North Dakota

[jenNDchicks]

Hi,
Do you still have chicks for sale?

YEs I have lots for sale!

 

[sellison]

I ordered my chicks for the end of April because I thought spring would be on its way but these below freezing temps at night are not very helpful. I still have a snowbank on my garden and I have just received my potatoes, strawberry plants, and apple tree, I hope they hold out for another month because this weather is not very spring like.

 

[western edge]

Several years back I had placed an order for the 18th of april. After a couple of dry warm winters I thought it would be safe. Wouldnt you know a spring storm moved in and on top of that the chicks arrived a day early. Normally Im at the postoffice at 6 am when Im expecting chicks. Took me an hour to drive 15 miles to the post office through the slush and the heavy snow that was still coming down hard , all the while thinking I might have screwed this one up. Really made my day to open that box at the PO and see 25 healthy rhode island red chicks.

 

[Tuhmu]

Isn't that just the greatest feeling, seeing a box of happy peeping chicks, after getting zero sleep; worrying about the wonderful weather we have up here.

 

[Tuhmu]

Everyone staying afloat after all this Rain? Though I was going to have to start walking around with a life jacket there for awhile.

 

[kodster]

Everyone staying afloat after all this Rain? Though I was going to have to start walking around with a life jacket there for awhile.

No kidding! I'm halfway between Minot & Williston, and my ducklings who are outside in their pen... 10 ducklings, 9 weeks and 8 weeks old, Jumbo Pekins & Rouens. Thought for sure they'd be swimming out of their pen! We're supposed to get more rain tomorrow & Tuesday.

Thankfully, it will have a chance to dry out before my utility shed that I'm converting into a chicken house arrives on Friday! I have 6 RIR (1 cockerel/5 pullets), 4 Black Australorps (pullets), and 4 White Jersey Giants (pullets), and a GLW cockerel, 9 weeks old, that are ready to move into it as soon as I get it converted (adding roosts, nesting boxes, and door for the chickens into their run, plus a corner nest for the ducks to winterize in). I also have 5 Dark Cornish pullets, 1 more White Jersey Giant pullet, 1 more Black Australorp pullet and an additional Black Australorp cockerel, 5 weeks old, that will be moving into the chicken house at the same time I'm moving the 9-week-olds in. I've also got Ameraucanas, French Black Copper Marans, Lavender Orpingtons, Double-Barred English Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs in the incubator, ready to hatch next Saturday, so they'll go into the brooder where the older chickens are located now. I've also got 5 GLW pullet chicks to arrive from the hatchery next month. I have 2 more Jumbo Pekins arriving at the end of the month, and 25 Rainbow Ranger chicks arriving at the end of the month, too, for meat chickens. AND I have 18 American Bronze turkey eggs ready to go in the incubator, as soon as this hatch is done.

You want any, when I get them old enough to start providing fertilized eggs? It will be likely fall by that time, since I will want to test my own fertility levels before providing them to anyone else. If so, let me know!

 

[Tuhmu]

I would like a couple of the breeds you listed but I over did it this year......someone put another order in to get 12 light Sussex and 15 buff orpingtons on top of the 40ish I ordered in march/April area. I'm like an addict I guess lol. Black copper maran sand lavender orpingtons are definitely on my wish list once I trim down the flock a little.

 

[kodster]

I would like a couple of the breeds you listed but I over did it this year......someone put another order in to get 12 light Sussex and 15 buff orpingtons on top of the 40ish I ordered in march/April area. I'm like an addict I guess lol. Black copper maran sand lavender orpingtons are definitely on my wish list once I trim down the flock a little.

That chicken math and addiction gets us, every time, LOL! If you're still interested later on in the year, just PM me. I travel all over the state due to my contractor status for the federal government, so I can deliver, too... which will make it easier to improve the hatchability rate.

 

[Tuhmu]

Sounds great! I'm going to try and restrain myself the rest of the year, though ill probably crack..

 

[Tuhmu]

Everyone surviving and or preparing for the spooky looking storm sweeping the state?

About 8 minutes before it hit. So far only rain and wind but who knows lol.

Excuse chicken ghetto, it'll get better this fall when I get my barn built.