INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[weezerfish]

PS: If I had elderly or infirm birds that were obviously in stress I would somehow take care of them apart from the full outdoor cold temporarily.

Your second comment got me thinking, I've got two Black sex link pullets that have been getting their rear ends plucked by one of our EEs (I think). Should I pull these two into the garage for a couple days or do you think they will be okay?I'd have to crate them in the garage, but they'd be a little warmer at least.

 

[RockelleP]

My black shoulder boy today trying to strut his first eye feathers!

Oh how they grow so fast!

On a sad note though of the 4 new Pied youngins I got a while back, (2) pair, (1) of those pairs didn't make it. I had after quarantine placed them outside with everyone else and noticed 2 acting off. It was after that week of lots of rain. Well I moved them all back into the garage but only a pair has survived it. They are doing well so I guess they will have to wait until after spring to return outside.

He is beautiful!! You don't sell any perhaps do you? Or where did you get him

 

[ellymayRans]

He is beautiful!! You don't sell any perhaps do you? Or where did you get him

I'm always willing if there's an interest. Just PM (private message) me if you want.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@weezerfish
I recommend you read through this article and look at some of the linked articles and threads that are mentioned in the article as well.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...site&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email

Especially this one:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...led-look-at-the-question-of-supplemental-heat

Also...Everyone else take a look

 

[Faraday40]

Quail are 3 weeks old today!
The little guy is catching up. (Actually don't know the sexes of the whites)




Here's a female


Here's DD's fav. Such a character!..... and he's very spoiled.


My poor chickens are outside freezing. They refuse to leave the coop. The baby quail are enjoying daily snuggles & the warmth of being inside the house.

Need to come up with some names. DD's fav & the 2 brown females will be staying. Any of the 3 whites will stay if female. I don't think they are pure A&M. The two bigger ones have a couple brown feathers on the head & the little one doesn't have any head feathers yet.

Funny story of the day: DS cleaned the quail cage because he thought it looked like fun. Then DD got upset b/c the quail are her responsibility.

I told her not to worry; there's plenty of bird poop for everyone. LOL OH, if only it would stay this way! (I'll have to remind the kids of this when it's February.)

 

[Lengerich Farms]

So today has been a happy day for me!
First, I got a record 8!, that's right, 8 eggs!! Now, I've got 13 birds, and only 9 are of age to lay, or female. My aunt is getting about the same amount and she's got 4x as many birds!
Secondly, my rooster that's been on the run for two months is home. Took me and two neighbors, and a 12ft landing net, but ****** I got him! Haha. He has been dubbed "Wylde", and is now clipped and in with the rest of the flock.

 

[Lengerich Farms]

So, Cornflake needs a new home. I reached out here to find out what he was and was told EE. He is a sweet boy, but now that Wylde is back, being in Indianapolis, I can't keep both. He does crow, usually 12-4am, intermittently throughout the day. He is 7/8is months old. You cannot have him if he will go in the table! That is the only condition. Anyone in the Indianapolis area interested in giving Cornflake a good home, please PM me.

 

[Faraday40]

So today has been a happy day for me!
First, I got a record 8!, that's right, 8 eggs!! Now, I've got 13 birds, and only 9 are of age to lay, or female. My aunt is getting about the same amount and she's got 4x as many birds!
Secondly, my rooster that's been on the run for two months is home. Took me and two neighbors, and a 12ft landing net, but ****** I got him! Haha. He has been dubbed "Wylde", and is now clipped and in with the rest of the flock.

What's your secret?

We got 2 eggs & only about 4 chickens are laying. The other 12 are either molting, recovering from molt, or too young to start laying.
The molting has also been a little wacky. Some continued to lay while beginning to molt (only a light molt in a few places). Now they're committed & stopped laying. Another molted for 1.5 months, then started laying for 2 weeks, then her comb went pale & she stopped laying again. I'm noticing a couple of her feathers in the coop floor, but not more than 2-3 feathers per day. Finally, two pullets saw the hens molting & decided to join them. I got only about a month of eggs before they stopped. I'm happy their molt is gradual, but I miss the eggs. Then there's the EEs who just refuse to lay in the winter.

Anyway, I'm glad your wild rooster came back.

 

[weezerfish]

@weezerfish
I recommend you read through this article and look at some of the linked articles and threads that are mentioned in the article as well.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...site&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email

Especially this one:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...led-look-at-the-question-of-supplemental-heat

Also...Everyone else take a look

Thanks for posting these! I've looked at a couple threads about cold weather but I hadn't seen pipd's article. When I designed and built my coop last spring, I tried to provide adequate venting while keeping it draft free like everything I found then kept saying. I think I've already dotted the i's and crossed the t's so these articles put me at ease again. At least for tonight! LOL!

 

[Indyshent]

Two more poults hatched but both died.

Between the seven female turkeys, I get sometimes (usually) two eggs daily, but the majority of them are too young to be laying and one of the older gals has been broody since August or so and doesn't appear to be feeling well still. Between 15 chickens (1 cockerel, 1 roo, two pullets, 11 hens) I get between 2 and 8 eggs daily.