Rats, bad news, the fellow contacted my friend after my friend sent him the link to here, he says he has no bantams to sell.
That's unfortunate. But I would be interested in the Japanese bantams for sure! Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it!Rats, bad news, the fellow contacted my friend after my friend sent him the link to here, he says he has no bantams to sell.
I know of a fellow who works at a hardware lumber store out this way who raises Japanese Bantams. I could ask after him and see what his situation is if you like.
Makes me think that Tractor Supply and Ace Hardware and lumber yards in your area would be a good place to ask around!
I found out today the fellow works part time and will be in tomorrow through Thursday, so I’ll speak to him soon.
That's great, thank you so much!
OK I just DM'd you with info. He will give some of his bantams away, but then he said he wants to give away a rooster too, so I hope it's not a requirement to get some hens. Japanese bantams are a special type of chicken, read up on them - the short legs are an interesting gene mutation. I don't know how strictly he adheres to the SOP and what he does about the ones that don't meet the standards, when he culls them or if he culls at all.
Hi Peggy, CNYers, and everyone. We’re on the shore of Lake Ontario a rooster crow west of Oswego. I jokingly tell the girls (and boys) they have a pretty cool view for a chicken! Our flock is small. It was designed to be just seven but “free” chicks made it nine and unfortunately a second roo. Five BOs (one roo) and four Australorps (one roo). I have learned a tremendous amount about wind. I thought I had given them a hearty protection. Yeah no. The winds from Lake Ontario are brutal. No bits of plastic hold up. I have heavy duty stuff like they use commercially in outdoor cafes and that is doing very well. But in Spring I will be doing some remodeling. Still they don’t seem worse for wear. After four days of ridiculous winds today was calm and everyone went flying or rather running out into the run. 21 weeks and no eggs yet but seems about normal particularly as the light is so precious in winter and I am not adding supplemental light. As my guys will be allowed to live out their natural lives I saw no reason to push for egg production.Hi guys. I'm Peggy and I live about 20 miles south of Ithaca, NY. Right now I'm down sizing my girls for the winter, but usually have about 25 to 35 chickens. Fell in love with Blue Cochins, they seem to handle our weather very well. I have a variety of different chickens, BR, Cochins, Royalle Faverole,EE, NHR, white Giant, Wyandotte, Shaver Red, Buff Orp., Austrolorp,Speckled sussex, that's it for now but am always adding more!!!!!
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