INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[flyladyrocks]

Yeah, I thought of that at about 7 am when we we're on our way! And oh do I want a Spitz!

Hey you should have told me you were coming! We're only about 30 min from there & I could have sent you home with some souvenirs! [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]

 

[sunnie7]

Well this guy started crowing last weekend, the day I got rid of my 2nd rooster. I thought there was a chance he was possibly a pullet. I was wrong! Need to rehome him if any ones interested. I'm just north of Louisville in Southern IN.

3/5 of my original chicks were Roos. I've added a silkie that's ~4.5 months and I have 2 6 month old bantam cochins that are already laying. After I rehome my Rooster I was 1-2 more but I'm having a hard time fining older pullets. I found these two 5 week old bantam Cochins (I'm told are pullets?) how hard do you think it will be getting them introduced to the coop with my flock? Is it better to get two vs one? I have a small coop with a large run but don't really have a way to seperate them much. Advice please or should I wait awhile a keep looking for an older pullet? Here are the two I found:

 

[Faraday40]

DD took her little silkie on a field trip to the town Easter egg hunt today.
The line to pet DD's silkie was just about as long as the line to see the Easter bunny. LOL


Here she is with the silkie in her little pet purse.

 

[Leahs Mom]

That pet purse was an excellent idea!!!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

[Pyrokite]

Does anyone know of any local farms or processing farms which offer a processing workshop? I started with backyard chickens last year and had a rooster and me and my wife used lots of internet guides and processed him ourselves, but it was rough and not the most pretty looking job. I know practice makes perfect but at the moment I have no desire to raise meat birds, I only plan to cull off if we end up with another rooster or the older hens which stop laying. I just would like to be more confident in my processing to make it as painless for the bird, and also a better product to eat. I felt like where we really fell apart was in the actual cleaning of the bird. Thank you!

 

[Nyla]

Does anyone know of any local farms or processing farms which offer a processing workshop? I started with backyard chickens last year and had a rooster and me and my wife used lots of internet guides and processed him ourselves, but it was rough and not the most pretty looking job. I know practice makes perfect but at the moment I have no desire to raise meat birds, I only plan to cull off if we end up with another rooster or the older hens which stop laying. I just would like to be more confident in my processing to make it as painless for the bird, and also a better product to eat. I felt like where we really fell apart was in the actual cleaning of the bird. Thank you!

Where are you located at? It depends on location, also you could always look it up on google. I think Justin Rhodes (You-tuber) Might be coming to Indiana for his North America Part of the Tour. He invites people to gatherings where he and his family are for that sort of stuff. He teaches you hands on processing. They are traveling America in a big white Bus they turned into a RV kind of thing. Also His YouTube channel has very graphic and detailed instructions on how to cull and processing.

His Channel---> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOSGEokQQcdAVFuL_Aq8dlg/videos

 

[ellymayRans]

Does anyone know of any local farms or processing farms which offer a processing workshop? I started with backyard chickens last year and had a rooster and me and my wife used lots of internet guides and processed him ourselves, but it was rough and not the most pretty looking job. I know practice makes perfect but at the moment I have no desire to raise meat birds, I only plan to cull off if we end up with another rooster or the older hens which stop laying. I just would like to be more confident in my processing to make it as painless for the bird, and also a better product to eat. I felt like where we really fell apart was in the actual cleaning of the bird. Thank you!

We actually have had several "Chickenfests" over the years in different parts of the state which have offered workshops. We have also had "processing days" where we get together and process birds, chickens, turkeys, ducks and it was a great social experience with folks to meet here face to face and learn from one another.

Where are you located? Many of us do our own processing and would happily offer to share our knowledge and make you more comfortable with it.

 

[hbrown322]

Does anyone know of any local farms or processing farms which offer a processing workshop? I started with backyard chickens last year and had a rooster and me and my wife used lots of internet guides and processed him ourselves, but it was rough and not the most pretty looking job. I know practice makes perfect but at the moment I have no desire to raise meat birds, I only plan to cull off if we end up with another rooster or the older hens which stop laying. I just would like to be more confident in my processing to make it as painless for the bird, and also a better product to eat. I felt like where we really fell apart was in the actual cleaning of the bird. Thank you!

Agrarian held a workshop on April 2nd. I know that doesn't help you, but if it was a successful turn out they will probably hold another one. Their work shops usually repeat every couple of months.

 

[hbrown322]

Does anyone here use sand in their run? How often do you need to replace the sand?
This is my first year using it and the sand went bad over the winter. It turned rock hard. I just spent the morning breaking it up. Im thinking I just need to trash it all and grab new sand.