*** OKIES in the BYC ***

[LD Jackson]

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I thought of that as well, al6517, but there seem to be no Black Australorp breeders on BYC. I found one in Oklahoma, but his profile said he was banned. Also, as much as I would like to have chicks from a breeder, they may very well be out of my price range.

 

[GotGame]

Welcome LD....look up michael daugherty on here, he may know someone that has australorps...

 

[GotGame]

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I thought of that as well, al6517, but there seem to be no Black Australorp breeders on BYC. I found one in Oklahoma, but his profile said he was banned. Also, as much as I would like to have chicks from a breeder, they may very well be out of my price range.

Here ya go, there are some here in Edmond for sale.....

here is the link http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/2356958453.html

here is the ad "I HAVE 15 YOUNG HENS AND ROOSTER TO SELL layin real good now large brown eggs
"

 

[GotGame]

there are several people around OKC advertising black australorps on craigslist, there might be some around tulsa...

 

[LD Jackson]

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I thought of that as well, al6517, but there seem to be no Black Australorp breeders on BYC. I found one in Oklahoma, but his profile said he was banned. Also, as much as I would like to have chicks from a breeder, they may very well be out of my price range.

Here ya go, there are some here in Edmond for sale.....

here is the link http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/2356958453.html

here is the ad "I HAVE 15 YOUNG HENS AND ROOSTER TO SELL layin real good now large brown eggs
"

Unfortunately, that is out of my price range. That's why I need to stick to chicks and raise them myself.

 

[GotGame]

hhmm

 

[GotGame]

here are some black australorp chicks in hulbert ok,

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/grd/2349272980.html

here is what I believe is a hatchery with some from oklahoma

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/grd/2326462770.html

 

[LD Jackson]

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When you look at the header of the ad, it says $15 per bird.

I also just called the gentleman who had the chicks for sale in Hulbert and they are anywhere from 1-2 weeks old. He is asking $2 per check and has about 20 of them, but I have no way of sexing them and he said he doesn't either, at that age. I really wouldn't want to purchase them and wind up with a lot of roosters that I couldn't use. Other than that, it would be a good deal.

 

[GotGame]

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When you look at the header of the ad, it says $15 per bird.

I also just called the gentleman who had the chicks for sale in Hulbert and they are anywhere from 1-2 weeks old. He is asking $2 per check and has about 20 of them, but I have no way of sexing them and he said he doesn't either, at that age. I really wouldn't want to purchase them and wind up with a lot of roosters that I couldn't use. Other than that, it would be a good deal.

you will pay at least $2 a chick from a hatchery, as day olds, and you cant know the sex on them at a day old. 1-2 week old chicks for $2 I would think is a good deal....

 

[LD Jackson]

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When you look at the header of the ad, it says $15 per bird.

I also just called the gentleman who had the chicks for sale in Hulbert and they are anywhere from 1-2 weeks old. He is asking $2 per check and has about 20 of them, but I have no way of sexing them and he said he doesn't either, at that age. I really wouldn't want to purchase them and wind up with a lot of roosters that I couldn't use. Other than that, it would be a good deal.

you will pay at least $2 a chick from a hatchery, as day olds, and you cant know the sex on them at a day old. 1-2 week old chicks for $2 I would think is a good deal....

I just contacted the gentleman who has the hatchery in Muskogee and he says he will sell me chicks for $1.50, but there is no way of sexing them. If I understand you correctly, there is no way of telling for sure the sex of the chick, even coming from a hatchery such as Cackle, so I would still be taking a chance? So would I be better off just buying the chicks locally, since they are cheaper and the only freight I would have would be my gas money to go pick them up?

So for all the questions, I am just turning all of this over in my head, trying to figure out what is best.