YO GEORGIANS! :)

[Flowerbh]

Sale went crazy today retards where out in full bloom. Lav ams went for 95 dollars for a pair. Ended up with Belgium de anvers.

That's fantastic! I have been telling people on here for years to take all there extras to auction! I saw one Black Australorp rooster sell for $49! It was full grown. I guess people would rather buy a pair or full grown chickens than spend lots of money on hatching eggs (shipping is ridiculous), then raise them up for 6 months. I guess it makes sense. And true Ameraucanas (especially Lavenders) are hard to find!

 

[carcar80]

Soo.. It rained here last night. GAM and Robo can especially appreciate this one.. Our waterline isn't generally all the way at the road.

Our john boat was completely ashore last night

Layer coop

Luckily only three ladies in that one at the moment, so they are easily set up inside (regardless, they were NOT going down that plank!)

About ten feet out from that coop:

Thank GOD, my Brahmas appear to be on as high ground as our house!!

 

[GAMarans]

 

[Flowerbh]

Soo.. It rained here last night. GAM and Robo can especially appreciate this one.. Our waterline isn't generally all the way at the road.

Our john boat was completely ashore last night


Layer coop


Luckily only three ladies in that one at the moment, so they are easily set up inside (regardless, they were NOT going down that plank!)

About ten feet out from that coop:


Thank GOD, my Brahmas appear to be on as high ground as our house!!

!

OMG! All that water! I know your hens aren't happy about that! I never saw if your Silkie hatched??

 

[carcar80]

OMG!  All that water!  I know your hens aren't happy about that!  I never saw if your Silkie hatched??   

I think you may be thinking of someone else? Unless you're thinking of my lone BLRW egg I had left.. In which case no, I finally pulled it. It was still moving inside but didn't look right.

 

[RoswellOrganic]

Hi, I am new to chickens, have been lurking, reading and learning, hoping to get chickens in the spring. I was just thinking this is a great day to go see what are the drier spots around the yard to position the chicken tractor on rainy winters. We got tons of water here too!

On a separate note, I have been looking around trying to find a local source for pullets in the spring. I am only looking for 3, I am open as far as breeds, looking for a good layer, friendly, good forager. Will I be able to find pullets in the spring? Or should I start planning on getting day old chicks?

I would love to get 3 different breeds and some of the prettier breeds such as a lavender orpington, a cream legbar, maybe a buckeye or silver laced wyandotte.

It seems that it would be difficult to raise only 3 chicks and I would have to raise more expecting some cockerels and then find homes for them.

I would appreciate your advice on the best route to follow. I would really prefer to buy locally, and a feathered pullet ready to go outside and pick them up if I could.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[carcar80]

Hi, I am new to chickens, have been lurking, reading and learning, hoping to get chickens in the spring. I was just thinking this is a great day to go see what are the drier spots around the yard to position the chicken tractor on rainy winters. We got tons of water here too!

On a separate note, I have been looking around trying to find a local source for pullets in the spring. I am only looking for 3, I am open as far as breeds, looking for a good layer, friendly, good forager.  Will I be able to find pullets in the spring? Or should I start planning on getting day old chicks? 

I would love to get 3 different breeds and some of the prettier breeds such as a lavender orpington, a cream legbar, maybe a buckeye or silver laced wyandotte.

It seems that it would be difficult to raise only 3 chicks and I would have to raise more expecting some cockerels and then find homes for them.

I would appreciate your advice on the best route to follow. I would really prefer to buy locally, and a feathered pullet ready to go outside and pick them up if I could.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Welcome!!! And great idea on looking for dry spots. Believe it or not, I did that with my coop pictured above- but this is truly the worst flooding we've had so I think I did okay.

You will certainly find pullets in spring. Or if you did want chicks, you could choose auto-sexing breeds (such as sex links, or the legbars you mentioned).. Hatcheries also have a pretty good rep at sexing chicks many times so if you find a place that stocks pullets in-store that's usually a safe bet. Good luck and stick around!

 

[valleychicks]

Welcome!!! And great idea on looking for dry spots. Believe it or not, I did that with my coop pictured above- but this is truly the worst flooding we've had so I think I did okay.

You will certainly find pullets in spring. Or if you did want chicks, you could choose auto-sexing breeds (such as sex links, or the legbars you mentioned).. Hatcheries also have a pretty good rep at sexing chicks many times so if you find a place that stocks pullets in-store that's usually a safe bet. Good luck and stick around!

Hi, I am new to chickens, have been lurking, reading and learning, hoping to get chickens in the spring. I was just thinking this is a great day to go see what are the drier spots around the yard to position the chicken tractor on rainy winters. We got tons of water here too!

On a separate note, I have been looking around trying to find a local source for pullets in the spring. I am only looking for 3, I am open as far as breeds, looking for a good layer, friendly, good forager. Will I be able to find pullets in the spring? Or should I start planning on getting day old chicks?

I would love to get 3 different breeds and some of the prettier breeds such as a lavender orpington, a cream legbar, maybe a buckeye or silver laced wyandotte.

It seems that it would be difficult to raise only 3 chicks and I would have to raise more expecting some cockerels and then find homes for them.

I would appreciate your advice on the best route to follow. I would really prefer to buy locally, and a feathered pullet ready to go outside and pick them up if I could.

Thank you in advance for your help.

@CliffB I believe works at a TSC in McDonough GA and is planning a Chicken Swap on Feb14 so if you are near there that would be a GREAT way to get some chickens and knowledge about raising chickens. Oh and WELCOME to BYC and the Yo GA Forum!

 

[CliffB]

So far i can already tell you now our chicken swap will have tons of wyandottes, tons of silkies, and tons of barnyard mixes. We have so many chicken customers now they expanded our chicken aisle from 16' to a little over 32' of chicken products and 4 pallet drops of chicken feed.

 

[valleychicks]

So far i can already tell you now our chicken swap will have tons of wyandottes, tons of silkies, and tons of barnyard mixes. We have so many chicken customers now they expanded our chicken aisle from 16' to a little over 32' of chicken products and 4 pallet drops of chicken feed.

I need to live in that area then. LOL!!