Okies in the BYC The Original

[Buckguy20]

I stopped over at Mary's swap meet for a while today. Oh my goodness! If I didn't see theses sellers around a lot I would swear they spent most of thier time on the French Riviera.
Laying hens were selling for $15 to $20 a pop and one guy told me he had sold about 50.
Another guy told me he had sold several but he thought it was a little slow due to the cold damp weather.
Someone here was looking for Crele OEGBS. I talked to a guy that had a pair of nice ones. Also some nice Self blues oegb's and Mille fluer oegb's.
Most of the SQ OEG's were $20 to $40 a pair.
Some really nice standard games too.
I thought about buying a hen that supposedly was a black copper Marans.
I know she wasn't pure though. I think she was crossed with a cochin. She was really big. I couldn't justifyy $20 for one hen right now.
Lots of ducks, geese and peacocks.
If you guys will remind me of what you are looking for, I can pass along these guys numbers.
One of them had heard about our POOPS event and he asked about bringing birds. I told him it wasn't just an open swap but I would let him know what people were looking for and let him know so he could bring them over if people in our group wanted them.

 

[poultryand bees]

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At least one of the sellers at Mary's regularly buys birds at a couple of auctions, then resells them for more than twice what he paid - particularly on the roosters.

 

[DutchChic]

Okay, I posted an auction for Split/Lavender Orpington eggs. If you want lavender Orps, here's your chance!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=145843

 

[Buckguy20]

All of the guys at Mary's are what I call chicken jockey's They try and buy cheap and then resell for a profit. Nothing wrong with free enterprise. I just don't want to pay $20- for a mixed breed hen no matter how pretty she is.
I have no problem with them doing that at all. It just amazes me that hens are selling for $20 each now and people ae lining up and falling over themselves to buy them.

 

[TJ's Na-Na]

Buckguy - Would be interested in a pair of, sure enough,
SQ Creles. But, may yet talk Teach out of a pair of his....LOL

Gotta quit looking around at these poultry shows.
The KID is rubbing off on Na-Na..............

Have a good one !

 

[doubleostud]

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Nope I missed it

 

[GracefulBantams]

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Oooo, I may need to plan a trip to Ardmore

*no, Grace, you don't need anymore birds*.....*but they are cute and tiny!*....

 

[GracefulBantams]

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You can give him a list of what's posted on the thread that's linked to my signature

 

[okiechick57]

Hi everyone............ I am looking for laying hens.....or slightly younger girls , and a female turkey of laying age

Buckguy- do you happen to have any for sale..........cheap hopefully. I wish it were for me.........but alas it is for a friend.........thanks all...

 

[doubleostud]

Would anyone like some turkey hatching eggs, no catch, I'm giving some away. I have my incubators full, and I hate to see them go to waste. I have royal palms, blue slate, and of course mixes between the two, normally turns out to be a blue palm, or a lighter blue slate, however I have gotten a few deep blue almost black from a few of these eggs. If you want to pay fine, if not just consider it me stimulating the economy. just send me an email. Normally I am getting around a dozen or so a week, so if there are multiple people interested it may take me a bit.