INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

Pics
Date sort Score sort
Finnie said:
Anybody know of any white geese or goslings for sale? I have 3 Brown Chinese, and they are not really doing it for me. I keep thinking they would make better lawn ornaments if they were white. I got them in January, and at this point I’m not enamored with them enough to keep them over another winter.

In the mean time, one of them was broody and sat on a clutch of goose and duck eggs for 33 days. One hatched out during all the rain we had this week and didn’t survive. I’m not sure whether it was a problem with the baby or the mother.

I think I gave her too many pine shavings. Because she kept shifting her nest from one area within the pile of shavings to another. Before I had replenished her shavings, she only had a small pile of mostly pine needles. And she just stayed put in one spot and pulled what she had close in to herself. So I think refreshing her bedding was a mistake.

Well so I candled on Monday and she had 4 good eggs, and 4 bad which I threw out. One good egg was pipped. By Thursday evening, that gosling had hatched and died. I candled yesterday, and all of the other 3 were alive and kicking, two of them internally pipped. But Agnes seemed to be getting restless and not staying on the nest much. There are also huge cracks across the front of one of the eggs that must have gotten there from her mishandling of them. So I put all 3 in my incubator in lockdown, and soon after, two of them pipped. (Including the cracked one)

But I don’t really want to brood goslings myself, so I tried to keep Agnes broody by putting golf balls and a ceramic egg in her nest. She did go back to sitting on those, but not real tight. I thought if I could get her some baby goslings, she could mother them, and then I could hopefully add these incubator ones, if they managed to hatch. But Craigslist is slim pickings for goslings right now, so I decided to try ducklings.

I found Khaki Campbells at TSC and bought 10 of them. I‘ve been giving them to her by twos, and she’s got 6 so far. I’m stopping there because I don’t want to lose my whole investment if she starves or tramples them. She does keep them close to her, and will lay down for them to cuddle up to her, but she doesn’t seem to get them actually under her. She is more intent on pacing back and forth and calling to the other two geese. I’m a little worried whether she will pay attention to the babies and make sure they eat and stay warm.

Wow, did not mean for this to be so long! Just wanted to tell my goose story, lol
Click to expand...
My geese are old 8 years now so I ordered new flock this year. Brown Chinese do not brood as well as whites. I adore brown Chinese maybe we can make a swap?
Pollitos6 said:
One thing that I don't like when it rains is the mud in the chicken run and the stench. I have been putting pine shave bedding and it helps absorbing the water some but its still a mess. What you all do to prevent the mud and specially the stench?
Click to expand...
Lime will help I get a truckload but for you a 50lb bag is cheap.
Pollitos6 said:
I got a question.. specially for those of you selling your eggs. One of my coworkers who usually buy my eggs, told me that when she cracked open one of the eggs she noticed a tiny baby chick dead inside, she said the chick was very tiny but you could tell it was a fertilized egg. 😳😲 Has this ever happened to any of you? I always collect my eggs daily and put them in a basket in the kitchen counter. I though a fertilized egg needs to be warm in order for the chick to develop?I do remember one time that I found a couple eggs hidden in the nest under the hay. Could it be possible that I missed that egg and with this hot weather and being under the hay could be enough heat for the baby chick to start developing? I am sooo traumatized now that I double check the nest thoroughly every day and also candle the eggs before selling them. Do I need to start refrigerating the eggs after collect them? I don't wash my eggs until sale day.

Thanks
Click to expand...
It happens. tell your egg buyers even though you collect your eggs daily its part of fresh eggs.
Pollitos6 said:
I actually asked her why she didn't took a picture and show it to me and she just told me I wouldn't want to see that, so I can't really tell what she saw. Actually, after this incident she still asked for chicken eggs and even before I knew about this incident I gave her some free ducks eggs. I am just a little traumatized about this so I am double checking the nest when I collect my eggs daily .
Click to expand...
YEAH NOT COOL!
chickiebaby1 said:
Can anyone tell me how I would go about getting NPIP certified in Indiana? Or where can I find out. I want to be able to ship hatching eggs.
Thanks
Click to expand...
@kittydoc is a certified NPIP vet. Not sure if she is still following our thread.
 
20200610_212703.jpg

finally here are some. The heat plate does get messy but its so much safer than a heat lamp.
 
Oh my @Faraday40 but pink chickens.. so adorable! The kids here have all grown now. Mine years ago but our neighbor kids have passed 4H and grown up. :( Niece was accepted to Purdue for Vet school. I'm beyond proud of Hannah accomplishing this.
My grandson isn't near ready yet 3 in October. Feeling the empty nest a lot this year.
 

Similar threads

C
    • Like
Plantation, FL Ordinance Change Thread
Replies
5
Views
3K
pcgboca
pcgboca
C
Recurring canker in senior hen
Replies
2
Views
763
dawg53
dawg53
S
Paralyzed Hen
Replies
3
Views
714
shelbyypont
S
S
    • Like
Marek's Vaccine in Canada
Replies
2
Views
1K
Stephine
S
B
Chicks with Respiratory Issues
Replies
3
Views
781
NuggetMama
NuggetMama

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom