Went to my version of Jacobs cave

We went on a little road trip Sunday to the north georgia mountains. We hadn't planned to go to the big J&J flea market but i Know they have chickens and all sorts of cool stuff.
We got there and i'm a bird cage fanatic use them to sell my Doves and right at the first yard sale table was a big one got it for $5. I immediatly knew i was going to buy a chicken at some point and i could hear them crowing in the distance. I restrained myself carrying my cage and bought some antiques and my husband got a good deal on a camping stove it sells for $179 retail he got it for $25 enough of that.
I got to the end of the first 4 long rows of tables and thought somebody could buy the chicken that i wanted before i got to it. So off i went and had to walk past at least 20 tables wondering what i missed but i had to follow the little crows. First chickens disapointed me(I have pics of these)It was old sick and pitiful birds mostly fighting game some were missing eyes i asked for permission to take pics and this very smelly guy with 2 teeth and tobacoo running down his chin said sure. He was impressed to know i wanted to take pictures of his birds as he wiped the tobacco on his sleeve. The next table was better all little bantys all perky and crowing i could tell some were mixed and there was a pair of mottled japanese and 2 little buff hens and some white pairs and a couple pairs of frizzles but on the end there he was a perfect buff black tail roo. The young man who had them said he had just started with bantys and he had to many so he was selling some he said i could take them out and look him over. No odor, clean feathers , no mites, clean feet, firm poo, and he was really pecking me.
So i bought him and carried him around with me people kept asking me about him and some wanted to buy him.
We stayed there about 3 or 4 hours then headed to what i call heaven our favorite place to camp 2.5 miles up a mountain dirt road it's primitive No water ,electricity, or any convience but a port o john type toilet just you a trout stream and a few bears ,skunks, coons and snakes.You go to sleep listening to nothing but the creek flowing and the critters.
We haven't been camping in 6 years but we going back! Yes the roo had the distinction of being the first chicken on top of that mountain he drank fresh clean creek water and ate pure mountain grass.

Sorry this was so long the pics are coming

harmony, sounds like heaven to me too. beautiful roo you got

Heres one of the mountains we enjoyed all day.

These were nice mottled japanese

Cute little buff hen couldn't tell the breed

Look Grow a leg bar wanta be

Can't you just hear the water i love this place!

Sliden Rock a waterfall you can slide down wwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Me at the camp sorry bout the crazy hair it's always humid there and the elevation is so high it rains there often and sometimes if the clouds are low you are actualy in the clouds ain't that cool.

One more pic of the clean cold mountain water.

ZZ got me a white angel trumpet at the flea market i been wanting one and there it was.

Okay this is not meant to upset anyone but this shows buyer beware at flea markets here's tabacco mans birds

This one only had one eye

Missing eye also

These birds had whiskers are there white americana's i have another pic comeing up i would of bought theses they looked healthy but they were mr tabacco's

Not a very good pic but it was a hen and the roo if the other guy had these i would of bought them on the spot.


Hope yall enjoy the pics we had a great time. **Harmony**

Wow...I enjoyed the pics until tobacco man! Makes me SICK! If someone cut off one of his testicles, he MIGHT have an idea of what he's putting these poor babies through.

I wish you luck with YOUR new baby. That roo is a DOLL! Excuse my "dumbness"...but I am still learning. A buff black tail roo is a Bantam? And what does BUFF actually mean? I thought Buff was a color! Too much photoshop, I guess :)

Thank you
~music

Buff pertains to his body and of course he has a black tail Hes and old english game bantam.

Yes tobacco man was not a pleasant experience but the young man i bought my roo from was very nice and his birds were very clean and healthy.

My problem is that I would have felt sorry for all the tobacco man birds and probably would have bought a bunch of them in the hopes that I could take them home and help them get healthy and give them an improved remainder of their lives. I am such a sucker for abused animals...

By the way, Musicnotes, not all buff black tailed roosters are bantams. This one is because of its size and breed. You could have a buff rooster with a black tail in a different breed, such as a standard size breed. So yes, buff is the color, and black is the tail color, so Harmony was describing his color appearance by calling him a buff black tailed roo, but his BREED is the Old English Game Bantam like she clarified.