INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I really respect both points of view because they were thoughtful and you both took the time to give an inexperienced person a thorough answer to a question that I've been struggling with. I tend to take bits of information and blend it anyway. Thanks for the good bits!

It looks like people are about evenly split on the handle versus don't handle rooster topic. I've said my thoughts and shared my experiences, so I'm not gonna go there yet again. It's been interesting, though--and kind of funny, too. Like with everything, everyone has their own opinion on the topic! I sincerely hope whatever method you use works out for you and your boys, CRSelvey.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Well, tonight, I was out in the woods and I thought, 'You know what? I need to get a picture of this.' And so I decided I'm going to take a picture from the same spot every week or two as the woods fills in and then thins out over the summer and fall, and see what I have by December. I kept thinking the woods will never look just like it does now ever again. Trees and plants will grow or die, and everything will change no matter how gradual. I want to document that process, at least for a little while!

So here is the woods at dusk today as seen from our back deck. It's not a great picture because it was too dark, so I'm gonna get better pictures tomorrow. I'm excited to see how they turn out over the months! e

 

[Leahs Mom]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo
Do your birds get to run the woods?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Oh yeah, but they don't go far. There's actually a straight line in the fallen leaves where you can see that they've scratched, and beyond that the leaves are undisturbed.

ETA: Oh, that can't be seen in that picture, if you wondered! They don't usually go back there, but they're always in the woods on either side of where I took this picture.

 

[raisinemright]

Hey I know those eggs!

yes you do! I tossed three of them. The other 15 look good, fingers crossed!!!

 

[CRSelvey]

Well, tonight, I was out in the woods and I thought, 'You know what? I need to get a picture of this.' And so I decided I'm going to take a picture from the same spot every week or two as the woods fills in and then thins out over the summer and fall, and see what I have by December. I kept thinking the woods will never look just like it does now ever again. Trees and plants will grow or die, and everything will change no matter how gradual. I want to document that process, at least for a little while!

So here is the woods at dusk today as seen from our back deck. It's not a great picture because it was too dark, so I'm gonna get better pictures tomorrow. I'm excited to see how they turn out over the months! e

My daughter does something like this in her art class. They string the pics together using software and turn it into movies. Very cool when it's done.

 

[atrueb00]

CRSelvey" posted: On another topic, I have had several friends offer to buy eggs, but I have just been giving them out when I have extra.  If I did have more in the future, can anyone give me a fair price to charge for a dozen eggs? They are fed non-gmo organic food (not counting some of the food scraps we give them).  I'm not sure if that makes a difference. 

We exchange 6-packs of eggs for favors...since DW still can't drive from her shoulder replacement, we give the folks that drive her to phys therapy a dozen a week.

Otherwise, we try to get $2 per dozen from select persons who appreciate them.
We give a teaser 6-pack and see what the person says after they've eaten them. If they say "you can hardly tell the difference from store-bought eggs, but the shells are harder to crack" I never sell them any. City folk!!!

I think it depends on where you live. I'm pretty close to Chicago and prices are higher here than in central/southern parts of the state in my observation. I sell a dozen medium size for $3 and give a 50 cent rebate if they return the carton to me. My cousin down by Terre Haute sells a dozen large for $2, no rebate. Cost analysis for me shows by selling a minimum of 3 dozen per week, I can break even on food (buying 50 lbs @ $15 every 4 weeks), egg cartons and have a little left over for other chicken expenses. I'd love to add more birds to sell more eggs and reduce my costs even more. Hope that helps!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hello! I'm from Tennessee, and have a question...

We are considering moving to your state soon and are clueless as to what to bring for our chickens...Can anyone suggest anything? I have a Columbian Rock, Golden Comet, RIR, and four mixed chicks.

We don't have much snow here, but I know you guys certainly do!

Any advice would help!

PMs are even better <3

Welcome to our thread

I've been looking for a old wooden door for my pallet palace coop. We've been to antique stores and a few yard sales, we've seen a couple but I just never bought one for one reason or another. So the other day we were at my moms visiting. I asked her if they had a door sitting around (they don't throw anything away). My stepdad (dad) said he thought there was one in the old shed! Sure enough there was and it was a perfect fit (almost had to trim a little length and width) and the color is great. I got it installed this morning and I think it turned out great!!! I'm not even going to clean off the dust and cobwebs it's a nice touch of character!

Here is a look from the inside

New hinges but the doorknob is original and works!

WOW nice touch, love it!

Funny story from yesterday.......

I got up an hour late and left 15 minutes late. I think I get ready faster than I ever have in my life. 18 minutes! At the end of the class we were doing the lab part and a guy said we will forgive you for wearing that shirt here. I didn't get at first and then looked at my shirt. It dawned on my. I said I didn't watch sports or anything, it was just a shirt to wear. If no one guessed what shirt I was wearing, it was a IU shirt!

oops!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Month Old pics














(the one below is my favorite,,,don't tell the others!)

Love that group shot!!!

Hey, guys, I forgot to post this here yesterday, but my babies turned 11 months old!

Rangi the awesome Ancona:




Roha the super-sweet Exchequer Leghorn:




Marama the sassy Egyptian Fayoumi:




Ihi the...strange Golden Campine (she wouldn't sit still, the only decent picture I got of her was when she was drinking

) :




Huka the quiet Silver Lakenvelder:




Whiri the shy Light Brown Leghorn:




Po the manly Black Cochin bantam:




And a shout out to little Margie the silkie, who'll be a year old at the middle / end of the month:

 

[BackyardBitten]

I am behind on posts, but i wanted to give an incubator update.
I am so ecstatic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All six of the turkey eggs that i'm incubating for my sister are looking great!!!!!!!! I candled them this past sunday (day 7) and I could really see veining and embryos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is completely different experience from the quail eggs i tried to hatch a couple weeks. (and that's all thanks to my daughter messing with the knob on the thermostat : ( Any hoo, i just couldn't help myself and candled one again yesterday( i know you're not supposed to handle them so much) but i was so excited!! Hopefully i can get these and my chicken eggs i have coming in a couple weeks to hatch!!! I think i'm getting used to my new digital thermometer now. Ok, well back to catching up on posts!!!