If you really want them, I can hold them for you for awhile. They don't have to go right now. I would really like the youngest to be at least a couple months old before they go anyway. Let me know.
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If you really want them, I can hold them for you for awhile. They don't have to go right now. I would really like the youngest to be at least a couple months old before they go anyway. Let me know.
How many chickens are you wanting to have?
Can you or your DH do any construction modifications? If so a shed from Craigslist might be more cost effective and allow for more chickens in the future.
How do you plan to deal or not deal with the chicken poo. I like the deep litter method as it is not something I have to deal with daily.
The coops pictured on the BrazilFarm site look great. Naptown chickens also sells coops with runs and might be closer to you.
I think in the end if you are looking for a shed coop with a large walk in run for lots of chickens, you can customizing advantage when you do it yourself. But the brazil farm and nap town coops are way better than what I have seen of the prefab build it yourself coops on Amazon.
Editing to add a note about the run security. naptown's coop has a stronger run fence compared to chicken wire. If your run is chicken wire only it should be in a larger fenced area. This is mentioned on the Brazil site too.
Has anybody ever bought a coop from Brazil Urban Farm and Garden (www.brazilfarm.webs.com)?
I found them thru Craig's List, and they seem to have ok prices and claim they will customize. My DH and I are still trying to figure out the best way to get the coop and run accomplished.
Thanks Pip'd I'll let you know. They all look like the black one, they just don't all pose like she did lol.
Updated sales list!
As far as what I have available, it seems the list keeps getting longer! All prices negotiable!
*Several day to week old silkie chicks. Various colors. $5 each
* 1-2 barred split for lavender bantam Cochins. $5 each
*Young trio (looking like there is atleast 2 pullets and the other is looking like a pullet as well) LF partridge wyandottes $15 for trio around 8 wks old
*Chocolate orpington cockerel $10 around 8 wks old
*Splash modern game cockerel $8 around 8 wks old
*Birchen modern game cockerel $8 around 6 wks old
*Black modern game cockerel $10 around 5 months old
*Black breasted Black modern game hen $25 age unknown
*Splash with gold showgirl (unsexed) $10 around 8 wks old
*Buff Partridge Brahmas (3 available, all unsexed, atleast 2 look like pullets) $6 each/$15 for all around 8 wks old
*Bielfelder pair $30 (roo is small for age but starting to grow quite a bit now) NOTE: I'm pretty confident the pullet is a bielefelder, but may possibly be a non crested legbar these autosexing breeds look so much alike at young age. But again, pretty confident.
*Silkie cockerels. I have a white hatched beginning of feb and a blue with silver leakage who is a little younger than the previously listed. $5 each. All very well behaved.
I used to keep ducks with my chickens. The larger ducks I wouldn't recommend housing with chickens. The males were always really mean to the chickens. Ducks also love to make a mess. But call ducks were different in my experience. Shy, but much much nicer to the chickens. They didn't like to splash around in the water like the larger breeds did. To me they were like funny looking, less social/friendly chickens that were great at flying.You guys are killing me here...
Brad, any pictures of your Wyandottes and Brahmas? By 8 weeks old, I'm sure I could give you a confirmation on their sexes, no problem at all.
In other news... Anyone with experience with ducks? Are they difficult to take care of compared to chickens? How well can they be kept with chickens (as in, sharing a run space but probably a separate coop, feeding the same feed (all-flock feed), etc.)? I'm not definitely set on getting some, but the FW Children's Zoo got some call ducks and I think I'm in love.
Chickenfest suggestion: How about we start a new thread for "What I am bringing" this would be for food, birds, anything to sell or trade etc. Or maybe just an "Indiana Chickenfest 2014" Thread just for any and all communication for Chickenfest.
I was just thinking it might simplify things - if we want to see who is bringing what then it would be all in one place and we would not have to wade through a couple weeks of the Indiana BYCers thread when we need to find something.
I don't want to step on anyones toes, so I didn't just go head and start it, and I am fine if you think this is a bad idea!
Quote: Either is a fantastic idea! Please go for it!