Virginia

[Country Girl Wannabe]

Oh forgot to mention!! go to the Maryland Poultry swap, they have a thread on this forum. It's and all day affair on June 18.

 

[Mommysongbird]

Does ANYONE live close enough to me that they would like to purchase a few (4-6) roos??

I am asking EVERYONE at this point. They are 6 weeks old and we won't be able to keep them.

I am in Montgomery County, Virginia. If you know someone who would like them and they live close by, let me know.

 

[Blue]

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I'll let you know on the cochins! I told them to hold off on setting the eggs for a bit as I'm expecting my Ideal order, and we just started on our new coop, which is turning into a big job. Who was the one that wanted the ginormous coop and run?! Ooooh, right, it was me!

I ordered some Gold Brabanters from Ideal that should come today or tomorrow. There's only supposed to be one roo in the bunch, so I hope that's the case.

It's my first order from a hatchery, too.

I am so super excited about these lemon blues, you have no idea! I've seen them on BYC but figured I didn't have a snowballs chance of getting any! Since those guys are SR, I would be more than happy to help out with the rooster situation if you end up with a bunch

good luck with your Ideal babies! Please let me know how your experience is with them. I'm really considering ordering from them as well. I ordered from McMurray (first mail order chicks), and have been very pleased. Have a blessed day

Edit: good luck with your coop too! I had to have the whole shebang as well. I threw a "coop raising party" had a cook out, supplied some beer. Hubby and his buddies got it done in 2 days. I was impressed, a little beer and food went a long way!

Thanks! The coop is a work in progress. I had to ask my dad to help me (no hubby yet. lol!), and we both work, so most of our free time is during the weekend. Maybe I should've thrown a coop raising party, and invited some of my friends. We've got the floor down so far, and now we've started framing the sides and trying to find a good deal on roofing metal. I expect I'll end up shelling out at least $100 for roofing, along with finding someone to haul it. It makes me swear my next vehicle will be a truck/SUV when I finally replace my car!

Hopefully, the st. run won't end up being a lot of roos, but it's always a gamble with st. run. Maybe they'll split up nice and even, though, or even be mostly hens.

I got my Ideal order today, and all were active and peeping (no DOAs

) and wanted to start eating and drinking as soon as I put them in the brooder, so I was very happy with that. The post office called me at close to 6am, so I rushed down to get them and had them home in the brooder by around 6:20 or so. It actually worked out nicely, since I didn't have to leave work to go and get them. I checked on the chickies before I left for work, and they seemed to be doing good. Can't wait to get home and check on them after work though.

I do have one issue, though, which is that I ordered 10 chicks and requested insurance/no males for warmth, and I still ended up with 6 extra chicks (don't know what breed they are yet), so either someone can't count, or they sent me a bunch of extra roosters (or hopefully, but not likely, hens). *sigh* Oh well, I guess they could be freezer birds (trying not to get attached to the extras at the moment). My boss also mentioned she might like the extras to use for bug control in her yard, so I'll see how it goes as they get older. Odd that Ideal told me I'd have to pay the couple dollars for insurance if I didn't want extras, but then they added extras anyway; I think there was a bit of confusion there, but that's okay. At least all the chicks were doing well when they arrived, and I got some free chickens to go with the ones I bought.

 

[AlienChick]

Congrats on your new chicks (and the extra ones, too!).

A coop raising sounds like fun. Wish I had thought of that when building my coop.

They're a LOT of work! And if you're like me, you gotta re-do everything cuz there's no instruction manual that tells you which way is UP!

 

[riane'smimi]

Hi, I am in Orange,Va close to Charlottsville and I am looking for some nice silkies.Would like bearded ones.Anybody close have any for sale?

 

[Msbear]

We will have silkies out the Gazzoooo

and a whole lot more! Would love for some of you NPIP folks to come and sell. We've been advertising for this event for a month or so now and we always do well with out Chickenstocks but, this is going to be a lot of fun and we're going to sell A LOT of chickens.

Here's our website

http://mdpoultryswap.blogspot.com/

and here's THE LIST of what's coming

black rosecombs
welsummers and hatching eggs
delawares and hatching eggs
royal palm turkey poults
jumbo coturnix quail chicks and hatching eggs
bantam cochins
white leghorn pullets
cart coop
yard tractor coop
silkie chicks (exhibition lines)
Polish (exhibition lines)
dutch (exhibition lines)
australorp chicks
1-2 mottled Java roo chick(s)
EE roo
1-2 white (hatchery) Silkie
More silkies from breeder in southern MD
wire cages for rabbits or bantams
Red Bourbon Turkey a
rhode island red
More silkies and polish!
8 Large Fowl Partridge Wyandotte chicks from Mr.Urch that are for sale.
List of what I will have is:
Lemon Blue Cochins Large Fowl (LF)
Dominique LF
Blue wheaten Marans LF
New Hampshire Reds LF
Blue Wyandottes LF
Partridge Wyandottes LF
Guineas mix of colors(White, Pied,Pearl,Lav,Royal Purple)
Turkeys ~ Blue Slate (few), Silver Penciled Palms, Burbon Reds,
Black Spanish,Narragansett
Citron Hamburg Bantams (few)
Buff Wyandotte (1) LF
May have SLW (1) LF
Extra roosters:
Blue Wheaten Marans(Davis line)
1~ Wheaten Marans (Cree line)
May have 1 extra roo from my AM/EE/OEL pen.
6 tray hatcher GQF
call ducklings and/or eggs (blue fawn pied and butterscotch)
English riding tack, some plants (cottage style type stuff, lambs ears & daisies & the like)
Runner Ducklings both crested and non-crested.
large fowl blue/black/splash Cochins
large fowl blue/black/splash Orpingtons
LF buff cochins (show quality)
black cochin bantams (show quality)
local honey products
horse tack
old crocks
wire cages (used for rabbits)
farm fresh eating eggs
Silkies, from chicks up to 4-6 weeks old in several colors
ShowGirls
heritage rhode island reds (the dark reds)
Black Australorp
Buff Orpingtons
Easter Eggers (blue/green egg layers)
Bantam black cochin
Light Brahma
Sulkie (the cutest little Silkie x Sultan babies) & some OEGB
Chick waterers & large waterers
iris and daylillies
strawberry plants, grapevines
mint,grapes,sage,salvia,beans,sunflowers,catnip,
pigeons,ducklings
MORE SILKIES
Rhode Island Red pullets
white rock pullets
white crested b/b/s polish straight run.
naked necks 4 hens and 1 roo that are 9 months old
a few extra roos.
welsummer chicks
guinea keets
more silkies 4 weeks to 6 weeks old in blue,black,and project blue partridge
exhibition standard buff leghorns 6 week olds
call ducks, mixed ducks
geese
red and golden pheasant
mixed turkey poults (royal palm and easterns)
‎2 Nigerian Dwarf (2 month old boys) and 2 or 3 Mini Nubian does


Let me know if any of you will be bringing anything. We'll have a BYC VIP lounge

with canopies, tables and chairs. We'll have plenty of fun stuff for the kids like pony rides, straw maze, moon bounce and we'll have food & beverage vendors too. Come on up and enjoy the day. Saturday, June 18th 9-4

 

[riane'smimi]

I will be there for sure

... Talked to Erin last week and I just may be camping out for the first time.. I am really looking forward to it.

 

[Msbear]

hhaahahahhah T'is me

can't wait

 

[AlienChick]

I've got to drive up to PA that weekend, so I may be camping out for the MD swap, too!

 

[Msbear]

Let's Do it Do it!!

I know a few other girls who are camping out. There will be facilities and I can run electric out to whomever can use it. We can cook out... I got some meaties that will be ready that weekend

and, riane'smimi, I remember you were asking for showgirls. Chickenjunkie is bringing them.. pm her and get details