INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[Chaneys Ranch]

Ugh what a crappy evening. I came home and one of my 6-year old hens had been hit in the road ( I REALLY need to get that run done) and my 11 week bantams had pooped all over my porch. That didnt bother me so much -- I can just hose it off, but it looked like they all had diahrrea. I am hoping it was just due to all the treats I gave them today. I gave the chickens a huge watermelon and some cantaloupe scraps this afternoon. I don't usually give them all that at once <sigh> They are all acting ok so I hope they aren't sick. I'll see how things look in the morning. Oh, and my daughter lost my phone charger. Dang it!

I am so sorry about the hen.

For the devotees, here is Rangi!!




Thinking of flying to my shoulder:




Having a rest:




Sitting on my lap

And just for fun, here's one of my old girls, Olive:

My youngsters are 10 weeks old today! Nothing like spending time with the girls (edit: and boys, too) to make everything feel right with the world.

Hika Ma the EE bantam:




Huka the Silver Lakenvelder:




Ihi the Golden Campine:




Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi:




Po baby the black Cochin bantam:




Rangi the Ancona:




Roha the Exchequer Leghorn:




And Whiri, my all too pretty Light Brown Leghorn girl

All of them are just beautiful. I love the age they are at now, too fun!

Got Buler my Polish chicken checked in ok got rid of the lice

if you guys come to my county fair you'll probably see me and Buler

Awesome, good luck to you!

sending good vibes

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: don't be afraid to ask, there's several people with years of experience on the thread. And we don't just talk about chickens.. If you need to sound off

, have a new puppy or just want to talk about how hot it is, we only limit discussion by what the forum allows-keep it family clean.

The local fruit and veggie market had over ripe peaches discounted. Threw a bunch in the freezer and have been giving them to the chickens the last few days. They swarm me as soon as they see what I have for them.

Great treat, bet they are loving it.

Hello Hoosiers! I am new and just wanted to say hello. I'm still finding my way around here and hope to learn alot!

and our thread!

 

[Too Fast]

I just got my chicks today! I have been planning for awhile though. I should have put that in my post. I read a few library books, but I know it is a learning process!

That's how we started last January. We read a lot of library books, and then found this site from one of the books. Keep reading, the books and here, and you will do just fine. Is your coop built yet? Or are you furiously doing it since the chicks arrived, like we did lol.

 

[kitinwest]

Congrats! What kinds did you get?

I got Amercaunas, Welsummers, and Marans (Splash & Cuckoo). My intent was 2 breeds, but they all looked so cute!

 

[kitinwest]

That's how we started last January. We read a lot of library books, and then found this site from one of the books. Keep reading, the books and here, and you will do just fine. Is your coop built yet? Or are you furiously doing it since the chicks arrived, like we did lol.

Our coop is 90% built, so we're close. I was afraid that we wouldn't get it done if we didn't start it first!

 

[racinchickins]

I got Amercaunas, Welsummers, and Marans (Splash & Cuckoo). My intent was 2 breeds, but they all looked so cute!

A nice mix of breeds. And welcome to chicken math, it strikes without warning.

 

[MillerBirds]

Got Buler my Polish chicken checked in ok got rid of the lice if you guys come to my county fair you'll probably see me and Buler

Great! So glad to hear. Poultry show is tomorrow right? We might come.

 

[animallover2202]

Yes it is at 830

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I got Amercaunas, Welsummers, and Marans (Splash & Cuckoo). My intent was 2 breeds, but they all looked so cute!

Ooooh, you are gonna love your splash Marans! Mine is just the sweetest thing! She replies when I call her name and comes to me if I pat my knees. Her name is Frou-Frou.

 

[PeacefulWalls]

As requested, here is the invite to the party again. We will also be doing a fermented food demo in addition to what is listed.

INVITATION!!! It's a CHICKEN PARTY

I've been talking to jchny2000 about her idea for a get-together for the Indiana BYCers. She wasn't able to find a good place to hold it near her house, so I am volunteering to have it at my place.

On Sunday 28 July, my DSO (Significant Other) and I are going to host a meeting of the Central Indiana Poultry Enthusiasts. This is a small club of chicken folk from the general Indy area that meet every other month at the house of one of the members. We admire the hosts chickens and coops, talk endlessly about our birds, and shamelessly steal their best ideas to make our chicks more comfortable (kinda like we do on here!

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We'd like to invite anyone from the forum here that would like to come and meet other people as crazy about chickens as we are.

Here are some details and Ideas.

The meeting is usually from 3 to 5 or 6ish. Bring a lawn chair and a snack to share. Drinks will be provided. The DSO loves to cook, so there will be some fun things to eat too. There will be a tour of our coop and run setup and a meet and greet with our chickens and turkeys. We call it a meeting, but it really is just a chance to socialize with other chicken folk.

One of the things that was talked about was a workshop on processing poultry. I am blessed/cursed with an overabundance of boys at the current time. So I would like to propose that anyone interested in this portion of chickendom can show up around 11, and we can put on the workshop then. If you have a bird that needs to have that 'One Bad Day', go ahead and bring it. I can promise to have at least one bird for demo purposes and will probably have more than that if one or two people want to try their hand at it. For those that are not interested in this, we promise to be done and all cleaned up before 3.

Another idea is that if you know someone else who is coming and would like to arrange to swap/sell/transfer birds, that is fine by me. I have a large garage that has never seen my chickens, so I can offer it up as a place to keep birds being swapped so that they can be out of the sun and not kept in a car. Please make your arrangements ahead of time, and only bring birds that are already spoken for.

Our farm is located just east of Mooresville, IN. Which is located just SW of Indy not too far from the airport.

I'm just paranoid enough about things to not want to post my address and phone number on the forum where it is available to anyone and everyone, so what I would like to propose is that if you are interested in coming, please send me a PM, and I'll put together an email to send out to the participants with all the pertinent details.

If you have any questions, or suggestions, send me a note.

Hope you can make it!

Patrick

Thanks for reposting! As soon as we know if we're able to come I'll PM you.