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So is anyone getting any of this bad weather they have been predicting for us yet. I have not gotten any and hoping it isnt quite what they predicted it to be.

I have caught another coon tonight. This is the third one this week hoping to start thinning them out. I put out a live trap and put some food scraps in there and caught the first two. This time I just set the live trap and caught a smaller one. These things must be reproducing faster than im...

I am planning on hatching some BLRW and some Lavender Orpingtons. Anyone one have any of these breeds and any info would be helpful. I have buff orps and GLW and SLW didnt know if they differed much as far as temperment or egg production.

Thank you I have looked into them before and they were on my list.

Needing some ideas on good egg production brown egg layers for our indiana winters. Wanting to get into a breed that I can use solely to sell eggs for. Everyone seems to like brown eggs best. Any ideas?

anyone have any ideas on what a GLW Roo bred with a Blue Splash Cochin would look like. Ive looked on here but not really seeing anyone who has came across this pairing yet. Im anxious to see what they will be.

Just curious if anyone around the Terre Haute, IN area would be interested in letting me use their incubator to hatch about 30-40 eggs. I am going to order some eggs and this will be the only time I hatch myself so im not really wanting to purchase one just for a one time hatch.

Quote: I had the same problem last year. I used to leave to coop door open and had done it for about a year and a half with no problem as my chickens are inside a fenced in back yard. Just fiqured the smell of the dogs in the yard kind of kept them away. Well one night I came out to find one...

Yea that's what I heard the wife wants Nigerian dwarfs

Congrats on the babies me and the wife are thinking about getting some goats this spring.

Thank you I see your from Evansville I played college baseball at USI and loved it. As far as the members bage how to I check that still trying to fiqure out my way around the site. Also I will get some watermelon for the ride home with the chicks when their picked up thank you.:D

Glad its suppose to warm up this week but not looking forward to having a muddy mess around the yard after all the snow melts. Be glad to get out and get a little yard work done though, Need some fresh air.

Thank you for that so I suppose my next question is how long do chicks do ok in a car ride. It'll be about two hrs in the car. Should be ok right?

Im in the process of building a new coop and am wanting to expand my flock. Problem is dont want to purchase an incubator so would prefer to buy chicks. Not a big fan of the local RK or TSC. They aren't to bad but went to RK once and was looking and they had the chicks all mixed up and some were...

@Mothers2Hens Mine are LF blue splash cochins. I recieved them from a lady who was moving in town. They intergrated amazingly to my established flock and even though are on the bottom of the pecking order they do not get picked on. They usually are always together and both come running to me...

I have some blue splash cochins and they are my most docile breed also. I can just go scoop them up without a peep. My roo isn't to found of me carrying then around though. He follows behind me the whole way. :)

Been curious if anyone near the Terre Haute, IN area knows of people who process meat birds for a decent price. I heard there are some amish families near me but never been able to get any contact info for anyone. I have been debating raising my own meat birds just not real big into processing...

Quote: Not sure what your setup is like but I have an old window in one side of my coop. Im going to mount the cooler to where I can just open the window and pour water into the cooler. The window also faces east so hoping in the winter the sun will help keep it a little warmer.

Im going to try my hand at making a nipple fed waterer out of a large cooler this summer and putting a bird bath heather in it with some sort of pump to keep the water circulating through the PVC to keep it from freezing. If we are going to continue to have winters like this one im going to have...

yea i was doing good until it got that could and the heated waterer froze and split the bottom of course the expensive part. I wasnt to found of how the heated waterers went together in the first place and on numerous occasions while carrying it to the coop the bottom came off and I got a nice...