the LCross animal auction last night (every 2nd and 4th Friday). It's held outside of Okeechobee and it was my first time going.
But I'll always have some extra males with every hatch so I'd be glad to give ya some freebies anytime.
 
Bangarang64 said:
I finally sold most of my extra males at the LCross animal auction last night (every 2nd and 4th Friday). It's held outside of Okeechobee and it was my first time going.
But I'll always have some extra males with every hatch so I'd be glad to give ya some freebies anytime.
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Thanks.. Much appreciated..

I am interested in this auction, It is 122 miles i just looked it up. It would be worth the drive to go there once in a while if i can guarantee selling off my boys.. is there a place where i can get more info?
 
Hey guys, a friend and I have decided we are going to hold a swap meet for all of our fellow animal lovers!!! It will be Saturday, June 29th from 10-3. It will be for poultry, small animals, and supplies. Message me for details, it will be in LIVE OAK, FLORIDA!!! It will be held at my friends farm so ONLY HEALTHY ANIMALS PLEASE!!! Please in comments below state what you will be bringing, looking for, or swapping. So clean out those brooders and barns and come on down!!! My friends farm address is 15318 76th street Live Oak, Florida 32060. Tell all your friends and mark it on all the calendars!!! My phone number is 904-826-7272 and hers is 386-362-6652 Have a great day!!!
 
Hi guys i was wondering if anyone has any inexpensive coops they wanna get rid of and also i am looking for a bantam Ameraucana please please let me know :) thanks im located in Ocala :)
 
Runawaylobster said:
Thanks.. Much appreciated..

I am interested in this auction, It is 122 miles i just looked it up. It would be worth the drive to go there once in a while if i can guarantee selling off my boys.. is there a place where i can get more info?
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Hey Runaway, It would be nice to have some of these swaps down south wouldn't it?

The LCross auction is located between Okeechobee and Lakeport, just outside of Buckhead Ridge. They started out as an exotic animal auction, but now they also handle large livestock as well. I waited around till about 9pm and they were still selling goats so I gave my ticket to a friend who works there and told him to collect for me, and I went home. He told me the auction has been known to last until 2am when there are a lot of people there. My guess is that there was about 150 people there Friday night. They have a small cafe where burgers and other food are available and it's not too overpriced.

They are used to moving a volume of livestock, so you have to be ready to see chickens grabbed quickly and tossed into cages. It's not a place for chickens-as-pet-owners. Also, even though there were kids around there was some rough characters so you need to keep your eyes open. There was lots of alcohol being consumed. I didn't stay long enough to see anybody get rowdy. There was peacocks, bunnies of all different types, ducks, doves pigeons, and even guina pigs besides all the chickens. - no one asked me what kind of chickens they were or how old they were. They just took my name and did the same thing for everyone else. I don't think the auctioneer will say Orpington or Rhode Island Red or any distinction like that.

I will use their service to sell my extra males, since I don't like culling them myself. ...Having said that however, I kind of resented the fact that you just sort of "had to know" how to do things. There were no signs, no one offering help, or any indication where to go after you dropped off your animals. I figgured it out but I stood there for a while watching others before i was even able to tell where to take my chicken cages.

My advice is to arrive early, around 5pm and drop off your birds, then go in to Okeechobee and have a nice dinner and come back about 8 or so.
Also, I would NEVER buy any chickens from there. The birds are put in a sort of stackable cages about 10 cages high. The upper ones poop on the lower ones and there is no telling what kind of diseases you might bring back to your backyard flock.

It's definitely an industrial animal auction. Move em in and out as fast as possible, and time is money. Not much like the hobby/backyard swaps most folks on this site might be used to. I couldn't find a website (again an example of how you should just automatically-supposed-to-know). If I find any on line info I'll post it here.
 
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wow that does not sound like a place for me........... im having a hard time getting rid of my roos i feel guilty but i know i have to get rid of 2 i guess if there is anyone in the ocala area that would love a well taken care of roo let me know :)
 

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