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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Still available!!! Free Chicken and livestock supplies. 2 Large dog cages, various feeders and buckets. Scrap hardware cloth and wood. Vinyl coated 4 ft fencing. Wood lattice, large piece of vinyl floor. I may even have a rubber livestock trough. Pm me if you want it. Moving and it all must...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Thanks! I am doing so. I'm probably moving closer to your hood. I'm hoping to end up either reasonably close to 65 or 74, so I'm looking at the Whitestown/Brownsburg/Danville areas. Really hoping to get my commute under 40 minutes but I love the NW side of Indy and am hoping to stay in that...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hi all! I hope everyone is surviving the heat! I am getting ready to list my farm for sale to try to get a bit closer to an interstate for easier commuting (I'm currently just outside of Zionsville off of Michigan Rd). I'm going all the way downtown for work and it is taking me 55 minutes...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hi all, life has been super busy and I am getting ready to start grad school on top of my 60 hour work weeks. I haven't had time to look at my chickens in weeks other than rushing in to feed and water them. I just noticed one of them has a giant swollen foot and now I'm feeling super guilty...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hi All! I am running by for a quick visit! I started my new job last month and freaking love it! The only thing I don't love is the drive! An hour each way! I will be starting working from home one day a week this week and will eventually be able to go up to another work from home day a...
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    A Bielefelder Thread !

    I use the same feeder but made mine out of a trash can. It will hold a lot of food. And they are not able to drag feed out. I love it!
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    A Bielefelder Thread !

    I hatched blue isbar eggs crossed with my Bielefelder roo, two barred girls with a bit of gold leakage at the neck and one gorgeous blue with gold at her neck, she looks like a blue copper marans without the feathered legs.
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Welcome to all the new folks!! X2 on what Leahs Mom and others said. Plan for a lot more birds than you think you need! The general rule is 4 square feet per bird in the coop and 10 square feet per bird in a run (for those that have a run). The pre-made coops you buy are all way to tight...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Man, as expensive as those Brinsea are you would expect them to hold up a lot better! That is disappointing!
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Chicks are fun, are safer from a disease standpoint, usually end up friendlier and really aren't hard to raise if you educate yourself in advance. Give them enough space, proper temps and fill their feeders and waterers along with keeping an eye out for a couple common maladies and you are good...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    That is interesting in terms of the fat profile. I was able to tour the traders point creamery operation a few years back. They are a "grass fed" organic operation. I use quotes around grass fed because they of course still have to supplement their feed due to how many calories a milk...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    I'm curious about the grass fed beef requirement, is that personal preference or will grain supplemented beef harm the birds. I've fed regular supermarket beef in the past and haven't noticed any ill effects, but it isn't a regular treat either. Thanks!
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Welcome! I'm a bit south of you in Lebanon. You are in the right place! This is a great group and always helpful!
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    You don't want consistency throughout though. There needs to be hot spots and cool spots on each level so they can cool off or warm up as needed. I don't think you are ever going to get that in a tall skinny greenhouse.
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    I would say no. In my opinion I would worry about any heat source melting the plastic. I would also worry it wouldn't give the chicks a way to escape the heat, and could very easily kill them due to overheating.
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