INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[hanakimi]

has anyone seen the documentary the natural history of the chicken on netflix? it's not bad i enjoyed it although the lady swimming with her chicken was crazy lol.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

has anyone seen the documentary the natural history of the chicken on netflix? it's not bad i enjoyed it although the lady swimming with her chicken was crazy lol.

Haven't seen it but it sounds fun! I've added it to my list!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Yes. I got her from very good show lines, she was never meant to lay very well.none of the breeds I have did I get for production. I was just chiming in to maybe give people an idea of when and how they lay

I got mine for looks as well but if i cant get any eggs from them I cant increase my flock. I am feeding flock raiser. I am getting 5 eggs a day from my 6 layers. more then we need. 2 of them are a year and half, one is a yr. and one unknown. all 4 of them will have nothing to do w/ the rooster and he ignores them. oh well, theres other fish to fry.

 

[hanakimi]

I seem to be on a documentary roll as I'm watching a good day to die about the American Indian movement (AIM) and its founders it is so sad what happened to them especially as children as i couldn't imagine being raised away from my parents

 

[ChickCrazed]

I seem to be on a documentary roll as I'm watching a good day to die about the American Indian movement (AIM) and its founders it is so sad what happened to them especially as children as i couldn't imagine being raised away from my parents

I just watched the documentary "Tiny" about the tiny house movement. It was REALLY cool and has me looking at my lifestyle in a whole new light! I would really recommend checking that one out at some point! It is all about how a portion of the population is downgrading to live in spaces under 300 square feet (and it shows the houses they live in - which are really cool). It follows a guy who decides to build his own tiny house. It shows him building it and it is interspersed with others who are living in them. Some of the key points are that in the last 50 years the average house size has doubled while the family size has been cut in half. The McMansion era has people working harder, longer hours to pay for huge mortgages and "stuff". If we can step away from that mentality and figure out how to get by with less (not even necessarily 300 square feet, but we could all probably take away something from the message) we won't have to earn the salaries we think we need and will have more money for life experiences.

It was really inspiring.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

I just watched the documentary "Tiny" about the tiny house movement. It was REALLY cool and has me looking at my lifestyle in a whole new light! I would really recommend checking that one out at some point! It is all about how a portion of the population is downgrading to live in spaces under 300 square feet (and it shows the houses they live in - which are really cool). It follows a guy who decides to build his own tiny house. It shows him building it and it is interspersed with others who are living in them. Some of the key points are that in the last 50 years the average house size has doubled while the family size has been cut in half. The McMansion era has people working harder, longer hours to pay for huge mortgages and "stuff". If we can step away from that mentality and figure out how to get by with less (not even necessarily 300 square feet, but we could all probably take away something from the message) we won't have to earn the salaries we think we need and will have more money for life experiences.


It was really inspiring.

I've done some time with minimalists, so I'm familiar with the philosophy. It definitely gives you a different perspective on things, and I think it's helped me a lot in exactly the way you're talking about. There's a big difference between what we need and what we think we need because that's the way things have trended. As a for instance, I have a home built in 1958, not so long ago, but compared to contemporary homes, the bedrooms are tiny and the common rooms are huge - it's like they expected people to spend time around each other!

Oh, and there are very, very few power outlets. Go figure.

 

[CharlemagneRoost]

My

I just watched the documentary "Tiny" about the tiny house movement.  It was REALLY cool and has me looking at my lifestyle in a whole new light!  I would really recommend checking that one out at some point!  It is all about how a portion of the population is downgrading to live in spaces under 300 square feet (and it shows the houses they live in - which are really cool).  It follows a guy who decides to build his own tiny house.  It shows him building it and it is interspersed with others who are living in them.  Some of the key points are that in the last 50 years the average house size has doubled while the family size has been cut in half.  The McMansion era has people working harder, longer hours to pay for huge mortgages and "stuff".  If we can step away from that mentality and figure out how to get by with less (not even necessarily 300 square feet, but we could all probably take away something from the message) we won't have to earn the salaries we think we need and will have more money for life experiences.

It was really inspiring. 

My husband and I downsized to a park trailer that is about 300 sq ft. It has NOT been easy and I am ready to move into something more like 900 sq ft instead.

It's definitely worth it to get rid of lots of stuff and downsize - but it definitely has its challenges. I personally think that 300 sq ft is too small for most couples. A single person could do it ok - but two people - especially if you have pets - I would recommend more space.

 

[ChickCrazed]

My
My husband and I downsized to a park trailer that is about 300 sq ft. It has NOT been easy and I am ready to move into something more like 900 sq ft instead.

It's definitely worth it to get rid of lots of stuff and downsize - but it definitely has its challenges. I personally think that 300 sq ft is too small for most couples. A single person could do it ok - but two people - especially if you have pets - I would recommend more space.

Absolutely and I agree that 300 Sq feet is a bit difficult, but before I saw it I was plotting and planning on how to expand my house to 2,000 or 2,500 sq ft, just dreaming of all of the space and the huge kitchen I could have. Now I realize that I probably don't need all of the 1,400 sq feet that I currently have and am way more happy with my current situation! I think it is cool to see HOW they make 300 sq ft work, and a lot of those same principals could be incorporated into a reasonably sized small house for a really smart and well designed house. I don't need the McMansion!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

My
Quote: I have read somewhere that families with a child or 2 are trying to live in tiny houses too. Maybe it would be possible in a mainly good weather climate but here we spends months inside. I can't think of where I could let the children be active if the house was not at least 1000 sq ft. Mine is larger than 1000 and we are trying to add more livable space to that. We also had thoughts of moving my parents in at a much later date in the future if need be. Another reason for a bit more space.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm also of the mind that I want larger...much larger than I've ever had! Even just having folks over makes it tight where we are currently. I always feel like I should let someone else do the "entertaining" because they all have more space!