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I would be taking pictures for a report to the Postmaster. There is NO excuse for a box to be delivered looking like that! Those eggs had a "bad day" and it seems to me it is time for several humans to also have a bad day.

See if you are grandfathered in. I used to live on River Shore in Southampton Estates. We could have chickens as we were once part of the truck farms. Churchland High School's mascot is the Truckers. Truck FARMERS, not long range drivers, lol. Do yourself a favor and head straight to City...

Quote: Hey there, neighbor! What is your property zoned for? I have made a couple of trips to the Zoning office at City Hall, but I understand much of the city information is online. If you are in a community with a home owners' association, you have to check their regulations. As I...

Quote: Yes! My only request (at this time, lol) is that you decide upon a date and let us know so we can "save the day". I have missed several swaps within easy driving distance because of event conflicts.

Quote: Hello from Suffolk. I used to live in Portsmouth. Not many BYCers in SE Virginia, but there seems to be many chicken people between us (between Suffolk and Isle of Wight). I missed last weekend's chicken swap at the Franklin TSC, but there will be many others.

I'm probably even farther away over here in Suffolk. Just keep asking. Visit a swap or two if you must. I'm sure someone has one or two birds for sale. In the meantime, let her be your yard work buddy. Or you could make/buy a chicken diaper and let her inside. We have had several injured birds...

Well, at any rate I'm glad you found a home for them. I have to get with the plan and start processing roosters. A few of the named boys have a pass so long as they remain well behaved. Middle child says "The mean roosters taste the best", and she is Miss Chicken Hugger. Oh, is anyone else...

Quote: How old are the birds? What part of the state are you? I'm in Western Suffolk, in the South-East portion of Virginia North of the Carolina line. In other words, if you are not hours and hours away, I might be very interested in two or more Silkies.

I thought any of you "near" me might be interested in this: Farmers' Feed & Seed in Suffolk has plenty of older chicks. They recieved these babies in August in two shipments. They are mostly feathered out with first baby feathers. They are tall enough that they are no longer to stretch in the...

riane'smimi : Thanks! So you think it will be ok to eat then ? The watermelon was great as was the applebutter. I sure would like to taste the apple peach one with out fear of getting sick . I also think th jelly is fine to eat. I grew up listening to my relatives complaining about how hard...

Quote: I used to live in the Churchland area of Portsmouth. I had chickens, so I have a couple of questions and suggestions for you... Are you allow by city code to have chickens? People at the zoning office should be able to tell you. If you are allowed to have poultry where you live...

Well we had 20+ hours of rain. Downed tree limbs and a few missing shingles is our damage. One hen died. She was a RSL that had just turned two years old. She had a bare back from being one of Mr. Nugget's favorite girls and she had begun molting. I wanted to call her "Bald Butt", but she...

Quote: I hope everything is an easy fix for their houses. I was lounging on my bed and talking on the phone with a friend from Florida when it hit. My mirror shook, then my bed. As I was telling her I thought it was an earthquake, I could hear our grandfather clock clunking around and ringing...

Quote: Welcome neighbor! I'm fairly close to you in "Surprising Suffolk". How are you holding up under that Dismal Swamp wildfire smoke? Morning fog plus smoke equals chickens wait for their breakfast another hour! I imagine them looking at their little feather watches and complaining "Where...

riane'smimi : I have been really lucky this summer with my birds. One thing that I haven't done is feed them corn as it builds heat in the body. I do alot of reading about chickens and alot of what I have read said not to feed corn nor scratch with corn in the summer. I am no expert on chickens...

How is the rest of Virginia doing weather-wise? That week long stretch of 100+degrees days cost me eleven chickens. A meat bird who had been panting and wheezing was the first to go. She had crawled under the house for shade. The next morning I spent several minutes trying to remove cockerals...

chickenn@@b : Can anyone around the Richmond area recommend a place to buy a few pullets? Should I just find a farmer or some place to buy a few or maybe craigs list? I check it occasionally and see people trying to get rid of chickens but usually they include a rooster, which I haven't...

Welcome to BYC! Isn't it wonderful walking outside and seeing the stars? We moved to Suffolk after having been in Portsmouth for years. I sort of miss the tug boats out on the James River. They made such neat sounds at night. Here we've got roosters and hens singing songs and arguing. A...

Welcome all you new people! I might get to meet some of you if y'all plan one of these swaps on a day I can come! It's nice reading about successful swaps, but frustrating that I haven't been able to attend any since that freezing day at the Franklin TSC.

There is also a swap at TSC on Armory Drive in Franklin, VA, on Saturday, March 26. The TSC has flyers up next to the registers and the cashier that checked me out last week was VERY jazzed. I said I had nothing to sell yet, but she insisted I needed to drop by to see what everyone else would...