Maine

[Puddleducks]

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120130-NEWS-201300319

There was also an article in the paper about a poor family being harrased, hassled and jerked around about their coop and keeping their chickens. Have any of you ever had to deal with a possible chicken/rooster ban like this? I am calling the town hall tomorow to find out when the meetings are. If anyone happens to live in the area or knows some one who does please let them know!

 

[kinsey228]

had lots of hatching yesterday, mostly wyandottes, 2 sizzles and few lav and blue orps. I'll be excited to see if any that look blr truely are blr. their dad is a blue laced (think silver laced but instead of black lacing, he's blue laced on white) and moms are blr. these should be big birds, I know dad is.
next hatch will be mostly blr wyandottes and after that will be paint silkie and black wyandottes carrying lavender. the blacks should be huge- the black rooster is even larger then my blue laced and he's big.

 

[TayFray!]

I'll have some Bantam Cochins & Belgian Bearded d'Uccles at the first Augusta Swap.

Do you think, you will have any before then, We are not too far from temple, and we could come pick some up, just looking to see what is out there!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

If anyone's interested Mahonri is hosting his annual Easter Hatch-A-Long. There's going to be some fantastic prizes. Link in my sig. Come and join us!

 

[buckabucka]

If anyone's interested Mahonri is hosting his annual Easter Hatch-A-Long. There's going to be some fantastic prizes. Link in my sig. Come and join us!

Well, I had originally planned on it, and I've been following along. I'm still hoping to attend the NH chickenstock this summer, and there will be hatching eggs of so many breeds that I want, with no shipping involved, so I have been telling myself I need to hold out for summer.

I think Jack might build a mobile hoop house style chicken coop this summer, so I'll actually have room for more birds.

Meanwhile, I hope you somehow win some emu eggs!

 

[m.kitchengirl]

Hoppy - will your BLR Wyandottes be Bantam or Standard size, and will you have any available?

For some reason I stopped getting my subscription notices.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

There's a thread on the stopped subscription notices (I don't get them either). They're working on it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...mail-subscription-notifications-unsubscribing

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Well, I had originally planned on it, and I've been following along. I'm still hoping to attend the NH chickenstock this summer, and there will be hatching eggs of so many breeds that I want, with no shipping involved, so I have been telling myself I need to hold out for summer.

I think Jack might build a mobile hoop house style chicken coop this summer, so I'll actually have room for more birds.

Meanwhile, I hope you somehow win some emu eggs!

I'm in the Valentines Day Hatch right now with shipped eggs and I'm actually surprised at how well they did. I received 7 eggs from one girl in Georgia, one was broken upon arrival but the other 6 developed. I received 18 from Texas and 5 didn't make it. We'll see what actually hatches next week but this is much better than I usually do on shipped eggs.

There's also going to be a "free" swap for the hatch - you can swap in groups of 6 eggs. What you send, you'll receive back. If you send mutts, you'll get mutts back, likewise the same for pure. My eggs in the bator now are from a similar swap and I got some pretty cool breeds - mostly olive eggers but some ancona, too.

I'm hoping to sell or eat most of what I hatch, no room here. But it's the fun. Maybe Jack can inspire Chris to build me a hoop house, too, although right now I'm hankering for him to build me a greenhouse and a cold frame, first.

 

[buckabucka]

I'm in the Valentines Day Hatch right now with shipped eggs and I'm actually surprised at how well they did. I received 7 eggs from one girl in Georgia, one was broken upon arrival but the other 6 developed. I received 18 from Texas and 5 didn't make it. We'll see what actually hatches next week but this is much better than I usually do on shipped eggs.

There's also going to be a "free" swap for the hatch - you can swap in groups of 6 eggs. What you send, you'll receive back. If you send mutts, you'll get mutts back, likewise the same for pure. My eggs in the bator now are from a similar swap and I got some pretty cool breeds - mostly olive eggers but some ancona, too.

I'm hoping to sell or eat most of what I hatch, no room here. But it's the fun. Maybe Jack can inspire Chris to build me a hoop house, too, although right now I'm hankering for him to build me a greenhouse and a cold frame, first.

Wow, you are hatching like crazy! I did have pretty good luck with shipped eggs, but I want maybe 6 each of 4 different breeds, which isn't very practical.

I love my lone Ancona, - totally flighty, but full of character.

We are sprouting hoop houses here like you are hatching eggs! These cost roughly $1200 each if you do it yourself, but they are very large 20 x 24. We have 2 in the garden that get moved seasonally (pulled with a tractor). Then Jack needed a tractor shed so he built another covered with tarps.
After quarantining chickens in the garden hoop house this winter and seeing how happy they were out there (it seems bright even in the dead of winter), we decided to build another, covered with wire (and plastic for the winter).
The pipes are chain-link fence pipe, bent with a bending jig. I use the term "we" loosely. My only role in building has been standing on the pipe while it is being bent.

 

[kinsey228]

Will anyone have any Marans, Welsummer, or white egg laying chicks for sale anytime soon ?