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[Chaneys Ranch]

Only a day behind

and crashing

nite guys!

 

[Mother2Hens]

Our Indiana Thread has a talent pool of considerate and helpful people!

Good News!

@hoosiercheetah , Mr. Jack of All Trades, (auto agent being one of them) located a Honda Civic in Indy for my DD at IU! For a very reasonable fee, hoosiercheetah also examined the car for signs from a wreck, flood, tornado, drug running, old bubblegum, counterfeit parts, ugly colors, bad sound system, etc. hoosiercheetah has been wonderful to offer his multi-talents to thread members from plumbing to electronic chicken coop devices~ and more. Thank you hoosiercheetah! Now I can have my lame, but handy Grand Caravan back, which DD has been using.

A side note:

@EurekaChic ’s DH had kindly offered his auto agent skills in Bloomington, but there were more car choices in a larger city. We appreciate their efforts!

Time (and the Thread) flies when you’re having fun
I am way behind on the thread from my Indy trip just a few days ago! I’ve had problems catching up because the site has been down, photos haven’t shown up, and I’ve had posts and PMs deleted. Very annoying!

On my way home on Wednesday, I stopped in Martinsville to meet @ellymayRans and her handsome little boys. She had five Black Bantam Cochin (maybe some frizzles!) hatching eggs that I brought home, and placed under Bonbon that evening. She had been laying on three unfertilized Silkie eggs, and had a little extra tucking to do to get five eggs arranged!

Miserable Heavy Air
We’ve been having horribly hot and humid temps here, so I’ve had six outdoor fans going for the chickens, plus plenty of cool water, watermelon, etc. Because of the heat advisories, this is what my DH did to Bonbon’s broody coop while I was gone last week.

DH likes to “act” like the chickens are my thing . . . Photo taken at night. You can tell that her coop is on the deck right next to the back door.

 

[Mother2Hens]

I love patchouli! Where did u find it?

Last spring, I ordered patchouli plants from The Growers Exchange and was happy with their service and prices. I hope they do well inside over the winter.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote:
Soooo cant sleep guess where I am LOL! This is ALWAYS a hard topic with strong opinions. It depends on the breed, species we are raising too. I move my scovies if temps fall below -0- Know the breeds/species you have and their tolerance to cold. We all have the right to agree to disagree also

and all of us want our babies warm, safe and happy.Some breeds are less cold tolerant... we need to research and prepare for their needs,

I didn't take pipd's post to sound like she was trying to dictate...just took it as her opinion.... so just wanted to say that all the varying things that were shared are good for everyone to consider. But...I did want to come to her defense - if that's the right way to say it - to say that I didn't take it that way at all!

I'm loving reading everyone's thoughts on this so keep 'em coming!

We all need to share our opinions. How else can we learn?

Quote: I will look forward to reading it. And when you are ready to attract more attention I think you can release a kindle copy on Amazon for free to the reader for the first 30 days its out then up the price to $0.25-$0.99 and watch the money start rolling in. Especially if you release only a chapter or two at a time. As long as demand for cheap reading materials is high you might make more money with a book priced under $1 than a $19.95 volume.

I hope it is okay to post this here.

I have a 4 month old Jubilee Orpington cockerel for sale. 100% Greenfire. I bought 5 straight run chicks, and got 3 boys. I really don't need three! He is bigger than all my hens as of a month ago. He is NPIP certified, but too big to ship.

Even if you aren't particularly interested in breeding them, they make handsome additions to any flock.

I can't part with any of my pullets, but could produce chicks that could be bred to him sometime next spring. I have 4 pullets from another source that include the Sacre line.

I'd like $25 for him. PM me if you are interested. I would consider a trade, but pullets/hens only. I'm going to have 4 or 5 boys for the two colors of Orps I work with. However, we have a separate mixed layer flock, too!

I'm going to send you a PM. Is there a way you can post a picture or guess a weight.

These are my Babys, growing up and getting their curls.

The first darker one is my favorite and the tan is my second favorite. If I had any geese, these would be my first choice.
How well do geese lay. For some reason I have it in my head that they lay a really nice sized egg but have a short laying season each year.

On a different note I really really do not like grain mites. If anyone has an idea of a smell or some other additive that could be put on or even in the food bags to keep the mites from hatching that would be great. So far DE has not really worked well. And bay leaves did not even put a dent in the tiny creepy crawlies. True or pure vanilla does keep the flies away but does not last long I was having to re-mist the area 3 times a day and by morning they would be back since I did not mist in the night. Lemon juice sprayed in the area (not on the food since chickens don't like it) did not change the bug population at all. The fly traps of course catch flies and gnats but wow that smell is not coming within 200 feet of my house. It smells worse than the duck pond, also not coming within 200 feet of my house.
ugh grain mites are a pain. My guinea seem to clean up most of it, and I stare at feed bags like a crazy woman

but with raising mealworms I dont want the problem here either.

 

[Mother2Hens]

As some of you all know, I just ordered my 1st batch of chicks from Ideal. I paid for 10 Pullet "Suprise Special". Well THEY CAME IN TODAY!! Woot!! Since I had to work, I had a friend pick them up from the post office for me, bring them home and told her what to do. Everything was set up for her and I explained to her about watching them, feeding and watering... and so on.... Everything went better then I expected cause when I got home not only was my 10 pullets running around, chirping, drinking, eating and sleeping, but when I looked into the brooder... there wasn't 10 there.... there was 15!!! OMG!!! I am sure I now have 5 roosters... I didn't want any and was expecting to get perhaps 1 - but 5???? YIKES... that is too many for 10 hens. But none the less, they are all healthy, cute and doing well!!

Ideal did not inform me of what they sent... so I took some photos in hopes that you all could help me in identifying what I could possibly have (if able at this age)?

I have 9 of the Yellows, 1 of the Browns & 5 of the Blacks. Can you all tell what these little guys are... and don't be silly and say Chickens.... I know that much

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Thanks in advance

Congrats on your first chicks! All three of your examples will grow into this type of chicken:

 

[EurekaChic]

[COLOR=8B4513]Congrats on your first chicks! All three of your examples will grow into this type of chicken: [/COLOR]

[COLOR=006400] SO FUNNY! I got up to let the dogs out, so of course I checked BYC. Your post had me laughing, almost had to wake up my DH to show him (but I resisted). [/COLOR]

 

[Leahs Mom]

I do have electric netting but that's not it. That's just a temporary divider between 2 sides of the kennel run...was giving the girls a break from "Mister" for part of the day. It is this stuff:




http://www.menards.com/main/buildin...-plastic-poultry-netting/p-1750924-c-5770.htm

Used eye hooks and snap clips to attach at the wall.



Clips on the kennel side.


I just rolled it back when I want to open it.


I've since made a grow-out area there for the young'uns which are still using that side. Also added a tarp for shade.


I also cut it in half lengthwise and applied it to the base of the kennel run so that chicks can't get through. I leave it up permanently for that. Put some extra at the bottom so I could bury it in chips so they wouldn't get under. Looks like this:







Overlapped at the gates.

 

[LKShepherd]

Congrats on your first chicks! All three of your examples will grow into this type of chicken:

awe how BEAUTIFUL!! I can't wait!!!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: ugh grain mites are a pain. My guinea seem to clean up most of it, and I stare at feed bags like a crazy woman

but with raising mealworms I dont want the problem here either.
We are burning the bags right now. The feed is gone and a few birds are a bit hungry as the food ran out yesterday morning. Both storage areas have been sprayed down. And the new food we are getting today will be coming from a new location and be put in our first storage area that has set empty for 2 weeks. It is the humidity and the mild temps. But they get everywhere. We are burning anything that is not valuable that the mites have been on, some stuff including old magazines are just impossible to clean.
As for keeping the food in my house, not going to happen, I will not take the risk of a mite infestation. I had food in the basement for brooding and I was constantly nervous about mites as chicks spill so much food and they have both the heat and the humidity. It did not happen but can you picture trying to get mites out of a basement? So much extra stuff we have attachments to is stored in our basement.

 

[BryLT3]

(I hope I haven't already posted this one- I don't believe I have. )

This is Flo next to our Pekins and runner.