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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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welp.... I guess I went and jumped off the deep end. Of course I wouldn't have it any other way. :D

I bought three different morphs from the TSC. Any idea's on what kind I got. I was told they should be good multi-purpose chickens.... they steered me away from the white ones that were for meat only.

I got 8 total... the gold and yellow ones they called pullets (which they told me were females) and the dark ones they called something else (which they said were not sexed.... so I have a chance at 4 roosters...which would be my luck)

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so you went from breeding snake morphs to chicken morphs eh?
;)
the bigger one already showing a little crest is a male, correct? I don't know anything 'bout chickens except they are cute and good eats.
 
I can't wait until I have my own property that I can have my own chickens! I've always wanted some. Those chickens look great, good luck with them!
 
I got some a couple of years ago just to get some fresh eggs. I bought 4 from an online source as straight run(unsexed), and they all turned out to be males. Made me wonder if it was on purpose. I sure hope that doesn't happen to you.
 
Might have known you'd start a chicken ranch....:rofl:

Do you have a little chicken coop yet?
 
pullets are just young female chickens.. they're not hends cuz they havent layed any eggs... young male chickens are cockerels (then go to hen and rooster)

the ones with the crest are probably the older pullets, which is why they have a little bit of a comb.

good luck trying to figure out what they are.. its really hard when they are young (unless you know what breeds you got) hopefully you got lucky and are getting more hens then roosters, but if you get them unsexed then... the chances of that are slim....

but they are very adorable... personally i think that chickens make awesome pets.. and fresh eggs are pretty yummy :D
 
Tink said:
pullets are just young female chickens.. they're not hends cuz they havent layed any eggs... young male chickens are cockerels (then go to hen and rooster)
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oops meant to say hens
 
AbsoluteApril said:
so you went from breeding snake morphs to chicken morphs eh?
;)
the bigger one already showing a little crest is a male, correct? I don't know anything 'bout chickens except they are cute and good eats.
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And by the time Im done... will probably be breeding rabbits, sheep, and maybe pigs as well. There is a chance that I might be able to get into a small herd of cows as well.

Im still learning bout chickens.... if it's yellow or gold, its supposed to be a female.
 
Be careful, Kevin.....it starts with 8 and ends up like this

The ones that aren't pullets are called 'straight run'. I'll have my wife check your chickens out later....she'll know what they are as she's caught the bug. We started with 7 chickens, which now lay almost every day, so we sell eggs for $3.00/dozen. Then she bought a brooder, so she started raising and selling chickens. Then, she bought an incubator....sigh. We're up to around 30 chickens...it's hard to tell....it goes up and down every day. I've started feeding the roosters to my boas :).

Check out www.backyardchickens.com . They have a forum and lots of other crazy chicken people.

Welcome to the world of chickening!
 
snowgyre said:
I can't wait until I have my own property that I can have my own chickens! I've always wanted some. Those chickens look great, good luck with them!
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Thanks

sfconstrictors said:
I got some a couple of years ago just to get some fresh eggs. I bought 4 from an online source as straight run(unsexed), and they all turned out to be males. Made me wonder if it was on purpose. I sure hope that doesn't happen to you.
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I should have at least 4 females.... I just dont need 4 males as well (the dark ones).
 
lucille said:
Might have known you'd start a chicken ranch....:rofl:

Do you have a little chicken coop yet?
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Im gonna start a bunny ranch too :D

I dont have the coop yet... going tomarrow to get some materials. I was told I had about 3 weeks before they needed to be outside.
 
What's your wildlife like? What I mean is, are you gonna let 'em roam or do you want an enclosed run?
 
laterob said:
Be careful, Kevin.....it starts with 8 and ends up like this

The ones that aren't pullets are called 'straight run'. I'll have my wife check your chickens out later....she'll know what they are as she's caught the bug. We started with 7 chickens, which now lay almost every day, so we sell eggs for $3.00/dozen. Then she bought a brooder, so she started raising and selling chickens. Then, she bought an incubator....sigh. We're up to around 30 chickens...it's hard to tell....it goes up and down every day. I've started feeding the roosters to my boas :).

Check out www.backyardchickens.com . They have a forum and lots of other crazy chicken people.

Welcome to the world of chickening!
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Thanks Rob for the info.
 
laterob said:
What's your wildlife like? What I mean is, are you gonna let 'em roam or do you want an enclosed run?
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Im building full enclosures. Between my work hours, the hawks, coons, possums, and coyotes... I can't just let them have free run.
 
Then you can might want a 'tractor', not a 'coop'. A tractor is smallish and can be moved around the yard, but has an attached run below or next to the roosting/ laying part.

This is an A-frame I build that'll hold about 8 full-size hens. Let me know if you want the plans.
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Yup, that's why the handles are there. Both sides come off, and all four ends come off (nest boxes on top and run access on bottom). There are more pictures here. Don't flame me about that poor beardie - I stole it from a teacher's classroom and tried to save it. Kevin, chickens will naturally go up or in at night, but you gotta close the door behind them to REALLY keep the predators away...
 
And I have a tendency to work at nights.... so that's why Im going for a full enclosure. To make my life simplier.
 
If you want to look at some of the different breeds McMurray has a nice catalog they send out.
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/standard_breed_chicks.html

I've order all my original chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese from them.
They breakdown all the meat birds, layers and duel purpose.

As for the "white ones" probably the standard leghorns. They are very good layers but I prefer the brown, blue/green egg layers
 
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