I am located an hour west of Peoria. I would definitely be interested in the Barnevelders! I saw a breeder on Craig's list near Cincinnati, but that is the closest I've come to seeing any. I told my husband it's as if someone took our nations map and cut a misshapen circle from Chicago to Rockford to Des Moines to Kansas City to St. Louis to Indianapolis to Chicago again and then threw us out! Even when we started with chickens years ago, there were chicken people an hour to three hours away. Judging from the activity on this board it doesn't seem that there are less chicken people just maybe less around here.
We have successfully hatched eggs several years and have a friend who has a big incubator for quail that we are welcome to bring eggs to.
We have successfully hatched eggs several years and have a friend who has a big incubator for quail that we are welcome to bring eggs to.