Maine

[superchemicalgirl]

I found a place in southern Maine selling Anconas, Al's Quackery. Has anyone had any experience with them?

Yes, she is great. I bought my ducks from her. Nice lady and nice ducks. I would buy from her again.

 

[echosrevenge]

How fussy are they at swaps about the chicks being six weeks to the day for individual sales? My current crop of anklebiters will be 5 weeks and 6 days at the Augusta swap..wondering if that's close enough for government work, or they'll still need to go in sixes?

 

[ashandvine]

But it always seems that folks want what I don't have.....

Guilty! lol I did hear great things about your birds though. I say again, "Congrats!"

IDK about anyone else but I either need to hibernate in a downy bed for the rest of this snowy spring or see some 40 degree days in a long row and soon. The chickens were so happy to be out in the dead grass the other day and it was so nice to see them there. I miss seeing them on green.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

How fussy are they at swaps about the chicks being six weeks to the day for individual sales? My current crop of anklebiters will be 5 weeks and 6 days at the Augusta swap..wondering if that's close enough for government work, or they'll still need to go in sixes?

I'm on a lot of pseudoephedrine right now but it sounds like they'll be 1 day short? Sell them in singles if you please, but don't tell anyone they're 5 weeks, 6 days if they ask.

 

[Keric]

yeah double check your dates. They might be 6 weeks. right?......The best you can do is maybe acclimate your chicks to colder temps and educate your buyers on how to take care of them.

 

[hoppy]

if you can wait 1 more week and drive to augusta, we have a swap on march 30th and I will have silkies. I have them now if you want to drive even further.

Me!! I am in Poland and am looking for some bantams. Keep calling Tractor Supply but no bantams yet, when is your hatch due?

 

[hoppy]

scramble them and put them in ice cube trays, once frozen pop them out and put them in a baggie in the freezer.

VioletBlueIvy, I don't like pickled eggs, but I have heard you can freeze them to use in baking later. I think you scramble them and put them in ziplock bags, but you'd have to do a search. You could feed some to the chickens, too!

My sick chicken is still alive. I hope to treat her tonight.

 

[hoppy]

it probably would not be close enough since they need to be 8 weeks, not 6 weeks.

How fussy are they at swaps about the chicks being six weeks to the day for individual sales? My current crop of anklebiters will be 5 weeks and 6 days at the Augusta swap..wondering if that's close enough for government work, or they'll still need to go in sixes?

 

[Keric]

scramble them and put them in ice cube trays, once frozen pop them out and put them in a baggie in the freezer.

Not sure but I thought maybe a little sugar is added to keep the eggs looking good when they defrosted. I froze some unscrambled eggs before in a coffee can. They turned out really gross looking. Luckily they where intended for the pigs, they loved them.

 

[lazy gardener]

scramble them and put them in ice cube trays, once frozen pop them out and put them in a baggie in the freezer.

I had heard that you should put a little salt in if you plan on using them for meal prep after thawing, and a little sugar if using them for baking after thawing. Something about helping eggs to maintain a good consistency after being thawed. I'm not sure of the amounts.