Maine

[buckabucka]

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Ha! This household could sniff out that chocolate for sure!

 

[buckabucka]

Help! What do I do now? There is someone in Lubec, trying to get rid of some Ameraucanas. I really want them, and she says they are true Ameraucanas. She says they are typical colors, with some having black, gray or orange muffs. I guess I don't know enough about Ameraucanas.
Anyway, if I actually do this, it would involve first, a long drive, and then I would have to quarantine them in my hoop house, where the temperatures fluctuate wildly (it is the same temperature as outdoors at night, but gets up to 60 on a sunny day).
Am I crazy to do this?
My plan for this spring was to add only a very few birds (I really need to get rid of some of the older ones, but haven't), and I was hoping to hatch just a few Ameraucanas, so this seems perfect.
Should I go for it? Or am I crazy?

 

[hoppy]

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I always find that the best deals are on winter chickens so if you can get so photos first- do that, you don't want to be disappointed after such a long drive.

 

[m.kitchengirl]

My son (responsible 12 year old) saw D'uccles and Seramas at the Common Ground Fair & wants to have a pair to raise on his own next year.
I wondered how other Mainers who own these keep them safe in the winter months.
Do you move them indoors or heat coops?
So they lay ANY eggs?
I have a great bantam coop. While I don't believe in kids having sole responsibility for pets, if I know enough about them & like them I don't mind helping. Hamsters & Guinea pigs don't interest me, but I love chickens.

Hope all you Mainers had a great holiday.

 

[kinsey228]

Does anyone know where I can get some La Fleche, Exchequer Leghorns, Norwegian Jaerhons, or Buckeyes ? I would absolutely LOVE to have some.

 

[PollyC]

I am posting this for a friend of mine, she has some turkeys she is trying to sell. She has a breeding trio of Slate turkeys, ( 2 hens, 1 tom) less than a year old. She also has 5 Black Spanish we believe to be all hens. She believes they are 5-6 months old. She is asking $25 each for them.

 

[hoppy]

m.kitchengirl :

My son (responsible 12 year old) saw D'uccles and Seramas at the Common Ground Fair & wants to have a pair to raise on his own next year.
I wondered how other Mainers who own these keep them safe in the winter months.
Do you move them indoors or heat coops?
So they lay ANY eggs?
I have a great bantam coop. While I don't believe in kids having sole responsibility for pets, if I know enough about them & like them I don't mind helping. Hamsters & Guinea pigs don't interest me, but I love chickens.

Hope all you Mainers had a great holiday.

at our club auction today, they sold a pair of d'anvers, could have picked those up for a nice price.(simliar to d'uccles)​

 

[bwockbwock]

I am pleased with myself, I went to the CMBF meeting today and came home without chickens....
There was a very cute pair of Barred Rock Banties I passed up.

 

[hoppy]

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I think you should have bid on them anyway

I got lots of great deals. the groceries I got were valued at $15-20, I got them for the price of one jar of peanut butter which was in the box. we had alot of nice items, I even won a bag of grain.

 

[bwockbwock]

As of now I have no place to separate anyone. Everything is in the barn together at night and so far it is enough space there is not alot of fighting going on. I need to remedy this before spring so I can isolate pairs together or if I hatch anything out they will be mongrels.
Had I had a separate space I'd probably now own a pair, LOL.
Yep, good deals to be had, and now I want to sew up some of those grain bag shopping bags...