Can you come to the swap if you have nothing to bring? I'm in the city and can only have so many chickens but would love to come and see all the different breeds and birds.
I purchased 2 roosters from different lines and 4 hens from a third line. Some of birds came eggs from a breeder called "Pips and Peeps", the second one was Cree Farms and the third breeder I will need to look up as I can't remember it off hand. We have had several nice chicks hatch from these birds and all look very nice, very correct. I plan on taking a handful to Lane County Fair to Show. I also have some nice Buff Cochin Cockerels (bantams) available from the Karl Rau and Doug Bishop lines. I will post the third breeder on the SQA's when I look it up in my records.
Thanks for your interest
Jen
Have - 2 OEGB cockerels Barred, hatch date 1/5/10
1 Golden Laced Bantam Cochin cockerel hatch date 3/14/10
1 Golden Campine bantam cockerel - hatch date 4/11/10
1 Black Tailed Buff Japanese Bantam cockerel - 4/11/10
1 pair (cockerel and pullet - must go together) - OEGB's (most likely Gold Duckwings) - hatch date 5/23/10
2 unknown breed bantam cockerels (maybe OEGB?) - hatch date 5/23/10
These are all pets - not for your table.
Want - Nothing!!!!!!
Chickboss
Have - If there is interest, could hatch some mutt chicks, and also some ducklings (Khaki Campbells, Muscovies, and..??)
Want -
Pinkchick
Have -
Want - Pilgrim Geese
Argula
Have - BCM roosters, 3 EE roosters, 1 Hamburg roo, 1 WCB Polish roo
Want -
Cloverleaf Farm
Have - Will probably have some LF Salmon Faverolles cockerels, probably a white Faverolles cockerel, some bantam lavender Ameraucanas, a LF lavender Ameraucana cockerel or two, and I don't know what else yet...growing things out right now
Want - 2-3 of oregonJens SQ black Ameraucana pullets!!!!!
K7 Menagerie
Have-
Want - mille fleur cochins I need more, more, more, more!!!! Why, no, I'm not obsessed. What would make you think that?
Have - possibly some mille fleur d'Uccle hatching eggs
Want -
Bil
Have - Alpaca fiber, maybe some pullets
Want - a couple of nigerian dwarf does (anybody have any to trade for an alpaca or 2?)
oregonJen
Have - We will have an assortment of birds available to bring at that time, including a young male peacock, 3 types of quail. Ameracauna laying hens, cuckoo Marans laying hens and pair and trios, frizzle chicks, Silkie chicks, cochin chicks (Bantam SQ in splash, blue, white, mottled, buff, black), pheasants juveniles, SQ Ameracaunas in Blue, Black or Splash, 2 Silver Sebright roosters, Guinea keets in lavender, blue, buff, buff dundotte, Royal purple, pearl, white, light blue and other colors. Can also bring breeds from these on request, with a minimum of 5 chicks; Blue Marans (good lines, feathering on legs), Barnvelders, Speckled Sussex, and oh I am probably forgetting something. We have pigeons too. Oh ya, we have rare Auburn turkey poults and Royal Palm Poults and juveniles.
Want - Muscovy ducks or ducklings, Silver Laced Wyandotte Hens, RIR Hens, Speckled Sussex hens/ pullets, possibly one cockerel (mine is evil), black copper Marans from reputable lines, white or pied peafowl, pied guineas, Sumatras or Yokohamas or Phoenix' from good lines
Looking for pairs or trios of Blue Laced Red Wyandottes
Silver Laced Wyandottes,
Columbian Wyandottes
and Black Copper Marans hens or eggs
Blue/ splash Marans
RIR Hens and Rooster
Mille Fleur Leghorn rooster
Blue Andalusian Rooster
Assorted pheasants (not ringneck or Manchurian, I have plenty of those)
At the risk of sounding like a total chicken newbie (oh wait... I *am* a total chicken newbie!) can I ask a stupid question? Never been to a swap meet of any sort before. Looking forward to this one, wherever it may be. What I'd like to know is, are chickens and such out there in cages with LABELS? I know, sounds stupid, but I would love to see some of these breeds that I do have and don't have but don't want to walk around saying "what's that?" "what breed is she?" "is that a rooster or a hen?"
Is it set up like the fair? Does everyone there to swap have booths or are people mingling with their chickens?
See, told you it was going to be silly. (Moved here from Tahoe 2 years ago. Not exactly a "city" girl, but hardly country!)
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Oh, not at all! We were ALL newbs once, and how do you learn if you don't ask questions?? No, there's no labels, but if you see something that interests you, just ask, we are all more than happy to talk about our birds and answer questions! At the last one, it was in a parking lot, so everybody just set up behind their vehicles, and then you could just walk around and see what was there. I had a big piece of poster board on a table listing out what I had, and how much I wanted for it, and crossed things off as they sold...