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[ROLOIdaho]

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I will be selling chicks and hatching eggs in early spring of all my Marans breeds. Look me up in March if your interested

 

[BeccaSmith]

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I like the Buff Orpingtons, but I can get those locally through Dunlap Hatchery. I love the Lavender Orpingtons as well. Coyotes are what I am having problems with as well, didn't have any problems with them all year until last week and our girls free range so we took a pretty big hit on our flock size until we figured out what was going on.

 

[BeccaSmith]

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I will be selling chicks and hatching eggs in early spring of all my Marans breeds. Look me up in March if your interested

I would be interested in three or four pullets! I think we plan on getting chicks as soon as possible and I know Dunlap has their first hatch scheduled for the first week in February I do believe so I may be getting some other breeds from them since I would like my egg production back sooner then later...lol. I wouldn't think it would be a problem to add chicks to the brooder a month down the road would it or would I still have to worry about quarantining the chicks?

 

[ROLOIdaho]

A month apart is a pretty big gap for chicks to be brooded together. I will also have some point of lay pullets ready to go about the same time (march). I have over 50 growing out now that should begin laying in march and April.

 

[BeccaSmith]

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I was thinking a month apart would be pushing it. I think last year we bought chicks we had a batch that were a week apart and that seemed fine. We only have one brooder unfortunately, but if you can talk my hubby into building a second brooder and maintaining/cleaning a second brooder then I would be all for it...lol. We also don't really have a way to quarantine any adult birds from our current flock, so figured with the chicks, they wouldn't be introduced until they were large enough and I could just section off a small area of the coop so they can get used to each other when it comes time for introducing them to each other. I have read that if you buy day old chicks and raise them that there isn't much of a worry to do a total quarantine when introducing them. I would love to buy some mature birds but we just don't have the set up to properly quarantine birds for the recommended time period. I need a second coop but again...I don't think I could talk hubby into it...lol. Hubby wants to know how everyone else combines new adult birds in with their flocks, he doesn't think everyone would possibly have a completely separate set up for quarantining. Anyways...I think I am just rambling on now...lol. If it doesn't work out this year to buy from you, then maybe next year! Hope I don't offend you with the quarantining, it just seems everyone I have talked to highly recommends it!

 

[Idahoegglover]

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I like the Buff Orpingtons, but I can get those locally through Dunlap Hatchery. I love the Lavender Orpingtons as well. Coyotes are what I am having problems with as well, didn't have any problems with them all year until last week and our girls free range so we took a pretty big hit on our flock size until we figured out what was going on.

It's happened more than once to me. I finally ended up putting my lazy old chocolate lab in with them and havent lost a bird since. I just built a welded wire fence around my coup.

 

[pawtraitart]

My chick availability list has been updated for 2012.
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[We4newbies]

Coeur d' Alene, here! Say, we're brand new--will be starting a small backyard flock this year, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on reputable places to acquire chicks in this area... Most interested in Orps, australorps, rocks, etc....mostly for eggs, but looking for breeds that will do well around the kiddos. Thanks for any help!

 

[thebirdguy]

If you want to come down to the Rocky Mountain Chickenstock on May 5th, I should have some B/B/S orpington chicks.. Hopefully some Astralorps as well..

 

[Nitrous]

Coeur d' Alene, here! Say, we're brand new--will be starting a small backyard flock this year, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on reputable places to acquire chicks in this area... Most interested in Orps, australorps, rocks, etc....mostly for eggs, but looking for breeds that will do well around the kiddos. Thanks for any help!

Big R in Spokane, on Trent. Take the Fancher exit, cross the bridge over the railroad tracks and turn right on Trent. I think it's about a mile. Always seems farther, to me! I know they have Rhode Island Reds and are pretty healthy. All mine survived to adulthood. RIRs produce big, beautiful, brown eggs and pretty much stay away from people. Your kids can chase them all they want and they'll never catch, them, I'd guess.

When you scramble their eggs, they tend to be more orange, when cooked. So you can tell your eggs from store bought