NORTH CENTRAL FLA "BYC" SWAP (UPDATES) post #1/JAN.16th/Dunnellon, Fl.

[SunshineSilkies]

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I'll have it Kristen!

 

[fledgling]

KellyHM- Good point! Two sweet little baby silkies would be good but my MIL lives within city limits so they would have to be hens.

Along the same lines, does anyone have a really broody hen that we could buy? Could she live next to but not in with our layers? Do they need time to adjust or is it better to let them get straight to work? We could give her eggs to set on immediately. We have no preference as far as breed.

 

[Nava]

is anybody bringing a glw rooster please let me know

 

[bonnylass79]

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You usually have to wait for a hen to become broody before you can give her eggs. I'm guessing that even if a hen is broody now, she will lose that broodiness if she is moved to a new home. My broody hen gets very attached to her nest box and gets very upset if she is moved. A good used incubator would be more reliable. Even the chicks that our hen hatched had to be moved inside to the brooder.

 

[fledgling]

bonnylass- Thanks for the info. Hmmm, maybe I'll experiment with my own layers come springtime. One almost went broody maybe she'll 'get in the mood' as the weather warms.

 

[bonnylass79]

My broody hen is a riot. We let her hatched out four eggs right before the new year. Well, the day old chicks wouldn't stay in the box and one died. So the remaining three went in the brooder and we gave her seven two week old chicks. Now those are her babies and she gets ticked if I try to handle any of them. She won't know what to do when I give her the other ten still in the brooder this weekend.

btw, I'm still planning to be there. Hubby may bring a chicken condo. I'm looking for food grade DE, saddles and BCM chicks and hatching eggs.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

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Just wanted to update what I was bringing!!

Will be adding some hatching eggs also...don't know what kind yet///

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

Had a GREAT!! Hatch lots of Black Copper Marans chicks

Also 2 Buff Orpington chicks
Cock

Some hens

The Chicks: $8.00

 

[floridamama]

Hi I have to add to my list of things I will be bring

1 proclain roo- 10 months
1 Showgirl roo - 6 months old (white)
1 Frizzle roo - 10 months (jet black) good for show prospect.
2 Blue silkies - possible both are roos - 3 months old
5 turken peeps - 2 - 3 weeks old
6 +/- EE peeps - 2 - 3 weeks old
4 sizzle peeps - 1 week old (by time of swap)
4 Part. silkies - 4 days old (by swap) eggs from swap
hatching eggs: Turken , Silkie/frizzle mixed

friend's
9 Silkies - range in age from 4 days to 2 weeks
5 ducklings - 1 - 2 weeks old "designer" ducks possible have gene for puff heads (none show it)

friend of a friend's
button quail - female- 6 weeks old
Ameracana peeps - 2 weeks old
possible hatching eggs as well

And of course we will have a truck load of people too, Hubby and kids with a stow away (SillyStunt)

MAYBE more depends on what happens between now and Saturday.

SEE YA'LL SATURDAY

 

[tccbaby]

I hope there is a big selection of fertile eggs at this thing! And I hope its not too rainy!