Lucasville Fleamarket Question for Oh Residents

deineria · #1 10/09/09, 02:21 PM

Can anyone tell me if this is the weekend in Lucasville, Ohio that they have the huge livestock and fleamarket sale? I know it says online there is a huge poultry swap, but some people have said it is the main fleamarket and livestock sale tomorrow, too.
Anyone here know?
I am crossposting this on the cattle section -

Lada · #2 10/09/09, 06:38 PM

Yes, it's this weekend. It's raining, right? If it's raining, it's this weekend. Just kidding of course, it just ALWAYS rains on swap day weekend. It's tomorrow and Sunday. We just drove past yesterday and people were setting up.

deineria · #3 10/09/09, 08:37 PM

Thanks. Would getting there around 8:30am be soon enough? I am wondering if we should get there earlier from somethings I've read.

Lada · #4 10/10/09, 10:13 AM

You will find plenty of stuff, I think, no matter what time you go. Especially if you go on Saturday. We always get out there at some point, and there's always a variety of stuff.

deineria · #5 10/10/09, 06:39 PM

I went. . .but I was shocked by the condition of the animals. I was beyond shocked, actually. I can't believe the Ohio government always animals to be kept in public conditions like that. I did find a lot of cages and things and milk buckets, etc, but it was so crowded, I did not feel up to dragging the stuff through the crowds, sadly.
There were a FEW places with nice peacocks, donkeys and small animals, but mostly, I left overall very, very sad.

Thanks though!

Lada · #6 10/10/09, 07:56 PM

I have purchased a lot of really really good quality poultry there, and I always find plenty of other "stuff" like egg baskets, cages, feeders and waters, buckets, etc. I know one lady who has goats there and I do know that hers are well cared for and healthy. I would be leery of buying a larger animal there, but the poultry is usually very good.

deineria · #7 10/11/09, 10:53 AM

Yes, we saw some turkeys we'd loved to have bought and some birds in general looked healthy and all. We just new we needed a fenced area or the Aussie puppies would harrass them to death or a local would shoot them for wandering too far off our land.

On the goats note, I left thinking mine were even better looking than before - lol - after seeing some there because even though a few were well cared for, their breeding looked poor all around, with the exception of one indoor Boer stand - and they looked nice.

I saw lots of milk pails and things I'd like to have bought, but the idea of walking back with pais and cages to the parking was too much for me - haa haa.