Chicken Lovers April Meetup

General discussion and getting to know each other, of all aspects related to chickens in the city. For people who already have chickens or are very seriously thinking of getting some.

Also, exchange of excess chickens, equipment--free, for sale, or on loan (such as a nice brooder I have that my chicks will soon outgrow). Meet my 6 week old chicks. This will be a mixture of experienced and inexperienced chicken owners so we can learn from each other.

I will provide light snacks and refreshment.

DIRECTIONS: I live in a small enclave in the North Beach area. From NW 85th Street, go north on 28th Ave NW, right on NW 92nd under the "Fletchers Village" sign. Mine is the very first house on the right. It will be marked clearly with "Meetup" signs. There is parking for about 6 cars in my driveway. The #18 bus stops a block away.

***Free Chickens***

I ordered 25 assorted FEMALE chicks from McMurray Hatchery. For some reason, they sent me 30! I cannot possibly keep them all, even though I have a very large yard but I plan to keep 10 or 11.
If any or you want some free chickens--all very healthy, will be full size at adulthood (medium to large according to the breed), excellent layers, no bantams-- white orpingtons, black australorps, araucanas, silver polish, silver penciled wyandottes, etc. I've sociallized them, finger trained them, and hand fed them as much as possible. Most are very tame. I have just a few of each breed, 6 weeks old now , so they still are too small to go outside but will soon not need heatlamps anymore. All will be good egg layers, mostly brown eggs and a few blue and green eggs from the araucanas. I keep them in giant cardboard boxes, with old fashioned expandable window screens weighted down by bricks on top. When thier adult feathers grow in, they will be able to go outside. PLEASE NOTE: although the hatchery says they are all hens, it is possible that one or two might turn out to be roosters> I have no Idea which ones, so I can't be held responsible !