I catch a lot of flack for not selling all that many birds. Well...I don't quite know what to say. Let me give you my philosophy on raising birds though. I raise Rosecombs because they interest me, I enjoy showing, and I like to work with the rare colors in this breed. I do not raise birds for the sole purpose of selling them. I hatch enough to improve and propegate my own bloodlines. If I happen to have enough to sell a few, that's like frosting on the cake...it's a nice bonus. But I am not and probably never will be one of those people who has lots of fabulous birds for sale all the time. I'm not equipped to raise or house that many, nor do I want to. I also CULL pretty ruthlessly. If a bird isn't one I'd consider for my own breeding pen, it goes off to auction. Probably I could really sell a lot of those birds, but I don't want to do that. If I wouldn't consider them for my own breeding pens, I will not sell them as such.

I know there are a lot of people out there looking for these colored Rosecombs and I'm sorry I can't help you out. In the past I have tended to sell myself short, and I'm not going to do that anymore. I wish that more people who I have sold birds to in the past were actually making an effort to raise them (that's why I've gotten pretty strict about who I'll sell birds to!) Seems like when I have an abundance of birds I can hardly give them away, but when I don't have enough then everyone wants them.

If you are looking for Rosecombs right now, go to http://www.rosecomb.com/federation/members.html If you think you have the patience to raise colored Rosecombs then PLEASE consider making your own strain. It takes a few years (ok, more than a few...it's a never-ending thing...), but you're not going to get instant perfection out of mine or anyone else's anyway. Truth be told there really need to be more strains of these birds out there. I've already run into some major inbreeding problems, and spreading that around really isn't going to do much good!

That said, I truly appreciate the people out there who are actually dedicated to raising these birds!

1) I do not sell chicks. I do sell eggs. If the upper part of this page doesn't say that I'm currently selling eggs, then it's the wrong time of year for that. I don't take advance orders.

2) I sell finished adult birds, in ridiculously small quantities. I can occasionally be talked into shipping but I hate it, so don't expect me to jump at the opportunity to jump through hoops and take an hour and a half out of my day to drive them to the post office and back. I am not NPIP certified because it's an expensive pain in the butt in CA, not worth it for me.

3) I reserve the right to refuse sale.

4) My birds are NOT perfect. Please don't expect perfection.

5) I will ONLY sell top quality birds to serious breeders. I have sold far too many birds to people who were not serious and they gave up and sold the birds without even bothering to contact other breeders. These are not easy varieties to find, and I won't put up with that anymore. You'll have to convince me you're very serious and not just a "chicken collector." Unless it's just my cull birds for pets, in which case it's no big deal.

6) Here's a new one: please do not ask me to sell you something that is "guaranteed to win" regardless of how much you are willing to pay. I have always hated that sort of attitude that pops up from time to time in the fancy, and besides that if I was lucky enough to have a bird that fabulous, I sure as heck wouldn't sell it! :-)