South Carolina

[Kiki1010]

With the Silkie debate going on does anyone know a local place to get a couple of Silkie chicks? When I talked my wife into letting me build a coop I used pics of silkies as a selling point.

Welcome RTew! If you are in upstate, I got some silkies from my feed store.

West Columbia here. I've had chickens for 6 weeks now and I am unexpectedly ecstatic about them. I started off big...74 chicks (I've only lost 3) and 3 hens. Went into Locklair's to pickup dog food and came home with it and 3 Easter Eggers. Needless to say I'm not allowed to pickup feed anymore. Now we are racing time to expand my run!

Wow! Are you going into egg business? You will have eggs coming out of your ears by fall!! lol

 

[SweetProvidence]

I bought all, except the 3 from Locklair's, from a lady in Pelion. She doesn't sex them and from what I've learned on here I think half are roo's! They are buff orpingtons and rhode island reds. Did I mention I ordered 5 cuckoo marans from Swansea Milling co? They will be here late April.
I-Need-an-intervention!

 

[RTew]

Thanks Kiki1010. We are outside of Rock Hill but I never mind an excuse for a weekend drive. Thank you all for your posts and insights, this site has been a huge resource!

 

[jonsccm]

With the Silkie debate going on does anyone know a local place to get a couple of Silkie chicks? When I talked my wife into letting me build a coop I used pics of silkies as a selling point.

Tractor supply in Newberry had a whole bin of them the other day.

 

[RR Lover]

They have quackers also at Laurens TSC

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Silkies are sweet and cute...and excellent broodies. But so impractical for our property! They wouldn't stand a chance here. My one game hen is an excellent broody also. And I have also read that EE's do go broody...sometimes. I am breeding the game hen, with the EE roo, at the moment. Their progeny is approaching adulthood. That pullet hatched on April 1. So she has a 50% chance of having the broody instinct.
The rest of the birds....Plymouth Rocks. They had a fit when the game hen went broody in the nest boxes. Created quite a ruckus running her out of it. Did they want it for setting? Heck no!! They just didn't want her hogging the nest box!

So she has her own chicken tractor now. And her own EE rooster. She apparently is just ignoring the memo...about it being springtime.

But her being half wild, I figure Mother Nature will clue her in when her time comes for setting. last year, she went broody in June. Her first hatch.

 

[peafowlmom]

Does anyone have a peahen for sale, or know anyone who does? I am scared my males will leave if I do not get them another female?

 

[teresa53]

Dillon here, looking for lavender orps

 

[teresa53]

I think I saw a lady from west minister that was selling some. Of course, I could be crazy. I really want some of the Jubilee Orps.

I would love to have a few lavender orps. Would love to find a few

 

[tigercreek]

Dillon here, looking for lavender orps

Virginia Wolfe on SC chicken/duck owners on FB has lavender orps....