INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[leslea]

Oh, those poor folks. Such drama. LOL

I know they're dumber than rocks, but after all the snakes we had to deal with this past weekend, I hope it'll work out. I plan to coop them for at least two months before I let 'em out, because with all our trees I know it'll be a nightly ritual to lure them back into the coop!

 

[leslea]

Fun times yesterday with the family. ..Between the rain and break from baseball we did some mushroom hunting. .Yum..had with our Brats this evening for dinner!

Lucky you! I keep checking my woods and haven't seen any yet.

 

[leslea]

Here's a link on false morels: http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/false-morel.html

I've only been mushroom hunting once, but these poisonous ones don't even look the same to me. Still good to know.

 

[number9]

Fun times yesterday with the family. ..Between the rain and break from baseball we did some mushroom hunting. .Yum..had with our Brats this evening for dinner!

You would not have the GPS location where you found those old disgusting things would you

 

[browncow15]

Yes, it does have GV. And the question is: Is it safe for use in poultry? There is some concern about it's safety and, if so, at what concentration? When contacting the blu kote company, they only state that it hasn't been tested for approval in poultry. I'm guessing it has been used on chickens because many people that had poultry had animals that it was tested for. They probably just took it from their first aid kit and used it on the poultry too...and told other people that they did so. Which likely resulted in folks thinking it was safe. Something to ponder...

I have used it on my chickens and none of them have died, contracted a disease, or became ill after contact with it. I haven't had to use it for a long time, so long so, I can't even remember it has strong fumes (bad memory).I do remember that I would always use it in "open outside". I think the company should test it for poultry, it could open up their market more.

There are LOTS of medications used "off label" (not for their approved purposes) by drs and vets all the time. Most of the time it's cost prohibitive for companies to test their product on multiple species. I don't remember how much I paid for my little bottle of blu-kote but I know I wouldn't have bought it if it was $25 for a few ounces. I agree you should know what you are using on your animals, approved or not!

Fun times yesterday with the family. ..Between the rain and break from baseball we did some mushroom hunting. .Yum..had with our Brats this evening for dinner!

Ahh those look yummy!! My MIL spent all weekend looking for mushrooms in their woods, no luck though

 

[gunchief25]

I'm still alive folks. Computer at home decided to die on me. Working on getting a new one. Chickens are doing great. They are about to bury me under eggs. I have one broody sitting on a few right now. My new babies arent babies any more they are growing fast.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Here's a link on false morels: http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/false-morel.html


I've only been mushroom hunting once, but these poisonous ones don't even look the same to me. Still good to know.

Thanks. I don't know enough about mushrooms to know that the poison ones looked so different. But I definitely couldn't hunt other species that are harder to tell. I'd rather just grow them since it's so easy! That's my summer project.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm still alive folks. Computer at home decided to die on me. Working on getting a new one. Chickens are doing great. They are about to bury me under eggs. I have one broody sitting on a few right now. My new babies arent babies any more they are growing fast.

I was just worrying about you!!! So good to see you're okay!

 

[ChickCrazed]

I have had an interesting few days. I took Monday and Tuesday off of work to plant my vegetable garden. I have about 200 square feet to plant so it takes a while to do. I also decided to utilize companion planting so I planted a redic amount this year! It is a pretty cool concept! Of course we had gale force winds and rain for most of my time off so I ended up working REALLY hard to get everything done before the bad weather hit. I ended up planting on Sunday in 30 mph winds and had seeds blowing everywhere. It will be pretty interesting to see what it ends up looking like! I may have some unplanned "companions" lol.

My parents suffered a tragedy, their great dane (rescued a year ago) attacked one of their dachshunds and he ended up dying after 3 hours of surgery to try to repair broken ribs, a punctured lung and kidney and liver damage. He was my dad's dachshund and it is so hard to hear your dad sobbing on the phone because his best friend is now gone in such a horribly violent and unexpected way. The great dane had previously attacked two other small dogs and they had been working with a behaviorist to try to fix the behavior, which the behaviorist thought was fixable. They are now blaming themselves for not sending her back to rescue after the other incidents. If they had this dog would still be alive. It is human nature to blame yourself when this stuff happens and there isn't much you can say to comfort them. We have all been a crying mess over the whole thing. The great dane went back to the rescue within 12 hours of the latest incident, so in a way they are mourning the loss of two dogs. Such a horrible situation.

I woke up last night to "no no bad dog" laying on my select comfort mattress control. My bottom half was sagging! My sleep befuddled brain thought I was under attack at first from the whirring of the mattress box and my body being moved...kind of funny. Then since I was awake I heard coyotes CLOSE, they were carrying on and sounded like they were right outside my window, which would probably mean the chicken coop or horse barn. So I spent the rest of the night awake stressing about the chickens and my old skinny horse. So now I feel like a zombie from lack of sleep. BTW everyone was fine but this is the first time I have known of coyotes getting this close to the house and I don't like it. There isn't any woods near me so they usually stay on the other side of the ravine/creek in the fields to the back of my property. Not sure what I am going to do if they decide to start lurking. They are becoming such an issue EVERYWHERE and I haven't heard of a good way to stay safe from them. If they decide your property is a buffet they will come back until they get what they want. I guess in Carmel a lady left her house to run an errand and came back to a destroyed house. A coyote had busted through her door and killed her dog IN HER HOUSE. It really is terrifying.

 

[gunchief25]

I was just worrying about you!!! So good to see you're okay!

I'll take some pics of the new pullets to post