Recent content by tinamommy727

Awesome yes I am still interested!

I get hives for everything else, I brace myself when I have to take a new prescription for something. I have begun my journey into using herbal supplements. It seems less traumatic for me and works almost the same.

Okay all!! They have started laying. They are laying the prettiest blue green egg. I will have to take some pictures and show you on here. They are absolutely gorgeous, it was worth the weight. In the morning when I make breakfast, the kids say, " Mom I want a blue omelet". I love it!

I will have to look into that. I would like to be NPIP certified. I take in a lot of stray chickens that noone wants anymore, or have been dumped. I wouldn't mind shipping chickens as long as they have good homes.

Okay I did whole lot of research this morning, I live in Peoria County which is apart of Bartonville township and there never was an ordinance made up for this, which means that we can have anything, as long as no one complains, and even then they really can;t do anything about it. I know on the...

I'm thinking about buying meat birds this year, but I just don't think that I can do the killing. I'm hoping to find someone that does the processing around here. I'm willing to split the meat. I'm new to the whole "thinking about chickens for meat instead of eggs" business, but the cost of food...

We can have them in Peoria County, not Peoria city though.

I am looking for an incubator, I have two very large dogs, they crushed it and it was made out of Styrofoam, Can anyone trade me one? Or help me out with one? It is completely unrepairable. I can trade 4 RIR's for one. Please let me know, I am in Peoria

I am also looking for marans! Hopefully a breeding pair. I also have four RIR's thats for sale if anyone is interested. Going for 6 each. They are almost a year old and they are going through their first molt. I'm in peoria.

I'm looking for a broody silkie! Color is not important just need one the hatch some eggs....we are mourning our loss of our broody mamma silkie,,,she was dragged up a tree by a possum in broad daylight. I've never seen anything like it. So now they are just confined where they can be fenced in...

I'm in Illinois if you can ship them, I'll take them!

Hello I am looking to add some new members to the flock, please let me know if you have any of these for sale, Looking for polish, silkie, maran or sizzle hatching eggs, Thank you!

I love polish chickens!! He is gorgeous! I'm wanting to find some myself.

When I wash my eggs I put a coating of coconut oil on it to seal the pores of the eggs. Other than that I don't wash at all when I store them. When I sell them or give them away though, I do wash and then put the oil covering on it.

Your welcome anirishfarmer!