INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[browncow15]

I have Birchen Marans (black ad blue), naked necks/Turkens, tolbunt polish, crested cream legbars, LF blue Cochins, bantam Cochins (assort colors), silkies (white, blue, partridge, blue partridge, splash, buff), showgirls (partridge, white and picking up blue and splash this weekend!), and modern game bantams (Birchen, blue, black, bb red, and brown red). I think that's all of them. So 9 breeds but a lot more varieties. I guys I do have hatchery white rock and brown leghorn pullets for layers in my free ranging flock as well.

So how many birds do you have?

 

[leslea]

There's always therapy for that

If it would warm up a bit outside I'd get some good carpentry therapy, I think!

 

[lilmizscareall]

[COLOR=CC3366]minmin~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]What great photos ~ and breakfast! For dinner, I made my hens some warm scrambled eggs (from BonBon's hidden stash) with blueberries, grapes, and bananas on the side since they had a lousy weather day. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=000080]goatluver[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Have you studied the scientific data about global warming causing climate change or are you just repeating what someone else said? Either way, we're not haters here on the Indiana Thread![/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]Do you know what breed(s) and how many you're getting?[/COLOR]
[rule]Originally Posted by lilmizscareall /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Google & BYC is a fountain of info. I learned that hawks can strike and kill your birds through fence and chicken wire.

Chicken wire=keeping chickens in or out

Hardware cloth=keeping your birds safe from predators

Raccoons can pull out staples and make quick work of any fencing not properly secured. They(and opossums) also climb and dig.
My birds have a back yard surrounded by privacy fence. It is not considered safe or secured from predators.

Their run and coop are. Well... I lie. We haven't put any hardware cloth around the bottom of the run. Technically our coop isn't even finished, we just ran out of time before the bad weather hit. I check my yard everyday for signs of new pests. Nothing yet, but I know they are out there.
[COLOR=008080]lilmizcareall ~[/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]I use carabiner locks on my coop and nesting box doors, but because raccoons are so intelligent and care figure things out, I've wondered if I should use combination locks! My coop/run is like Fort Knox, but I only have 6 chickens. Like you, mine free-range in a fenced area of the backyard, but having a deck with a large area underneath, lots of bushes, trees, outdoor furniture, etc. provides them with a lot of hiding places that they can easily duck into. I think I'm going to plant more bushes in the back where I take them for supervised field trips. There are a lot of huge trees, but not enough hiding spots. It may look a little weird with random bushes. It seems like there would be some kind of fold-out fake bushes that I could move around as I do [/COLOR][COLOR=8B4513]yard work. Maybe I should go on that show "Shark Tank" and pitch my product. Hahaha[/COLOR]

YES! I havent done locks yet, but I need to. My DH insisted on these stupid things: http://www.lowes.com/pd_58432-37672-605320_0__?productId=4651573 I really dont trust them to keep coons out...

 

[leslea]

ATTENTION: STOLEN WATERFOWL


The public is also invited to contact the sheriff's office with any information about the missing birds by calling 219-326-7700.

What a thing to do! I am nowhere near LaPorte but I will keep my open on Louisville's craigslist.

 

[lilmizscareall]

What is a felted wool dryer ball, how does one make it and what is it used for?

Ive felted quite a bit, so I thought the procedure for it would have been easy. Now I need to google proper directions to see if I am missing an important step.
Basically, its wool roving wrapped up on itself into a ball. You put a couple drops of essential oil on them, toss a few in the dryer and they act like dryer sheets, without having to use fabric softener. It also helps your clothes dry faster!

 

[bradselig]

So how many birds do you have?

its funny you ask that today. I was just asked by a coworker today and honestly couldnt tell him. So after counting I have a total of 105 birds including all the chicks.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: The scented balls do not create a strong scent like some of the fancy dryer sheets. They do help move the clothes around for shorter drying times. There is some static reduction but not all static is removed from every type of fabric. They make lots of noise. I don't use dryer sheets and because of the noise I don't use the dryer balls. Most of my drying is for heavy materials including cotton prefolded diapers and jeans. Just about everything else hangs up. Since the dryer was running for so long, I got in the habit of using it at night. Well dryer balls in the dryer at night is not a good way to fall asleep.

 

[lilmizscareall]

its funny you ask that today. I was just asked by a coworker today and honestly couldnt tell him. So after counting I have a total of 105 birds including all the chicks.

Chicks don't count! ;D

 

[bradselig]

Chicks don't count! ;D

ok then I have around 75 that are 3+ months old lol

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I remember before having chickens, thinking that people who discussed the weather were very very boring. Now I am checking the weather predictions at least twice a day. I have turned into one of those boring weather people.