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Thank you, it is a Paint Silkie Chick thanks. :) thanks. very nice. i cant wait to see how my chicks end up as they grow out.

Figured I would post a couple pics showing what I have been working on.

The basic blood test for indiana shows tests to make sure the birds are Pullorum - Typhoid Clean. Now if you want to have your birds tested for more stuff (for free) contact the state poultry association and tell them you want to do the t-12 egg test. this test covers the following. Agar...

one hen per cage. though not very practical. :)

have a small aviary i use to grow young chicks out. it uses the 2x3 welded wire with a layer of vinyl coated chicken wire under it for "added protection". had a coon reach through and jerk the 1 1/2 month old silkies right through the 1" holes of the chicken wire without even breaking a single...

it can be eaten but what we did with our first eggs was to blow them out so we could keep them forever. you will always get more you can eat but you will never get another "first".

ok i stated i found the $88 fee on the state vet site. i was mistaken. that is what purdue charges. https://www.addl.purdue.edu/TestsFees/Index.aspx

give the indiana state poultry association a call at 765-494-8517. tell them you would "like to become a npip member and need contact info for your local testers." testers may charge to test your flock and/or charge for their time/gas. state testers are volunteers and not employed by the state...

i ordered my shipping box for the is last week. they said they were currently out of boxes and had more on order and it should be going out by tomorrow. i also had the blood testing completed on our birds and am now an npip member. if the testis free then i don't want to pass it up. :)

no charges are being brought against him for his actions. big cats are legal to own in indiana with a permit. they are trying to track down who's cat it was.

my neighboring county. been all over the news here.

*that special place in hell for a person who drops off one chick and steals another when nobody is home.* just venting. cant talk about it at this time though. charges are pending. on the bright side i did get the raccoon last week. ohh the stress.. calgone take me away!

well here goes my day since the last post. for those who don't care here is the short version. raccoon? killed 2 chicks and injured one keet. i become a criminal that cant even turn himself for his crime. :rolleyes: now for the long story for those few who don't have anything better to do...

if i had the wire i could. i have a trap i will set tonight. i plan to build a larger aviary using better materials for fencing later on. at least i am learning from this so i can build it better when i do.

we had our first predator attack last night. is anyone has the link to the predator id chart please paste that to me i forgot to bookmark it. we lost 2 chicks from our aviary last night. looks like the attack happened while the chicks were standing/sleeping next to the fencing. (1" vinyl coated...

16 weeks old. what a stunning guy. :D

i see fresh goat milk for sale locally all the time. listed as "fresh goat milk for pets". as long as you are selling it for "pet use" you are fine. you can't help what people do with it after you sell it to them. :D ... ya just had to bring up the downsides didn't ya :P but you would need to...

those are really nice but i was thinking about trying this one. :D

you may be onto something there. i will have to try that. well our pretty blue skys just turned black. instant down poor. chickens running for cover from the killer falling sky. ok now that's over and we have pretty blue sky's with the sun shining. guess we got the 10% for a whole 2 minutes...

they were saying 70% chance of precipitation for last night and 50% for today. we got nothing last night and they have lowered today's chance to 10%. now we are getting some decent gusts of wind here and there but nothing of concern. i truly hope your lawn chair dries out before it gets sick...