The Milton swap on Mother's Day weekend is always a good place. That's just over the river from Madison, so it's in Kentucky and requires pullorum-typhoid testing. Where in central Indiana are you? You can call the Indiana Poultry Association and they will notify testers in your county so that they can contact you if they have the antigen. Generally the testing is pretty cheap. If you're near me, I can help as soon as I finish my recertification and get some antigen, which should be in the next couple of weeks.
White's flea market at Brookville is on Wednesday mornings and usually has a great turnout.
Knightstown livestock auction is on Saturday mornings; Amity's is on Tuesday evenings.
In May and June there is a swap at Knox in northern Indiana; also in northern Indiana is the Wolf Lake swaps. You can usually find the dates by typing the swaps in a search in BYC.
There's another flea market in Indiana a couple of times a month but I can't remember the name of it; LAMom knows if she remembers which one I'm talking about--I think it's not too far from her, but I could be mistaken.
I'm sure that folks know of others also.
I know about getting too many cocks. I always wonder why Nature planned it that way as more hens are needed for propagation! Somewhere I read a post by someone who swears that if you keep your incubator set a little below the magic 99.5 that you will hatch more pullets. I have no idea whether that works,
but I'm willing to try it.
White's flea market at Brookville is on Wednesday mornings and usually has a great turnout.
Knightstown livestock auction is on Saturday mornings; Amity's is on Tuesday evenings.
In May and June there is a swap at Knox in northern Indiana; also in northern Indiana is the Wolf Lake swaps. You can usually find the dates by typing the swaps in a search in BYC.
There's another flea market in Indiana a couple of times a month but I can't remember the name of it; LAMom knows if she remembers which one I'm talking about--I think it's not too far from her, but I could be mistaken.
I'm sure that folks know of others also.
I know about getting too many cocks. I always wonder why Nature planned it that way as more hens are needed for propagation! Somewhere I read a post by someone who swears that if you keep your incubator set a little below the magic 99.5 that you will hatch more pullets. I have no idea whether that works,