Spring Chick Fling Chickenstock in Ma ,Great time every one!!!

[keesmom]

Chickie'sMoma :

and i'll have some of the parent birds coming up in a few weeks so i'll have some eggs for sale during the summer. i hope to have more chicks later this summer out of them too!

Mine are from Nikki's eggs so these are some siblings of Henry's birds.

I forget, are you getting a pair or trio? The blue salmon or the salmon boy?

Fingers crossed I'll be getting some from Leisha later this summer too. Also working on getting some standards.

Gotta love these silkies though. Can't see a thing.

So easy to catch. The fav chicks run everywhere when you try to get them.​

 

[Poultry Run Farm]

Looks like the rain has moved on for Maine at least, just cloudy here on Sunday, rain late Sunday night into Monday, how's it look your way??

 

[keesmom]

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About the same. But not heavy rain, just showers later Sunday night into Monday. Maybe Tuesday. Shouldn't cause any problems daytime Sunday.

 

[Poultry Run Farm]

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About the same. But not heavy rain, just showers later Sunday night into Monday. Maybe Tuesday. Shouldn't cause any problems daytime Sunday.

Great!!!! Can't wait, gonna be lots of fun

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

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Mine are from Nikki's eggs so these are some siblings of Henry's birds.

I forget, are you getting a pair or trio? The blue salmon or the salmon boy?

Fingers crossed I'll be getting some from Leisha later this summer too. Also working on getting some standards.

Gotta love these silkies though. Can't see a thing.

So easy to catch. The fav chicks run everywhere when you try to get them.

he's selling the HT blue salmon boy and 2 of the girls to me, so those are probably siblings. he was going to sell me the Oxley boy too but i told him to hold onto him a little longer as a second roo/lookout for his main breeder till he is sure it is not breeding his girls. when Henry goes to send me the HT trio in a few more weeks if he has made up his mind i may take that boy too!

I'm getting a salmon pair from Chickn tomorrow at the Hampton Falls swap. and i have my Chloe-mahogany fav, who needs a mate so i'll be putting her in with them after they go through quarantine.

if anyone is going to have bantam salmon faverolles chicks (prefer pullets) at Shay's swap i'd love to get some more!

eta: yeah, i know about trying to grab silkies and fav chicks! the little cockerel fav is a pain in the rear when i try to go for him. the silkie runs but knows it will be caught!

 

[keesmom]

Chickie'sMoma :

he's selling the HT blue salmon boy and 2 of the girls to me, so those are probably siblings. he was going to sell me the Oxley boy too but i told him to hold onto him a little longer as a second roo/lookout for his main breeder till he is sure it is not breeding his girls. when Henry goes to send me the HT trio in a few more weeks if he has made up his mind i may take that boy too!

I'm getting a salmon pair from Chickn tomorrow at the Hampton Falls swap. and i have my Chloe-mahogany fav, who needs a mate so i'll be putting her in with them after they go through quarantine.

if anyone is going to have bantam salmon faverolles chicks (prefer pullets) at Shay's swap i'd love to get some more!

I have the 11 chicks. First I thought I had 8 boys, 3 girls. Then it looked like 3 boys 8 girls! Now there are 2 questionable ones - the splash and another that's either a really light blue roo or off color pullet. So basically I'm not 100% sure what I have.

Laura will have pairs. She has some really nice birds!​

 

[shay20]

I have an auction on here for Ameraucana eggs, if some one from here bids and wins i will have them on sunday.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=311824

 

[Gypsylion]

I have a truly gorgeous pair of Black East Indies ducks that I'm trying to decide whether to keep or sell. Would anyone be interested? I've come to the conclusion that $45 and the promise of a loving home is what it's worth to me to let them go (and even then I'm still not sure!)...

This pair were bred by Shawn Streeter and were the best he had available when I bought them last November (the male almost wasn't for sale because he's so good looking!). They are definitely show quality and ready to be entered! They are last year's babies, so they've started breeding but no eggs quite yet. Their names are Apollo and Calliope and they are tame but not particularly friendly - i.e. they will come up to you if they think you have worms for them, but otherwise steer clear of people. Calliope loves chasing my dog's tail though. They get along great with the chickens, and snuggle a bit with my slightly grumpy silkie hen at night (much to her chagrin... I get the impression she thinks they are annoying, noisy kids). They are also inseparable... they get very upset if they lose track of each other for even a moment! Believe it or not, they also smell REALLY good! Who knew ducks smelled so great?

So, does anyone want to promise me that you'll take good care of this lovely pair of sweeties? They are wonderfully adorable, and part of me really wants to keep them, but their tendency to dabble in every bit of water they can find makes a lot more mess for me.

If I don't get any interest I'll just keep them - I'm so torn!

Some pics (this may not work, but it's worth a try):
Apollo and Calliope in the snow
Apollo and Calliope enjoying this week's wonderful sunshine!

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i see what you mean, he's gorgeous!

are they full sized or bantams?

 

[pringle]

Those are some nice ducks Gypsylion I wish I could take them but im already getting a mallard and some scovys a trio of quail and a silkie!