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DSTchickencraze

DSTchickencraze

Chirping
6 Years
Jul 11, 2013
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Concord, NC
Hello to everyone out there! Right now I have three Cuckoo Marans (1 Rooster and 2 Hens). Love em to death! There eggs are an okay size but the rooster is starting to get a little testy. My mom has put him on probation and we've read something saying that its good to have about 8 hens to 1 rooster. We were planning on getting more chicks, but if our rooster doesn't calm back down within the next week or so he'll be turned into soup. I really don't want to see him go! I was wondering if anyone was selling, or are willing to sell any laying hens or pullets about to lay. We are mainly looking for
  • Black Australorps
  • Jersey Giants
  • Road Island Reds
  • Any kind of Orpingtons
Only looking at these kinds because we have heard they lay really nice large to jumbo brown eggs. Besides the RIRs and the Orpingtons. We are interested in those, because we have had RIRs in the past and were really impressed with some friends' orpingtons eggs. We live in the Charlotte area in North Carolina. We are willing to make a day trip out to Georgie, Tennesse, Virginia, or South Carolina if we have to. We are also willing to pay a good amount, within reason, for already laying or soon to be laying pullets.

Anyone that have any hens that they are willing to sell, or know where I can buy some, feel free to comment on this thread, send me a private message, or email me at [email protected]. Thank you so much!!!

Oh and we are open to other breeds if they lay large or jumbo brown eggs!
 
Greetings from Kansas and
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! Pleased you joined us but sorry to hear about your ornery rooster. For the birds you seek you night try posting in your state's thread in the link below. Good luck to you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you
 
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your ratio is way off. One rooster can accommodate probably8-10 hens, so your poor girls get overbred . Maybe they are fighting him off and making him unhappy. There is no reason to put up with a bad rooster when so many good ones are begging for homes.

When you have 20 posts you can participate on BYC's Buy,sell,trade forum- frequently even high quality roosters are offered at low prices simply because there are too many of them. There is also a section for animals needing rehoming for free.
 
drumstick diva said:
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your ratio is way off. One rooster can accommodate probably8-10 hens, so your poor girls get overbred . Maybe they are fighting him off and making him unhappy. There is no reason to put up with a bad rooster when so many good ones are begging for homes. When you have 20 posts you can participate on BYC's Buy,sell,trade forum- frequently even high quality roosters are offered at low prices simply because there are too many of them. There is also a section for animals needing rehoming for free.
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I understand that is why I am trying to get more hens so there will be more than just the two...
 
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Thanks. Right now I have found a person out in Parkton that has some RIRs and Orpingtons! I have also found some people out in Greensboro that have the Jersey Giants and Australorps! Now I just have to figure out some dates and hear back from them.
 

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