Want bantam hens and 1 rooster

[runawayredhead]

Any one in the area of Omaha Ar have any bantam hens? I will travel within 100 miles for them. So most of Arkansas and a lot of Mo that covers.

[Cliff Timmons]

You can order day old chicks on line. I know Cackle Hatchery in Leabonon, MO has severl types.

They are a blast to have around. "The bantams, not the hatchery" <grin>

[runawayredhead]

Thanks Cliff by the way good job at the festival. I decided to finally get some after 20 years without chickens. I was worried about my dog chasing them but last night he brought me a baby blue bird and dropped it in my lap unharmed so guess he won't be a chicken chaser or at least not a chicken killer.

[Cliff Timmons]

I had to beat my dogs within an inch of thier lives,........ ok I yelled at them. But I broke them from chasin' chickens. It's so bad that now when I give them an egg to suck, the chickens will try to steal the shell from them while they're eating. I guess that's a sign they get along.

And thanks for the compliment. I'll pass it on to the rest of the guys,... and that hairy-legged woman I call a wife. <grin>

[zebraman]

Hey Runawayredhead;Lucky Rooster!-

[dirtundernails]

Runawayredhead, I recommend sebright bantams. They come in silver and gold. Every other animal minds their manners around them, as they will kick butt. The best thing? They are the pets. They LOVE people. Our hen jumped up in my lap the other day, and my kids hold them all the time. We have silver, one of each sex. The rooster's name is Pirate, after his pirate hat shaped comb. The hen is Matey.

dun

[zebraman]

Hey Runawayredhead;www.feathersite.com has great photo's of hundreds of breeds.The Seabrights are really pretty as are the Mille Fluer.This sssite will allow you to see them in all their glory.-

[bluelacedredhead]

Red,
I put a post on a poultry forum that I belong to asking members what they have available. There there are several members from MO and OK. Also, my one g/f from South Central MO tells me that there are regular swap meets in the area, so that might be another way for you to find a flock..especially one that caught your eye!

[runawayredhead]

Thanks for all the replies, I may end up with chicks but sure wish I could just get some hens already laying eggs. I don't mind paying more for them. I have a cat and 5 dogs 4 of which are house dogs so my problem is getting the chicks raised without mishap. I guess I'm just a little chicken. LOl

[bluelacedredhead]

Red, I saw you online and tried to PM you in time to say that I had some interesting news regarding your search for maturing bantams..

[mrtomatoexpres]

hi cliff what wrong with natural women. my exgirlfriend was natural we did a infomercial for our friends at a bbq. i have thinning hair. she would lift her armpits up and i would put my head right under her armpits.now i looked like i had a full head of hair again. all of us could not stop laughing about it :D :D :p :p

[Cliff Timmons]

hi cliff what wrong with natural women. my exgirlfriend was natural we did a infomercial for our friends at a bbq. i have thinning hair. she would lift her armpits up and i would put my head right under her armpits.now i looked like i had a full head of hair again. all of us could not stop laughing about it :D :D :p :p
Oops. Sorry. It was a joke. My wife is not hairy.
I didn't mean to rile up a bunch of hippies. <grin>
Don't beat me, I bruise easy!

This world used to be a safe for old rednecks.
Now we're just a target. <grin>

[mrtomatoexpres]

hi cliff eanyone ever said you look like the actor bob hopkins or hopskins. :D i new you were just joking i like to make people laugh. :D

[Cliff Timmons]

<grin>

I like laughing too. "Hippies, Rednecks,..."
And we haven't even started on the Yankee vs Rebel thingie yet.

And no, Bob Hoskins has never come up around me.
Normally, when people say "You know, you look like,......" the blank isn't a propernoun. <Everyone say awwww now>

[dirtundernails]

AWWW NOW....... I'm not a Yankee I'm from the Old West. You should hear me imitate Red Bone Coon Hounds, Cliff. You might say I'm rude. I was going to greet you that way if I met you at the festival, but I didn't meet any forum members. Waa.

dun

[Cliff Timmons]

I wanted to meet folks too but the bachlors in our band refused to leave the consession area. They kept feeding us as long as we played. "Like I need more food."

It was cool seeing that many diverse people getting togather and enjoying life. Just think, this week we're back to cutting each other off on the highway and screaming at little old ladies.

[zebraman]

Hey Runawayredhead;This arrangement will make Warren Jeffs Proud!-

[boston]

What would be a good meat chicken to raise or maybe a dual purpose meat/egg chicken.

[bluelacedredhead]

Hi Boston, a good dual purpose breed would be a (Buff) Orpington. I found them to be a gentle breed that lays a decent sized brown egg. And they get to a reasonable size for table use.

[dirtundernails]

Also, the Plymouth Rock series... series? Did I read that somewhere? We have Barred Rock, AKA Rock Barred that I like.

We only have a rooster of Buff Orpington. We were gonna eat him, but he crows in Spanish, oh boy... how do I explain that? The rolled r sound. His whole cockadoodledoo is a rolled R. Anyway, the kids get such a laugh that we don't have the heart.

We have Marans, too, and they are real big, but haven't tasted one. Love the dark eggs.

dun

[Cliff Timmons]

It's hard to beat a Cornish Cross for meat though. And being white, they pluck easier.

[bluelacedredhead]

Yes Cliff, you can't beat a Cornish X for a good Sunday dinner. I quit raising them for a while because
a) I didn't have enough room for them with all my other breeds I raise for show
and B) because I hate putting months of feed into a bird that just ups and dies or a heart attack the day before butchering.
Besides, for the most part, they are impossible to get to range or even eat grass clippings unless of course, they are housed with (and can learn from) a more intelligent breed like an Orpington that enjoys foraging.
With that said, I've got 12 little Chubby Sunday dinners in a brooder with some Wyandottes and various other hatchlings right now..

[Cliff Timmons]

We have Barred Rocks, Black Orpington, Buff Orpington, and Araucanas. I'm thinking of going to White Leghorns. They're tiny, eat less and lay lots of eggs. But the little old ladies at Church like the brown eggs. I guess they wll have to get used to free range white eggs. <grin>

[boston]

What is the difference between white and brown eggs. I have seen the brown ones in the stores but never tired them

[Cliff Timmons]

To be honest with you, I can't tell a dime's worth of differance between the two other then the shell pigment. But they fetch more at the store and people swear they taste better.

I think it's more what goes into the chicken then what comes out as far as flavor and consistancy of the egg.

[bluelacedredhead]

Absolutely no difference nutritionally. It's been said that the only difference between the two is regional preference.
Traditionally, here in the northeast, brown eggs were preferred but in the northern midwest, white eggs were more common. It even shows in the breeds that were developed for those areas. The Rocks, Delawares and Wyandottes of New England and NY all lay large brown eggs and are good dual purpose breeds. Breeds like the Iowa Blue are not as small as a Bantam, but don't have much meat on their bones. And their eggs are referred to as "tinted". Not really a brown egg. kinda like the difference between a fresh fallen snow and one that's been on the ground for a day or so.. ;-)