South Carolina

[huckleberryfarm]

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I have a white silkie roo! And I have silkie chicks in a bunch of colors.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Thankfully the few kids I've had out here have been great. Maybe we need a sign that says "My dog bites bad kids." Is that what your sign says, Kimberly?

Having to go through that whole scene would be very frustrating! I might have had to accidentally trip one of the kids.

We could trip one - into the duck pools!

I wonder what happened to my sign........I did not see it when I was outside a little bit ago.... It only said beware of dog, she will bite.

I have one that looks like it would say no smoking.......just a small metal plate.........but it is at my doorbell & says beware of dog

Nicole thinks I am nuts & don't remember a sign.....maybe I dreamed it

 

[FarmerJohn3285]

Since we all like to see pics, here are some that i snapped the over the weekend. ENJOY!!

My RIR broody that hatched 5 EE chicks..they look like brown/white fuzz balls next to her.

My RIR flock and the 4 GC I have in there with them.

My 4 month old EE roo. He is now with 10 month old BR hens to make Olive Egg Chicks

My 4 month old Delaware flock.

Farmer (Del roo). Wife named him as in Farmer in the Dell, except we have Farmer & the Dels.

Del flock again.

 

[Joycats]

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Oh my goodness Billy - you're much nicer than me. I would have refused to sell them any of my birds. If they'll treat them like that in front of me, who knows how they would be treated once sold. And locking you in the pen???? I would have told those people that they didn't know how to treat animals (or people) and they could leave without my birds. I do have a sign posted in my yard now and it has helped a lot. I no longer have little kids and their parents asking to use my bathroom, and people do seem to keep their kids closer. Although I still cringe when I see a van full of children pull up in the driveway. I do usually catch the birds for sale and have them already in the front yard for people to look at. Most people still want to look and as long as they're well behaved I don't mind. But I think we've all had those days and it's enough to make me rethink selling chickens at all. My 7 year old is usually in the yard with me and he will go in the house to get away from ill behaved children. I once had a customer that would let his little girl empty the food bin of goat food, with me telling her she was going to make them sick by feeding them too much - not to mention wasting my money. He is no longer a customer because I told him I would prefer to deliver eggs to him. When he couldn't bring his bratty child out to run around for a couple of hours he quit buying eggs from me. And I'm fine with that. It's really sad that there are so many kids today that haven't been taught how to behave around animals or people. I do not enjoy dealing with the public, much prefer the company of animals. Oh, it's not always kids. I once had a grown man stamp his foot at me and raise his voice to me because I wouldn't sell him one of my breeding maran roos. I had told him no, he starts to tell me why I don't need that rooster. I pulled his money back out of my pocket and told him to just unload my other birds from his truck if he wasn't happy. He calmed down right away and he did not get any more of my birds. He also has not been back, even though he keeps calling. People can be scary.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

I wanna see your sign, Joy....

 

[pinkwindsong]

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very pretty birds and your right I love to see pics from everyone..
PInk

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I have a white silkie roo! And I have silkie chicks in a bunch of colors.

Okay, I talked with Jeff and he says it doesn't matter on colors to them. I asked how many he wanted of each...2, 4,.....10! Waiting for his reply but I think 10 is way more than what they want at this time.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Thanks to gofasterstripe, I now have 13 Runner duck eggs in my bator!!! She has some of the prettiest Runners and I really wanted them so badly so when someone couldn't take them I was able to grab them up. Hooray!

Yes, yes, I know I need to share with Nicole. I bet she will be here on hatching day to see what great colors and how many emerge.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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SHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh

LOL

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

I am considering sending my layers to the farm.....and have nothing here but the ducks, silkies & cochins.

Someone does not want to make a separate pen for the hamburgs though.

Wait he has a huge coop/pen..........just dunno if we can move it or not.......I know we can't get it here - it's too big!