Chickens-Pls No "i Told You So"
#1
Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:40 AM
#2
Posted 13 July 2012 - 01:53 PM
So, we have the 2 chickens now, the prob is one is a rooster and we need to find them a home. Anyone have fam or friends who would like 2 chickens, we have the coop, perspective owners must live on a farm. The chickens are sweet and friendly and enjoy being picked up and will come when you call or say treat...we will be putting them on craigslist soon...
Found a home for both on a farm, yay!
#3
Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:33 PM
If you are still interested and would like additional information, you can IM me. I have a boatload of info on keeping chickens (and have a couple myself) I'm a big proponent of the old-style Victory Gardens, including keeping your own chickens.
Or check out the Small Animal Exchange in Orangevale, this Saturday the 11th. You can meet up with folks who have hens and other small animals to buy, trade or sell any animal you can carry and cage. No dogs or cats, please. Or just spend your morning talking poultry and meeting some great people! LOCATION: 7546 Larkspur Lane in Orangevale, from 9-12. The Exchange is a lot of fun! There is a very knowlegeble lady, Nancy, from the Yellow Rose Ranch over in Antelope. She specializes in heritage birds and breeds many of them to maintain the breeds. You can contact and/or follow her on Facebook at Yellow Rose Ranch, too.
#4
Posted 09 August 2012 - 08:44 AM
One of these days I'd like to raise chickens again, it'd be nice to have a couple around for fresh eggs.
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#5
Posted 09 August 2012 - 12:42 PM
So, we have the 2 chickens now, the prob is one is a rooster and we need to find them a home. Anyone have fam or friends who would like 2 chickens, we have the coop, perspective owners must live on a farm. The chickens are sweet and friendly and enjoy being picked up and will come when you call or say treat...we will be putting them on craigslist soon...
Next time just sell or rehome the rooster. Then get a younger chick as a companion for the one you have left. where did you buy your chicks? The place I went to sexed the chicks. I ended up with all females, this year.
#6
Posted 16 August 2012 - 09:50 AM
Next time just sell or rehome the rooster. Then get a younger chick as a companion for the one you have left. where did you buy your chicks? The place I went to sexed the chicks. I ended up with all females, this year.
There is a place in the Antelope area called the Yellow Rose Ranch. Nancy specializes in harder to find and heritage birds. She has a lot of different types of absolutely gorgeous chickens in a lot of different sizes (as well as ducks, turkeys, quail and others).
- 5244 Turret Court
- Sacramento, California 95842
- Phone1 (916) 993-3922Emailyellowroseranch@live.comWebsitehttp://www.yellowros...h.org</li></ul>
She is a great source for all kinds of backyard fowl, and is very knowledgeable. Also there is one more Small Animal Exchange to take place in ORangevale the second Saturday in September. There are a lot of folks who show up with chickens, rabbits and such and they are all very knowledgeable about backyard animals. You can get notifications from Nancy on her facebook page Yellow Rose Ranch for place and time. If you contact her, tell her Karen referred you...I don't get anything out of it, she just knows you come referred.
#7
Posted 16 August 2012 - 12:38 PM
#8
Posted 20 August 2012 - 04:17 PM
If you do contact Nancy at Yellow Rose Ranch, she is really good at sexing the chicks pretty early on. She is very knowledgeable and has some really wonderful birds. If you do want to get chickens again, you might want to consider bantams which are the little chickens. They lay smaller eggs, but the fun of having them outweighs most of the negatives. And Nancy will take back any roos and exchange them for hens if you want. I purposely didn't get any roosters because I didn't want to bother the neighbors. The hens make MUCH less noise than the dogs who bark, yap and howl constantly on either side of us.
#9 (The Dude)
Posted 21 August 2012 - 07:44 AM
Next time just sell or rehome the rooster. Then get a younger chick as a companion for the one you have left. where did you buy your chicks? The place I went to sexed the chicks. I ended up with all females, this year.
Where did you get your chickens? I'm thinking about getting some. Are you raising your chickens in your apartment?
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