INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[SallyinIndiana]

For those of you that went to the Chicken Fest:
What size of cone did we use and what size was the pot for the hot water?

 

[danand]

Shawna- that's how it looks when my neighbors dog gets my chickens!! Both times 2 were gone with lots of feathers around. I'm curious about the straw though!! There's more to this story. Do you have neighbors that can see your place?

 

[JAG0105]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My first chickies were in their pen and I never thought they were in harms way, so never closed them up in their coop at night. Well this BIG coon dug under our shed and got all nine of them. we found legs and other parts and some feathers all over the pen four of the nine we never found any part of them or sign of where they were taken. away, but then
well I have now seven new chickens they are now 8 weeks old and the are totally secure. We put them to bed every night and close the coop door and only let them out when we are home.

 

[DarthLayer]

I might be interested in your EEs. How old ae they? I was going to wait until spring and order some chicks but the more colored eggs I see the more I want one! Shawna has first dibs ofcourse!! My neighbor just informed me he's seen a hawk in our area, I hope my chickies aren't next on its menu!

They are two years old. Hopefully your chickens stay safe. I have had many close encounters with hawks and a falcon but luckily no chickens were harmed during any of those incidents.

 

[bradselig]

Got some more pictures of some of the other silkies I have. I still have 6 more younger guys that I haven't taken pictures of.
White roo

Partridge roo (tail slowly coming back)

Partridge showgirl pullet (hopefully!)

Partridge roo and showgirl together

Second partridge roo I'm pretty sure (light skinned and still plucking tail). The blue on tail is blukote.

And lastly my youngest group of birchen marans

 

[Too Fast]

my neighbor two doors down just came over to complain about my birds. Guess I'll be clipping some wings tonight.

What happened? Did they get into their yard? Do you have a fence to contain your flock? Do you live in a city? Is is loud roosters you have? Sounds like a flying issue tho. Must contain your chicks, and give your neighbor some eggs while saying sorry.

 

[Too Fast]

For those of you that went to the Chicken Fest:
What size of cone did we use and what size was the pot for the hot water?

I'm guessing it was a 15 gallon pot. John or Racin will know tho. The cone large opening was about 10-12'' across.

 

[julie0477]

my neighbor two doors down just came over to complain about my birds. Guess I'll be clipping some wings tonight.

ugh I hate that :/

 

[CRSelvey]

Today was a good chicken day. We met up with Judy who actually brought me two little chicks. Not sure if they are both female, but I can always hope. They are all being treated now so that they can get over what was troubling them. Everyone seems to be doing well. Once we got them all settled in, I went out to the coop to uncover one of the nesting boxes. I had left them blocked off since my girls weren't old enough, so today I had to fix her up. I emptied out the tools and filled the nesting box with shavings. I know I shouldn't be surprised by this, but she walked right in like she owned the place, sat down, and gave me another beautiful egg. I think she was starting to get a complex though. I was staring and I think it made her nervous. Do all chickens "sing" while they are laying their egg? The boys all came inside to see what she was up too. Very interesting stuff I guess.

I promise not to take daily egg pics (since we've all seen eggs before), but today's egg was even prettier than yesterdays. Just WOW!

They are all so cute and they are constantly cleaning their feet.

They will have the cleanest feet in town.

It is actually green, but not showing up well.


Browncow- sorry about your neighbors. I hope you guys work it out.
Bradselig- That partridge color is really pretty but those little showgirls just crack me up!
Sally-Thank you for mentioning the bloom drying. I was wondering why my pretty new egg had speckles on it.
Shawna- I'm really happy your chickens came home. Its so sad to lose them.
MillerBirds & Cccchickens- Safe Travels.

 

[racinchickins]

For those of you that went to the Chicken Fest:
What size of cone did we use and what size was the pot for the hot water?

The cone was a medium. sized for broilers.
The pot was 10 gal/40 qt. But it's overkill for chickens. We needed it for the turkey.