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[SallyinIndiana]

I also have an automatic chicken door from Ador That I'm willing to part with for $100, so long as the buyer removes it from the coop them selves. These doors retail at $200 a piece so it is a great deal.

 

[funnyfarmmom]

I hadn't been able to post forever, the mobile site wouldn't load! I feel like tthere's so much to tell everybody!

First of all, congrats to everybody on new animals, condolences for all losses, and speedy recovery wishes for everyone having health issues. And to all new members, welcome to the board!

So, my job that I thought I had...by Friday of that week I had called the supervisor to make sure I was supposed to start training the next Monday . She told me she hadn'tgotten my drug test back yet and would call when she did. II'venot heard another word. IIt's just not possible that I didn't pass. So I guess this company just likes wasting money sending people for physicals and drug tests. Oh well.

Chicks are hatching! So far 3 Rhodeisland red, 4 lLeghorns, and 1 buff Orpington has hatched. Several more are pipped . My Californian Doe had 11 kits almost two weeks ago . I love babies! Oh, and we have one BBB turkey poults, 2 pekin ducklings, and 2 khaki Campbell ducklings! My greenhouse is full of started plants, and potatoes and peas are going in the ground this weekend. Can't wait to play in dirt! My birthday is Friday (no pranks allowed in my house lol) and husband is getting me fruit bushes and trees.

Hope you all and your animals make it through the storms tonight and tomorrow OK. Be safe!

 

[lp0311]

If anyone has some Orpington chicks for sale near the Indianapolis area please let me know!

 

[kittydoc]

If anyone has some Orpington chicks for sale near the Indianapolis area please let me know!

Besides the lavenders that you saw that I had listed, I also have blue, black, splash, chocolate, and chocolate cuckoo Orpingtons. I have a few chicks due soon, and will have a large hatch due the last week of April. @jchny2000 also has Orpingtons and is near Indy, too.

 

[lp0311]

Besides the lavenders that you saw that I had listed, I also have blue, black, splash, chocolate, and chocolate cuckoo Orpingtons.  I have a few chicks due soon, and will have a large hatch due the last week of April.  @jchny2000
 also has Orpingtons and is near Indy, too.

Thank you! They would have to be sexed though; we don't want any roosters.

 

[kittydoc]

I got to do my first chicks of the season SOLD happy dance yesterday! A couple from the east side who had bought one of my MANY surplus Jubilee roos two years ago saw my lavender ad on Craigslist and said they had to get bigger girlfriends for their George. He's either a klutz or their hens are really too small for him--they said he falls off, plus their other roos are aggressive toward him, so he lives alone most of the time. It was nice to see them again and to know that the boy is doing well. He's the husband's favorite roo. Anyway, they only wanted a couple of lavs but wound up buying all of them! No complaints!

On another note, I have ONE lonely Bielefelder male chick FREE to someone on here whom I know personally or by reputation. They don't make great roos for free-range flocks. They have a tendency to get picked off. However, they do make good meat birds and are pretty. If you are working with autosexing breeds, I think you can cross them with other autosexing breeds for hybrid vigor, but don't hold me to it.

Now that the other chicks are gone, he is so lonely. We have a stuffed toy penguin in the brooder with him that helps a tiny bit, but like most chicks he just hates being alone.

 

[Hholly]

As promised... New silkie babies.

Yes, silkies are definitely as broody as they say. I have another one sitting now too.Lol.

 

[kittydoc]

@lp0311 Most people don't have Orpingtons around long enough to have sexed juveniles to sell, but you might get lucky during the late summer or fall. This time of years, chicks go fast.

If you don't want roos, you really should get one of the autosexing breeds that can be sexed as soon as they hatch. I have one of them (Bielefelders). Very pretty birds. The hens lay big medium to dark brown eggs, too. I should have some of them at the end of April. Right now I only have one male left.

 

[lp0311]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1092215/chicken-contest
Please check out my chicken photo contest!

 

[lp0311]

@lp0311
   Most people don't have Orpingtons around long enough to have sexed juveniles to sell, but you might get lucky during the late summer or fall.  This time of years, chicks go fast.

If you don't want roos, you really should get one of the autosexing breeds that can be sexed as soon as they hatch.  I have one of them (Bielefelders).  Very pretty birds.  The hens lay big medium to dark brown eggs, too.  I should have some of them at the end of April.  Right now I only have one male left.

Ok thanks.