INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

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Never heard of using ammonia, !! I'll have to try it. Thanks for the tip !1 Eggs look huge for her !! LOL !! Love your pictures, what pretty birds !! My daughters rooster use to try to breed her ducks. I have some that all free range together, and none of mine try to breed each other. Of course, I have the smarter duck breed, Muscovy !!! Love the color, I have paints also. Here are some of mine.

thanks!

ahhh I guess I haven't had problems because my ducks are female. See? That's why I love the BYC . I know now NOT to add a drake. I was considering it.

i loved mu little call duck drake je was a good boy. I dont know if te larger ducks are called LF but i only jave problems with the LF.

 

[DarthLayer]

I have a 27 week old duck that's not laying! I expected her first egg around 10 weeks ago, but nothing. She does have a back/hip deformity, but I don't know if that has an effect on her laying. Has anyone else had this happen before?

 

[Too Fast]

Good news. Once the Turkeys started waking up and calling this morning, the missing one showed up. No idea where she was, but when I started banging around metal cans that I keep food in, the whole flock came running across the yard back to their run and it had all 9 birds in it. One thing I noticed that is different from the chickens is the flock order. With my chickens, my rooster is in the lead. With the turkeys, my two jakes always hang back and let the hens lead the flock.

So I did an official count this morning, and everyone was there: All 51 chickens and 9 turkeys. I also determined how the poultry netting got tore up. found the clip that attaches the netting to the electric charger on the ground. It looks like something was going around the perimeter of the run, and when they went by the charger, they snagged on the cord that runs from the charger to the net clip and pulled the clip off. This meant no charge on the net. I'm going to have to think about something to elevate the charger so that I don't have that vulnerability any more. I still think the culprit was my dog, especially cause there were no casualties. I can totally see him wanting to chase the birds, but not really be interested in killing them, since he has been around them for months now. I would think anything else determined enough to go through the netting would kill at least a chicken. They had access to the coop, since the auto door hadn't shut yet, but none of the birds have a scratch on them.

Bottom line, this was probably good for me because it pointed out some vulnerabilities and issues with my housing and protection without me actually losing a bird.

Glad to hear the great news. Funny how the flock responds to the breakfast/dinner bell, eh?

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[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

sorty i did not post an updt sooner, but my russian orloff "passed away".

 

[amwchickin]

CCCCCCC....Sorry to hear about your Orloff. That breed is on my list!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: I'm looking for 2' wide, at least 50 ft. There are several areas that will be 2'x4' and a 10ft roll would leave lots of scraps. I'm sure I would eventually use the scraps but I prefer not to have them. I'm thinking 1/2 inch is fine. and at least 20 gauge. I will check out menards later tonight. For now I'm hiding away while DH is working on a higher part of the slanted coop wall.

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John

Didn't you get an earlier nice rounded numbered post too.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

sorty i did not post an updt sooner, but my russian orloff "passed away".

So Sorry.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

So Sorry.

[COLOR=FFA500]CCCCCCC[/COLOR]....Sorry to hear about your Orloff. That breed is on my list!

thanks to both of you. And they are really hard to find unless you are willing to get hatchery stock

 

[racinchickins]

An update on the Turkey order. If there is anyone in Northern Indiana who would be interested in joining in, we have a member who lives near South Bend who wants to be part of it and has offered to join in. She is willing to pick up any Northern ordered birds and bring them up to whoever ordered them.

So if this piques your interest, let me know and we'll see if we cant get you set up with some purty Turkey poults too!

 

[bradselig]

Sorry to hear about the orloff, CCCCCCCCHICKENS!

Those paint silkies are beautiful! The last thing I need is to add another color! I'm trying to stick with white and partridge.

Came home to an incubator peeping at me. I guess I didn't move the quail eggs over to the hatcher quick enough! Had about half dozen chicks running around the bottom of my main incubator. Got them all moved over now.