minnesotachickens

Hello everyone.
My name is Lor. I am the creator of this Forum/Site.
I know that there aren't too many people here yet, but please help spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
I'll try to make everything as convenient, fast and efficient as possible. I hope every can make use of this site along way as it develops.
If there are any questions, answers, or comments, please feel free to let me know.
Any helpfull suggestions would help improve myself and the site.
I hope to see the community become more involved as everyone starts to connect.

I raise Shamo/Thai/Malay/Asil chickens. I also raise Old English Games. I have had great success with Silkies, Cornish and Sex-links.
Also raise a variety of pigeons from Homers, rollers to fancier pigeons such as Fantails, Pouters, Modenas and the like.

Well, talk to you all again.

In the meantime, enjoy.

-Lor

Hello there charter members! I'm Kelly, I live on a farm near Alexandria MN. I've raised chickens for a few years, both layers and broilers but now I'm branching out into the fancier breeds. I bought myself a hova-bator this spring and started hatching eggs I purchased over the internet. I must say it is a good way to get some variety but my hatching rates haven't been that good.

I currently have four buff geese and one sebastopol goose, seven runner ducks, fawn/white and pure white, 17 Bourbon Red turkeys, five guineas, three button quail and a variety of chickens including easter eggers, cochins, polish, cuckoo marans, silkies and a few odd balls.

I'm always looking for hatching eggs so if you live in the area, let me know. Maybe we can arrange a trade or I could hatch some chicks for you in return for some eggs.

Hello to all also.

We live in Moorhead, MN and raise an assortment of chickens, primarily Buff Orpintons, Black Austalorps and Barred Plymoth rocks, mostly as layers but with a growing number of broilers. We have around 50 chickens/pullets right now. We have hatched our own eggs using the "just let a hen sit on it" method with very good success. We have also tried buying eggs off ebay and had very bad success there (we tried it once, probably not again). We have an old incubator that we will probably start using next year when we hatch a big batch of Buff Orpingtons.

We free range all of our birds and have had no problems with preditors (although we had to work hard to convince our dogs that chickens and pullets are not chew toys).

We also have a few Swedish Blue ducks, a dozen Icelandic sheep and a couple of young quarter horses on our hobby farm (besides our pet dogs, cats and fish).

-River Oak Ranch

Hello all,

Just got back into the chicken raising this summer as I have moved out to the country again.

Got 25 cornish x rocks (not for too much longer) and then a bunch of random breeds for eggs and enjoyment.

Currently they are in an enclosed area and I let them free range once in a while, but living next to some DNR state land the preditors are plentiful.

I'll post some updated pics soon.

Thanks Lor for setting up the site, and if you are ever selling any of your modenas let me know as that is the breed of pigeons I want to start keeping again.

Hi everyone...I'm from Wisconsin. Totally new to this. I've been raising Chicken ever since i was still living in Sacramento, Ca. Started at six and still going. Raise Shamo and Thai only.

Hello Everyone Im from anoka MN and i raised chickens since i was a kid. I raised old english bantams before but had to give them away cause back then I lived in minneapolos and the neibors were complaing. But now im rasing a thai chicken and a red jungle fowl rooster. Still trying to start my little flock in my yard

Hi, We live in Reville County. We have Nankins, Welsummers, Blue laces Red Wyndottes and 4 Bragg Mountain Buffs. We Have 6 horses (QH), 2 Jack Russell Dogs and Angus cattle. Jim & Gail