NY chicken lover!!!!

[Adoravachick]

I am looking for a SUPER nice bearded Black silkie rooster or cockerel of breeding age, please let me know if you know of anyone that may have one.

 

[Lynzi777]

Adora - I feel like I just saw an ad for a black Silkie Roo on CL in my area. Let me see if I can find the ad, I know there was a picture in the ad. So you can be the judge ;-)

here it is...
In West Monroe - not sure where that is, but if you're interested I wouldn't mind helping out with getting him to you.

http://syracuse.craigslist.org/grd/3274391108.html

 

[rancher hicks]

Pharm ~ Sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. Labs are great dogs, sounds like he lived a long, great life! We had a golden growing up that we had to put down at age 14 and it was hard. I have yet to experience something like that with my own family, I can't imagine the toll it takes on kids.


Anyone know of a good pumpkin patch near the Syracuse area I can take the kids to today? I have seen signs, but seeing this is my first year living here I'd rather ask those who have been here than to drive around aimlessly and not being happy with the ones I find...

I haven't been to any farms. Most charge more than it is worth to drive. I can get them at the farmers market with less trouble.

 

[rancher hicks]

Adora - I feel like I just saw an ad for a black Silkie Roo on CL in my area. Let me see if I can find the ad, I know there was a picture in the ad. So you can be the judge ;-)
here it is...
In West Monroe - not sure where that is, but if you're interested I wouldn't mind helping out with getting him to you.
http://syracuse.craigslist.org/grd/3274391108.html

West Monroe is north of Syracuse and off the Rt. 81 taking a right at the Central Square Exit.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Is anyone going to the Poultry show inn Syracuse next weekend?

I'm goinng to bring some Silkies for sale. A couple of boys and a couple of "Calico" pairs.

I also have a lot of Coronation, blue copper Marans & Lav Orpington Cockerels if anyone is innterested I could bring. Cheap, or they will go in the freezer!

The Poultry show ? I found it !

http://events.visitsyracuse.org/events/detail/20121008/1/0/3/ALL/0/8769
Date(s):

10/14/2012
Location:

Empire Expo Center/ NYS Fairgrounds
581 State Fair Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13209
Time:

9:00 am – 4:00 pm



How will I recognize any one? I would love to go ..it wont be till afternoon as it is on Sunday
Heres our New Roo ...we got him at the Fair ...He is such a Gentleman ..he is always giving the Ladies his Food !

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: There is a email address here - maybe they would know ..http://events.visitsyracuse.org/events/detail/20121008/1/0/3/ALL/0/8769

 

[Gramma Chick]

Adorava--nice babies!

So once again I had to bury a loved one. This time it was our 13 year old chocolate lab named Boomer. He went downhill fast and we had to go to the clinic and put him down. Finally got him buried in his favorite spot. Boomer was a lot like the dog in Marley and Me...he had a huge heart, loved everyone including the chickens and would also get into everything. He made us laugh, aggravated, angry sometimes but he was, above all, my girls best friend and confidant. He will be missed.

pharmchickmom , littlecritters , stonykill , I am sorry to hear of the passing of your Beloved Friends . They are still there in your Heart & your Good Memories of them

 

[Gramma Chick]

Hi , Does everyone buy their chicken feed at Farm & tractor , etc . Or is there a feed mill around the Syracuse Area to get it cheaper ?

 

[Henicillin]

Mr. and Mrs. Chabo the gray Japanese bantams wanted to say hello to my peeps. They're sweet and personable, and I just love them, especially the cockerel. He sounds like a squeaky toy when he crows, but I'm sure he thinks he's ten feet tall and bulletproof, especially when he's matching Captain Morgan crow for crow. They're on a makeshift "roost," which is the back of a folding chair covered by an old fleece throw. They're pretty irritated with me here, as they were trying to sleep and I came blundering along with my camera on "night" setting.

Currently they're in a big pen in the coop, but I'm going to have to give them their own little coop, as he's able to fly out of the pen (she's a homebody and doesn't try). He's very young right now, but as he matures he's bound to develop a Napoleon complex and try to take on the big boys.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Ok, I have a question, do you guys ever have problems with squirrels getting into the chicken runs? Will squirrels fiddle with the eggs? Our run is made of welded wire and they are just slipping right through going for the feed. The dopey chickens just sit just sit there, look at them, and let them eat all of their food. Even the rooster! At least when I had the RIR hen, she didn't like any critter in the runs and would chase them off immediately. Should I pull out the BB Gun and pepper them a bit?

I was using a bb gun but one day I went out there to the chicken pasture and there were 5 squirrels eating all my organic chicken feed. I have since switched to a pellet gun, but that only has one shot. I think I may have to practice with my husband's 22. I don't want to injure them, but kill them. My neighbor feeds them. She thinks that they are so cute. They are well fed, then they have lots of babies, then they spread out have more babies and we are inundated with them. AAUUGGGHH!! Rats with fluffy tails. Use something stronger. Or maybe your bbgun is stronger than mine. So yes, shoot the little buggers!!!