INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

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All these fluffy doggies!! ETA: And fluffy chickens, too! I love the Showgirl!!




Well, I'm down to 7 eggs a day or fewer. Yesterday, I got 3. The good news is, I'm not in it for the eggs. My girls always make me feel better when I'm stressed. Tonight's stress relief came in the form of Bielefelder hugs. Violet likes to complain, but she does seem to enjoy cuddles and she has the softest feathers and the best hugs...

Wish I had a more recent picture of her. Just haven't had the gumption to get the camera out lately.




Oh, and I was bored today when I should have been doing math homework, so I made a file to safe all of my wishlist breeds and varieties on my computer. I've got everything from Silver and Silkied project Ameraucanas to Barred Hollands to Dun Silver Duckwing OEGBs, Columbian Plymouth Rocks, Seramas, bantam Cochins, a couple breeding projects I've had in mind for a while... But I could only remember about 30 of them, and I'm relatively sure there were a few more. I guess I'll just have to write them down as I remember them. Yeah, this is why I keep saying my barn is full before it's even built...

 

[atrueb00]

Quote: Originally Posted by SallyinIndiana


there are other illness that can be passed to your birds too. But most of these can be passed by all kinds of means even a visit to the feed store can bring back the virus.
All kinds of bio security measures are discussed in most of the indiana poultry literature and the purdue sites. I would look into those before deciding to even ask if you want to see her flock. Honestly I don't let just any stranger come see my flock now days. The person coming might bring my birds some sickness. It does not mean that I don't have great birds in a great set up. It is just a method I use to limit exposure or risk. Some bio measures are a bit extreme while others are common sense.
http://www.inpoultry.org/biosecurity.cfm


There was an article in the Backyard Poultry Mag this summer with step by step instructions on how to wash your eggs to prevent illness. If you don't have a subscription, search "Backyard Poultry Mag Treating Eggs" in Google. On the second link, there is a triangle pointing downward. Click the triangle and select Cached. This allows you to view any article without a subscription. Little hacker trick I don't use too often, but works if you need it.

BTW I do have a subscription to this magazine and highly recommend it. Basically all volunteer writers with tons of hands on experience. Worth the subscription if you have a flock.

 

[bradselig]

First group to get cut from breeding projects is a trio of silver project silkies. All hatched this year. Pullets may be laying or very close to lay. Roo is younger. Pic of roo is recent (within last week). Pictures of pullets are older from like 2 months ago. Meant to update today but it was simply to hot to mess with the chickens. Pm if interested.

Roo

Pullet

Pullet

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

You're killing me, Brad! That middle pullet... Wish I had the space / time / energy for a quarantine right now!

 

[atrueb00]

Warning: Pic heavy post! Went to my cousin's farm in Terre Haute for Labor Day weekend and had a ton of fun as usual. Only problem was DH flipped a 4 wheeler over on himself, but he walked away with no injuries. Feeling very lucky he wasn't injured and didn't end up in the creek.

Got some pics of my cousin's birds to share. Just love going over there and seeing all the variety he has.

Here's a ISA Brown in the nest box, they are so friendly.



I didn't know that black sex links had such cool eyes! They were all so friendly and just loved me in there with them.



Here's a shot of some of his baby peacocks. One of them is very light and looks like it will be a different color from the rest he's got.



Here are his guinea fowl. These guys are such oddballs! Love the curious side look they give me.



Here are his adult peacocks. He's only gotten 1 egg this year (they are just about 2 years old) and wants to set up a breeding program next year. I even got to see a male put on a show for the ladies. At night, each male was perched up with a group of 2 peahens, its like they've already decided who is with whom.



Aren't these 2 adorable! These are my cousins' kids and they love the farm, call all the chickens chick chicks.



We met with @BryLT3 and she got this little keet that was just hatched. I kept her close to keep her warm on the trip and managed to get a good photo too.


My mom took care of our chickens while we were away, and ended up treating them to cooked veggies every night. This coming from a woman who has lived in the city her whole life and doesn't like to cook. LOL Can't believe my mom loves our chickens! I let them out when we got home and my rooster decided to go visit the chicks for a while. Amazes me that he is so nice to them and gets along really well. They are separated all of the time, but when I opened both the coop doors they sometimes mingle.



It has been so hot here our bees seem miserable. They are bunched up on the outside and probably overcrowded right now. Just added new boxes about 3 weeks ago to all the hives, can't really afford to buy new boxes to add to 7 hives.



This silkie hen is broody. I picked her up and put her on the ground and she gives me this look like she is thinking, "I'm not doing anything wrong!"



Here's another pic of the littles. Just love these guys @bradselig ! So far out of the original 14 that hatched, we've only lost 1. They are looking really good and starting to move past the awkward stage into full feathering. The guinea has started to yell "buck-wheat!" softly, not at all loud like a normal guinea would. Glad she is a female, I think the MF is a male. I have a feeling I did get a lot of silkie roosters, some combs are looking roo-ish and the two juveniles I bought in May are both roosters too. Going to have to figure out what to do with all of them.

 

[Minminme]

[COLOR=006400]Yikes!  That's gonna hurt for a while.  So sorry.  I started being more conscious of my shoe choices when I was a grad student working in a genetics lab and let a big drop of phenol fall on my sandal-clad foot.  Burned like heck.  But you definitely have me beat. Hope it heals up fast.[/COLOR]

Thank you. What's bad is I have always preached at my kids to wear proper footwear while doing chores outside. Today I got my fair share of getting preached at for sure! Every family member I had contact with gave me heck and a few said I got what I deserved.

they are so...helpful???...my ego is injured as bad as my foot!

 

[sdetwiler333]

Nice pictures. I'm really getting excited to get my coop finished and birds in it. I'm so looking forward to that first fresh egg. Many omletes to come , and som egg foo young.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Oh my goodness, I think I found another breed for my chicken wantlist..!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/920104/the-pita-pinta-asturiana

 

[bradselig]

Oh my goodness, I think I found another breed for my chicken wantlist..!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/920104/the-pita-pinta-asturiana

Very interesting! Remind me a lot of the mottled Javas. I really love the look of the chicks though!

 

[EurekaChic]

OMG!
He is Huge!!! He makes my two Great Pyrenees look tiny. Mine are still puppies but I do not think they will reach his size.

Bailey

Montana

[COlor=006400] your pups are so adorable! Our vet says Darwin is the biggest Great Pyr she's ever seen. But he is not overweight at all - just big. How are yours with chickens?[/COLOR]