I'm in Northern Indiana...Leesburg. I live 6 miles outside of city limits. I have a full-fledged farm less than 150' East of me, a pig farm less than 100' South-West, the feedmill/grain elevator less than 150' East of me and a large corn field right off my backyard. There are 13 homes in our...
I'm 6 miles from city limits, but have been recently been told I'm an outlaw. Area Planning Commission is 'forcing' me to get rid of my birds by January 9th & I'm extremely unhappy!! I'm gonna fight, but have removed both my flock of Mille Fleur D'Uccles & my Khaki Campbells. Will be hiding...
This is my 1st bid on BYC!! I usually purchase hatching eggs through eBay. This is FUN! LoL!!
Will you send me an invoice at the end if I win?
Thanks!!
I totally want to bid on them, but I won't have access to a computer to pay if I win - or even find out if I won - until Friday morning!! Let me know if this would be OK..? I'll be home late Thursday night & will be up & back online no later than 9am on Friday.
Forgot to mention... I use alfalfa hay for bedding. It's softer than straw & the chickens love to pick through it & eat the alfalfa, etc. Plus I love the smell of it! LoL!!
In my brooder, I use pine shavings. I have a Brinsea 50-chick brooder & I made the brooder house myself out of wood &...
I use deep litter method. I've had an epic failure using it & now do so successfully.
Epic failure - Make sure, double sure, you can turn what's already there before adding fresh bedding!! I wasn't able to turn it because in haste (ran out of time before winter hit!!) we had installed a...
I currently have 22 bearded Silkie & 12 bantam Cochin eggs in the incubator!! One of my bantam Cochin hens is broody & sitting on eggs too!! I figure if nature says it's still breeding season...
I have 4 bantam Mille Fleur D'Uccles that are now 7-1/2 months old & still not laying. Their waddles/combs are nice & red. I told them to take their time...they are! LoL!!
I've had chickens start laying as young as 4 months & others take almost a year to start. I think time of year, breed &...
I use a stiff brush to 'clean' my eggs. Very, very rarely do I rinse them & when I do, only water. My duck eggs get rinsed more often than my chicken eggs though! LoL!!
Excellent info!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
My husband & I have both been eyeing the Welsummer roo as what I want for my Layer's this next spring. Because they're so beautiful, I was a li'l concerned about their temperament...I figured it can't possibly be that gorgeous and sweet...
I love my Polish and would really like to start breeding Tolbunt's. What do I need to get started? My hens are currently GL, SL, WC Blue, WC Black, Buff Laced and 1 blue spash/GL mix. My rooster is a blue splash, so I know I'll need another roo.
Does anyone know where Tolbunt's can be...
But I LOVE my green egg!! Which I haven't received in over 2 months.
I have two things going on as far as I can tell. The 1st is daylight has been decreasing since June 21st. I live in Northern Indiana. I don't believe we're getting even just 12 hours of daylight per day right now. I have...
I haven't needed to do this yet. I did, however, have to remove spurs from a 2-year old rooster. That was bloody. I actually kept him separated for a couple of days due to not being able to get him to stop mating - thereby reopening his 'wounds'. I have several chickens - right around 35 in...
I have a lot of chickens...and they are all healthy, happy, fat with normal poo. One of my Easter Egger pullets, Lacey, is right around 6 months old. She had been giving me a beautiful green egg at least every other day. It was almost 'sale' size. She suddenly stopped. Completely. It's...
I have 2 roosters currently crowing and 4 up & coming. I'm re-homing 1 of them, but the others are planned to stay put. My only actual rooster is a Polish - they're noisier than most. The crowing cock is an Easter Egger. Of the up & coming cock's I'm keeping, I have a Silver-Laced Cochin...