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  1. amwchickin

    Post MG/MS and ILT Clean-up

    I have recently confirmed my flock has both Mycoplasmas and ILT (infectious laryngotracheitis). While I know I’m not going to add to or move this flock, I may at some point decide to cull because of the transmission availability to neighbors as well as what I hoped to do in the future with...
  2. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hey all! I've been working hard on finding a new job. I think I will be hired at a hospice company this week, but it will only be on call. It may lead to full time, but I just don't know yet. The search continues! I am sick right now, so I am not doing much. The free time has allowed me to get...
  3. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @Leahs Mom - I have one SLW and a GLW. They love foraging and I have been able to pick both of them up without too much fuss. Neither are laying yet, but I know I'll have some nice brown eggs before long! I have always enjoyed Wyandottes in my flock. I am still waiting for eggs. I am so...
  4. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @jchny2000 , @Leahs Mom , and @Crafty chick thanks for the responses! I have some applications out already and a home health agency that my mom works for and enjoys being a part of is my best possibility so far. It still feels very unreal that I don't have a job, but I am getting through...
  5. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hey all, it's been awhile since I have been on. I was in the process of wrapping up one job, going on vacation, and then starting a new job. I am so happy to be away from the old job - it was getting toxic. Vacation was hot, but fun. My family went to Panama City Beach area last week. It was...
  6. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Two things to post today: My landlord/neighbor has put the bad dog up for adoption, so fingers crossed there! She put a big sob story up on facebook with its pics. Said the dog was only a year old. It has done that much damage starting at 6 months of age? She has small children, I would be...
  7. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    This is Chewy, a Black Cochin. He used to be the guy always getting picked on, but now he's the big daddy. He is around 4 years old and used to be all black, but age and his love of being out in the sun has washed out his feathers, so he's kind of showing his gray! he perches on this stump...
  8. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    I have one rooster that is the patriarch and he has always been an outside guy. I have to physically pick him up every night at around 9:30, just after the auto door closes and put him inside. He gets so mad at me, but he's gentle, so he just fusses. If I didn't have the predator problem, I...
  9. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @ellymayRans - I hope your shingles get better soon, that is absolutely no fun! Raccoons and Foxes are running rampant right now. I have trapped/shot 6 in the last week (raccoons), the fox I am seeing must be a sly genius. They are coming out in daylight now and that is driving me crazy. I...
  10. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    I'm with everyone on the raccoons right now. Only coming around at night so far that I can see. Had my feed bin torn up, so I have to get a new one this weekend. Thankfully no losses with them at this point. Knock on wood! I need to sit with the chickens and take some pics this weekend. I...
  11. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    I hope everyone and their flocks have a great holiday weekend! I have some family coming come today and tomorrow. My DF and I place flags on graves every year at a cemetery that has been almost forgotten except for a small group of people doing the upkeep on it. My DF's parents took care of it...
  12. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @jchny2000 - how is it possible that I have passed you up?? I never thought that would happen! I think I tend to over populate a little now because I am afraid of what could happen with predators. I am still knocking on wood that things have been running pretty good with the flock. I even...
  13. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Just checking in...all my babies of various ages are doing great. They are starting to figure out how to roost instead of sleeping in a huge pile of feathers and fluff on the coop floor! I have been making improvements to my run for safety, and also hoping to make it bigger in the next few weeks...
  14. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @jchny2000 - so sorry to hear of your losses the past week. I was looking forward to Choc Orps, but I'll keep them on the list for now. One of my parent's neighbors has goats and one kidded this week and the twins were both a failure to thrive. It was very sad to see. That momma goat knew she...
  15. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    OMG - if anyone is going to Bloomintgon RK and they still have Sussex and/or Buckeyes, please get me some!! I am stuck at home with my back out for a few days! If they are still $1, get me six of each, otherwise 4 of each. You can call or text me at 812-309-3493. I can meet you up there later...
  16. amwchickin

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    @puffypoo22 - in 4 years of chicken keeping, and every new group of layers - my EE's have always been the first to lay. It looks like it will happen this spring too!
  17. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Just wanted to share some happiness with everyone! My Sumatra (Hedwig) that went broody, right before the last of the older chickens were killed, is a wonderful mother! The four eggs I let her keep never developed, and @wheezy50 just happened to have some partridge silkie chicks available at a...
  18. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @CRSelvey - I recently had the same issue, but the dogs doing the killing are my landlord's dogs. We made an agreement that the dogs were either going to be penned up or moved. About two and a half weeks went by with no sign of the dogs...had a fox pair instead...then the other day I saw the...
  19. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Ok friends, I need help. Predator attacks never cease here apparently. This morning, my first day off in 7 days, and I let chickens of all ages out of their pens and coops to get a little free range time. I am in my kitchen when I start hearing a ruckus. Roxy, the furchild, starts going crazy...
  20. amwchickin

    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    @kittydoc - I haven't had that bad of trouble with Brinsea (I have the Mini Advance), but for some reason my humidity pump doesn't work right anymore. I have to start it at least a week before setting eggs to get it going and sometimes have to force water through to get it going. I talked tried...
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