Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[dheltzel]

Dhetzel Thank you for the Rhodebars!! Very excited about these little girls and guys!! Very nice quality chicks!

It was nice meeting you in person, I'm glad the chicks went to someone who appreciates their genetics.

wingstone, you're Rhodebar's grandkids are really spreading out across the area.

 

[dheltzel]

Hello Birdsboro Berks County here.
2 Red Sex Links and 2 LIR Buffs and looking for more.

Shucks, we're neighbors! Technically, I live in Chester county, but I've driven to Birdsboro for cheap gas before.

What are you looking for? I'm sort of overrun with chicks right now, maybe I can add to your flock.

 

[dheltzel]

And is it too early in the year to get started with chicks? We'll have then inside for the first six weeks

LOL, I've got chicks 6 weeks old in my basement right now, so it's not too early in my opinion. Though asking me for an opinion is sort of like asking an alcoholic if it's too early in the day to start drinking.

 

[fisherlady]

I am guessing 'south' means south of RT80.....lol...we prefer to think of ourselves as 'flatlanders'

I am about 35-40 minutes south of 80... but nowhere near flat here, our house is on a ridge at over 1900 ft...

And is it too early in the year to get started with chicks? We'll have then inside for the first six weeks

Too early in the year!?! It's never too early for chicks.... just ask our broody hens!!

A few more pics of Gracie's latest... she ended up with 6.... she's going to have her wings full in a couple of weeks!

 

[stake]

And is it too early in the year to get started with chicks? We'll have then inside for the first six weeks

Wasabi:

I got my original chicks from Pickering in the last week of Feb a couple of years ago....I kept them inside 8 weeks then out to the grow out pen....they probably could've gone out earlier...depends on where you live....if this is your first time with chicks here's a couple of things to think about...

1 free range of penned
2 cold hardy
3 bears confinment
4 broodiness
5 egg color
6 LF or Bantem
also
consider:
1 you will have some loses or may get an unwanted roo or two...get extas
2 build a coop twice the size of the number you think you want
3 whatever you think you want now...as you learn more you will want different breeds (hint extra coop space)....

my two cents...

 

[dheltzel]

I live in New castle,pa.is there anyone on here in this area that wants to go in on an order for chickens? The site I'm using requires a $25 minimum, and our order only adds up to $12.

Too bad you are so far from me, I'd have you come over and look at my chicks. Not worth the drive unless you are heading to the Philly area for other reasons.

If I were you, I'd order extra pullets of some very popular breeds (Ameracaunas and Barred Rocks are a safe bet). Then when you have them, post on Craigslist to sell the extras for a profit, it might cover at least the postage, might even get your chicks for "free". Though I have to be honest and tell you that the price of the chicks is the cheapest part of keeping chickens.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: glad they went somewhere to be useful, they may not have fit into my set up but sounds like they are doing great for you

 

[LisaYolkUm]

Too bad you are so far from me, I'd have you come over and look at my chicks. Not worth the drive unless you are heading to the Philly area for other reasons.

If I were you, I'd order extra pullets of some very popular breeds (Ameracaunas and Barred Rocks are a safe bet). Then when you have them, post on Craigslist to sell the extras for a profit, it might cover at least the postage, might even get your chicks for "free". Though I have to be honest and tell you that the price of the chicks is the cheapest part of keeping chickens.

Dhetzel.....................I am thinking I will be ordering chicks from you this year..............one question I forgot to ask and thought maybe others might have as well is about the
shots chicks get to prevent diseases............

Do you do any of that?

Hatcheries often give them these immunizations or whatever..............have to look up again what the common diseases are they protect against..........

 

[LisaYolkUm]

Mareks vaccination for chicks and

Avian influenza

some kind of a typhoid? thing...........


these are the concerns listed for chicks at pickering valley

 

[troyer]

And is it too early in the year to get started with chicks? We'll have then inside for the first six weeks

Nope not too early. We'll have the incubator loaded for the third hatch this year soon. We loaded the incubator in December for the first hatch in January. If you don't really have space for them outside in cold weather it can really be a pain to get them early.