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[wren]

Hi

This swap is over right at noon so don't be too late. Lots of stuff flea market stuff and animals. I was one of the poor people trying to direct traffic last year.

 

[momof3]

Wren I bet I saw you last year!

I gave into the temptation. I ordered 95 chickens and 5 turkeys from Cackle. Now I just have to wait for my letter to see when they get here.

The weather is beautiful. I went out and clean two of my chicken houses out. I now have all the roosters separated from the hens. Now I need to pair up the ones I want to hatch more of. Must resist getting the incubator out of the attic.

I found a male peacock. He is only a year old.

 

[farmgirlie1031]

Hi momof3. I cleaned out my barn this weekend. The chickens are all running around happy right now. I will soon be taking the roosters away from my girls and putting them back in the separate breed coops. I had them all running together for winter inside our large barn to stay warmer. I already have eggs in the 'bator. LOL I thought it would be fun to see what mixes I get from everybody running together. I am hopefully ordering our chicks in a few weeks. I'll be looking for a turkey hen also this spring. We have confirmed my Royal Palm is a Tom.

 

[thistlecreek1]

Anyone bring EE's to the swap? I'm hoping for some green or blue layers.. I have a few pinks.

 

[FlashPointFarm]

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Which swap?

 

[thistlecreek1]

Burlington

I that is the info on the previous page right?

I think it takes use 35 or 40 minutes to get over there from here.

I kept meaning to try to go last year, but its so hard to get a chance to go without the kids. and when we aren't baling hay..

I'd like some green or blue layers, all my EE's are laying "pink"

 

[FlashPointFarm]

I'm getting some Americauna chix this year. I was planning on getting plenty to share! And I'll be at the 4/4 Burlington swap unless something comes up.

 

[thistlecreek1]

Are you getting EE's or purebreds?

 

[momof3]

I ordered 25 americuanas from Cackle. The ones I bought last year from them are laying blue. I plan on selling all of them.

It is fun to find out what will hatch from the mixes. I had a beautiful hen hatch two years ago. I'm sure she had Iowa blue in her. She had the same coloring and pattern. However she was a little bit bigger then a bantam but smaller then a standard. She even had feathers on her feet. Sadly our dog killed her. I only have one Iowa blue hen left but I have no idea what the rest of the equation was.

 

[FlashPointFarm]

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I'm getting purebreds.