Saturday, June 02, 2012
We went to the poultry swap meet at Jacob’s Cave today for the first time. We have been to a couple of smaller swap meets around here before and maybe not so much disappointed, as didn’t get the results we were hoping for. So we did some researching and checking and even though this one was a little further away, we figured it was worth it. The swap meet runs for 4 days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So we made plans Friday night as to what we were taking and got everything ready, then got up early Saturday morning, loaded the van and headed out. The trip up took us right at an hour and a half.
When we first got there, we’re thinking, “Man, this isn’t very big” and then we realized we were just looking at the entry section. The real swap meet was up around the corner, and stretched out for a long way. We were told a good place for us to set up, but told we could set up anywhere some one else wasn’t already set up. We found a place way in the back at the end of a row. The good part was the porta-potty was diagonal across the road.
We didn’t get there until just before 9, and it took only a few minutes to get set up. We took all the baby chicks from the brooder, including 1 chicken a few days old. Plus we took all the babies from the small pen outside. We took the 2 chickens from the duck cage and a pair of Barred Rock chickens. On the way past, there was a Narragansett hen sitting on the pen, so I grabbed her and she went, too. We also took all the turkey eggs we had, and 3 dozen chicken eggs.
The problem was that I hadn’t really planned on how I was going to set everything up or where things were going. The big babies went in the small cage we had, but the smaller babies had to stay in a box. Had to put the two bigger chickens from the duck pen in with the big babies. The Barred Rocks stayed in the small cage and there wasn’t room in it for the turkey. I figured that I could tie a small rope on her leg and she would kind of stick around. The rope didn’t work so good, so Jeanne ended up sitting in a chair kind of holding her between her legs. Later we switched and the hen ended up on the ground next to me, and later she jumped in my lap.
So the bird I brought as an after thought ended up being the star attraction. All the kids wanted to pet her, and we got a few pictures taken. Other people took their own pics. So we were the people in the back with the pet turkey on the ground or in my lap. If you saw us, then you know who we are.
We left just before 3pm, so spent just over 6 hours there. We sold all the chickens, all the big babies from the pen out side and several of the babies from the brooder. Plus we were able to pick up 3 Bourbon Red turkeys. We think 2 of them are Toms and the other is a hen. Will go well with Redd and Brownie, and together they will be the basis of our flock for next spring. So the plan is to go back in the fall, probably go up on Friday afternoon, spend the night and stay most of the day Saturday. The plan, anyway. Need to start working on what we plan to take.
We went to the poultry swap meet at Jacob’s Cave today for the first time. We have been to a couple of smaller swap meets around here before and maybe not so much disappointed, as didn’t get the results we were hoping for. So we did some researching and checking and even though this one was a little further away, we figured it was worth it. The swap meet runs for 4 days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So we made plans Friday night as to what we were taking and got everything ready, then got up early Saturday morning, loaded the van and headed out. The trip up took us right at an hour and a half.
When we first got there, we’re thinking, “Man, this isn’t very big” and then we realized we were just looking at the entry section. The real swap meet was up around the corner, and stretched out for a long way. We were told a good place for us to set up, but told we could set up anywhere some one else wasn’t already set up. We found a place way in the back at the end of a row. The good part was the porta-potty was diagonal across the road.
We didn’t get there until just before 9, and it took only a few minutes to get set up. We took all the baby chicks from the brooder, including 1 chicken a few days old. Plus we took all the babies from the small pen outside. We took the 2 chickens from the duck cage and a pair of Barred Rock chickens. On the way past, there was a Narragansett hen sitting on the pen, so I grabbed her and she went, too. We also took all the turkey eggs we had, and 3 dozen chicken eggs.
The problem was that I hadn’t really planned on how I was going to set everything up or where things were going. The big babies went in the small cage we had, but the smaller babies had to stay in a box. Had to put the two bigger chickens from the duck pen in with the big babies. The Barred Rocks stayed in the small cage and there wasn’t room in it for the turkey. I figured that I could tie a small rope on her leg and she would kind of stick around. The rope didn’t work so good, so Jeanne ended up sitting in a chair kind of holding her between her legs. Later we switched and the hen ended up on the ground next to me, and later she jumped in my lap.
So the bird I brought as an after thought ended up being the star attraction. All the kids wanted to pet her, and we got a few pictures taken. Other people took their own pics. So we were the people in the back with the pet turkey on the ground or in my lap. If you saw us, then you know who we are.
We left just before 3pm, so spent just over 6 hours there. We sold all the chickens, all the big babies from the pen out side and several of the babies from the brooder. Plus we were able to pick up 3 Bourbon Red turkeys. We think 2 of them are Toms and the other is a hen. Will go well with Redd and Brownie, and together they will be the basis of our flock for next spring. So the plan is to go back in the fall, probably go up on Friday afternoon, spend the night and stay most of the day Saturday. The plan, anyway. Need to start working on what we plan to take.
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