NY chicken lover!!!!

[codymax2]

Mutts are ok with me

Bath is super far! But thanks on the heads up on what to look for

Do you know if they do the bridgeport auction every saturday? And what time does it usually start? Thanks so much!!
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[Cass]

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Rubbermaid tubs. A few of them. Good for stoage in the winter when not in use-dual purpose.

I have a tub, and I will use it for a short time....but it will not hold them IN very long...the 4 may wind up back in there cuz they are the smallest in number. Silkies are 5. Next group is either 7 or 4 itty bitties and 5 all the same size...which may be 5 or 6 weeks old. Hmm...6 weeks old can go outside right?

 

[critterranch]

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i here your pain about gas my truck only get 12 going to take bf car sat. it gets 32 mpg.
brideport is every other saturday 10 am start but consignments start at 7 i would get there early. at 7 to see early stuff as it come in sometimes you can talk to people as they bring it in by back door. everyone is friendly dont be afraid to ask what people got. sometimes you can buy stuff out of line before auction too if you ask around. one thing you have to do though is get good seat if you plan on staying whole time. and bring a seat cushion the chairs get hard. sometimes too if you ask around some breeders have good stuff at home they didnt bring and you can make connections for in the furture.

1212 rt 31 bridgeport ny 13030 315-715-0715 its actually in lakeport just outside of bridgeport.

http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/1142727.html he only has this sat on there but next one after that should be may 28

it is hit or miss with what they got but everything is usually good deal so its worth a shot.
i would love to go to bath but it is too far for me too someday i will go at least once.

 

[tgrlily]

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Rubbermaid tubs. A few of them. Good for stoage in the winter when not in use-dual purpose.

I have a tub, and I will use it for a short time....but it will not hold them IN very long...the 4 may wind up back in there cuz they are the smallest in number. Silkies are 5. Next group is either 7 or 4 itty bitties and 5 all the same size...which may be 5 or 6 weeks old. Hmm...6 weeks old can go outside right?

I made our first two brooders myself.

Yeah... me with no carpentry skills!

I bought the largest storage tubs that came in clear. cut the center section out of the top, drilled the corners & centers on the long sides then used nuts & bolts to attach hardware cloth to the tops.

The brooder lamps sit on top & get raised as the chicks get bigger.

Of course hubby had to out-do me with his amazing "chick-a-vision" brooder.

It's just shy of 3x5. Plexiglass doors on one end & solid plexi panel on the other, wood sides, vinyl floor & 2 removable hardware clothtops. He's such an over-achiever! THEN he built a small brooder that fits perfectly on one half of the big one... just to show off I think!

I also have three 3x3 wooden crates that I got dirt cheap. Nice ones. He built tops to fit them too. For the youngest chicks that move out to the garage brooder complex, I stapled the new silver bubblewrap insulation to work as a heat reflector.

 

[critterranch]

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Rubbermaid tubs. A few of them. Good for stoage in the winter when not in use-dual purpose.

I have a tub, and I will use it for a short time....but it will not hold them IN very long...the 4 may wind up back in there cuz they are the smallest in number. Silkies are 5. Next group is either 7 or 4 itty bitties and 5 all the same size...which may be 5 or 6 weeks old. Hmm...6 weeks old can go outside right?

been putting mine out at 4 weeks but the silkies i wait til 6 weeks this time of year. it really doesnt matter what ever you feel is good.

 

[Sachasmom]

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I think Bridgeport has the dates up on their website if you google, ummmm, Animal Auction network (maybe?)

If you're going to raise them to sell, purebreds are a much easier sell then mutts will be, and your best outlets will be either CL or pet stores. Auctions can be hit or miss on rabbits
as far as selling them for decent money goes, sometimes you get decent moola, sometimes not. I have a couple I am bringing I think, Probably just Lionheads though, I can get more
for my other stuff from private sales or meat sales. I show mine though, so for some of them I get $50-75 per bunny, the current meat market is kinda "eh" esp since NYS regulates
sales for "people food" (You need to process in a licensced facility) I can get more from the raw food market for pets than if I wholesale them, but then I have to do them myself.

A friend of mine who also shows lined up a contract with a Crocodile Farm, so we get $1 per pound for culls and at least I know no one is recycling my rabbits for breeding! We used to
get $1.75 a pound but that market went poof. Not really much money to be made selling for meat unless you are selling directly to restaurants.

If you're going to do pets, Hollands are a good choice (Look for a larger doe, it will have easier litters) as well as Mini Rex and Lionheads. Broken pattern rabbits sell the best, no bunnies with
red eyes!

 

[happycountryhens]

Coop building this weekend - wish us luck.

Doris is a really good mom and the chicks love her. It's fun to just watch them sometimes.

Orps are out free ranging today as they do get cramped in the 110 gallon tub. Silly chickens get in the dog crate all together and sleep! I put the dog crate out with a tarp over it so they can go somewhere they feel safe. Yeah - they just hang around it and then go in it to sleep.

Just took a break from shoveling stone dust. Preping the barn for the work to be done this weekend.

Grass in the lawn is growing far too fast - may need to bale it soon.

Happy country hens

 

[codymax2]

Thanks for the heads up!! Idk if i can get there at 7 with 3 little ones!? hahah
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i here your pain about gas my truck only get 12 going to take bf car sat. it gets 32 mpg.
brideport is every other saturday 10 am start but consignments start at 7 i would get there early. at 7 to see early stuff as it come in sometimes you can talk to people as they bring it in by back door. everyone is friendly dont be afraid to ask what people got. sometimes you can buy stuff out of line before auction too if you ask around. one thing you have to do though is get good seat if you plan on staying whole time. and bring a seat cushion the chairs get hard. sometimes too if you ask around some breeders have good stuff at home they didnt bring and you can make connections for in the furture.

1212 rt 31 bridgeport ny 13030 315-715-0715 its actually in lakeport just outside of bridgeport.

http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/1142727.html he only has this sat on there but next one after that should be may 28

it is hit or miss with what they got but everything is usually good deal so its worth a shot.
i would love to go to bath but it is too far for me too someday i will go at least once.

 

[marquisella]

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i here your pain about gas my truck only get 12 going to take bf car sat. it gets 32 mpg.
brideport is every other saturday 10 am start but consignments start at 7 i would get there early. at 7 to see early stuff as it come in sometimes you can talk to people as they bring it in by back door. everyone is friendly dont be afraid to ask what people got. sometimes you can buy stuff out of line before auction too if you ask around. one thing you have to do though is get good seat if you plan on staying whole time. and bring a seat cushion the chairs get hard. sometimes too if you ask around some breeders have good stuff at home they didnt bring and you can make connections for in the furture.

1212 rt 31 bridgeport ny 13030 315-715-0715 its actually in lakeport just outside of bridgeport.

http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/1142727.html he only has this sat on there but next one after that should be may 28

it is hit or miss with what they got but everything is usually good deal so its worth a shot.
i would love to go to bath but it is too far for me too someday i will go at least once.


I understand that sellers start to line up at midnight friday to get their animas in the Bath auction because the prices are so good. Not so good for the buyer until later in the day when people left don't want to pay much.

 

[tgrlily]

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I understand that sellers start to line up at midnight friday to get their animas in the Bath auction because the prices are so good. Not so good for the buyer until later in the day when people left don't want to pay much.

Who else is going to the Bridgeport Auction? I know I don't have enough energy to drive back to Bath after driving back & forth from Buffalo!