North Carolina

[moomoodiddy]

What does a cuckoo sizzle look like?

I believe he is on the southeast end- When the weather is good he typically goes to the Sanford flock swap at Town and Country on the 1st Saturday of the month and then the Vass flock swap at Tractor Supply on the 2nd Sat. With the chicken ban though - haven't seen him around. I don't think he had pigeons/ducks/or silkies. I've only every met him at Town and Country

I've been to both Sanford and Fayetteville flock swaps - there is never a shortage of silkies there... It seems like EVERYONE has silkies!

yup EVERYONE has silkies but very few are of any quality lol, i dont have any decent pics of mine but i basically just bred a cuckoo silkie to a black frizzle cochin hen and from there on out just keep on breeding my best to the best black silkies i can find, if you can imagine, they are some weird lookin things, but they are adorable and fun

 

[Alex1010]

When will the swaps start? I would love to go to one! Do a lot of people go?

 

[Alex1010]

Here are a couple more pictures from today - you can see several of his offspring -- none of the mothers are brahmas...

Yeah he's a good looking roo

 

[S5apiotrowski]

Yeah he's a good looking too

Thanks. Can't guarantee he's purebred, but I'd sell him. I'm asking $12

 

[S5apiotrowski]

When will the swaps start? I would love to go to one! Do a lot of people go?

Every place is different. Sanford is year round 1st Sat. Poultry will be back in Feb.

 

[Alex1010]

Every place is different.  Sanford is year round 1st Sat.  Poultry will be back in Feb. 

I'm in Greensboro, any near here?

 

[S5apiotrowski]

I'm in Greensboro, any near here?

I think TSC does one there, but you should check with them.

 

[Matt A NC]

I'm in Greensboro, any near here?

Hopefully the ban will be over as scheduled on Jan 15th. That being said, there are very few swaps during the winter months. Come March show season in NC starts. There are spring shows in Salisbury(Mar 5), Smithfield(Mar 12), Winston-Salem(Mar 26), and Greensboro(Apr 9). These are the normal dates for the yearly spring shows, so no guarantee they are happening this year. Just have to wait for the announcements.

The largest swap in NC(NOT show) of the year is Chickenstock. The last one was in Taylorsville. Not sure if there will be a spring one.

 

[gloverme88]

Hello everyone. I have a new username. I am sbrooks88. I lost all of my passwords and stuff when I broke my phone a few weeks ago. so I have a question. I have an older Orpington hen who has been having a tough time later. I can't get her to gain any weight at all. She eats a lot. And seems very happy but the last few days I have noticed her left eye keeps getting all gunked shut. I have to put a warm cloth on her eye to loosen the gunk in order to open it for her. Almost every night now before I go to bed I have to do this. what am I supposed to do? I have been giving duramycin-10 in her water in case of it's an infection. And keeping her in the house and out of the cold. Any ideas on what to give her both for her "cold" and to put some weight on her? Btw she went missing a few months ago and that's when she lost all her weight. She was gone for about a week.

 

[gloverme88]

Oh and my hen doesn't have a bad smell or anything. And she's just as happy and energetic as she has ever been. No lethargy or loss of appetite or thirst. She completely normal except for her eye. Not snotty nose or gurgle sound like bronchitis or respiratory infection.