New Mexico

[Three Little Bunnies]

Hi! Does anyone have chickens for sale? I am looking for some specific breeds.

 

[Sadness Child]

Quality Baits might have some.
I have 2 Polish cockerels.

 

[Sassy13]

Yes quality baits will have some pullets. Are you looking for chicks or full grown hens.
I know someone in South Valley who has several breeds, namely americaunas, blue rock, australorps, RI blues, Barred Rock. I think they might be 4 weeks old by now. I have visited her while looking for BOs, and she had healthy birds, with a lot of space.

Quality Baits, also in south valley maintains a list of started pullets, and golden comet hens, but you have to call and ask what they have available. When I got mine, they had welsummer, brahmas, BO, australorps, Americauna. GLW, SLW, black sexlink.

 

[purple_leaf]

Good morning everyone! I have had chickens for 7 years in Colorado before the love of my life and I decided to move to TorC this summer. I'm wondering what sorts of things should I be concerned about in southern NM that I might not have been in Denver? Bugs, predators, weather? Similarly, are there things that I might not need to worry about anymore?

Thank you!

 

[Sadness Child]

Did you live in a rural area in Denver

 

[Sadness Child]

I would tell not to expect as much snow. And it gets really hot in the summer

 

[Sassy13]

Yes, definitely summers will be a lot warmer. Such a beautiful area. All the best to you!

 

[Sassy13]

My chicks are between 17 and 15 weeks old now. Ginger, the buff Orpington is really looking red! and so does Clove, the Australorp. The Brahma is only 15 weeks old, but she looks about the same size as everyone. But she still behaves like a little chick.
I have been finding a lot of feathers in my coop and run lately. Is that normal? I know they go through molting in the fall, but these have never laid eggs. None of them have any bare spots. They seem to be doing fine otherwise.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

My chicks are between 17 and 15 weeks old now. Ginger, the buff Orpington is really looking red! and so does Clove, the Australorp. The Brahma is only 15 weeks old, but she looks about the same size as everyone. But she still behaves like a little chick.
I have been finding a lot of feathers in my coop and run lately. Is that normal? I know they go through molting in the fall, but these have never laid eggs. None of them have any bare spots. They seem to be doing fine otherwise.

They may be going through their baby molt.

 

[Sadness Child]

Yes this is close to the time that my chicks were molting into their adult feathers.