INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[bees4hchickens]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to ask if anyone has doves (as a pet) in or near LaPorte, Indiana. I haven't been able to find anyone under 2 hours away and with all this virus stuff going around, I'd really like to find someone local

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hey guys! Not sure if this is the best place to post this, (so many threads on here lol) but I'm looking for a heritage breed turkey hen for my lonely tom. I'm in southern Indiana if anyone has an extra gal they part with for a reasonable price please hit me up. Thanks!

Hi-
There used to be a member on here that raised turkeys, but I haven't seen him on in awhile. His screen name was @Racinchickens.
There's a few other folks on this thread that have talked about turkey poults. Surely someone can offer direction.

I don't keep them anymore either, and haven't spoken to @racinchickins in a few years now. I think @wheezy50 might still keep turkeys.

Hi everyone! Just wanted to ask if anyone has doves (as a pet) in or near LaPorte, Indiana. I haven't been able to find anyone under 2 hours away and with all this virus stuff going around, I'd really like to find someone local

We did have a member very involved in doves. I will try to find her, and I know of a 4H teen that showed fantail? very pretty doves at fair last year. We're in Madison County not sure where the other thread member is.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to ask if anyone has doves (as a pet) in or near LaPorte, Indiana. I haven't been able to find anyone under 2 hours away and with all this virus stuff going around, I'd really like to find someone local

Birdylady3 is one I found that kept them will keep looking.

 

[Faraday40]

Hi-
There used to be a member on here that raised turkeys, but I haven't seen him on in awhile. His screen name was @Racinchickens.
There's a few other folks on this thread that have talked about turkey poults. Surely someone can offer direction.

I am incubating some turkey eggs from @Molpet in Illinois - west of Chicago. She raises what she calls "meat mutts." (I love the name) You could probably find someone closer, since it would be a bit of a drive for you. If not, she could probably sell you some eggs or poults.

 

[Molpet]

I am incubating some turkey eggs from @Molpet in Illinois - west of Chicago. She raises what she calls "meat mutts." (I love the name) You could probably find someone closer, since it would be a bit of a drive for you. If not, she could probably sell you some eggs or poults.

OH they are in southern Indiana, I do have too many hens and could sell some for $30 but too far

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Do they lay in the winter at all?

They will.

Good morning fellow Hoosiers!
This is the third year that I have been trying to get Embden goslings.
I really don't like the idea of mail order. I would be so upset to open the shipping box and find a dead baby. Also, since I don't drive and hubby works long hours many days, I would have to find someone else to pick them up for me. And I certainly don't want 10 so that prevents me from ordering from Rural King.
What I really want is 3 female goslings that I can make arrangements to pick up. Does anyone know where I can find them?
I will greatly appreciate any ideas/suggestions.
May you have a blessed day!

I no longer keep Embden good luck on your search.

My April Fool's prank is coming along nicely.....

My little broody serama hen sat on 2 eggs and already has 7 orpington chicks. They're the XL orps from imported English bloodlines, and they'll grow larger than her in about 3 weeks.

Surprisingly all 7 are under her. I'll be adding a mama heating pad for the overflow chicks. (More will likely hatch)

Ever have one of THOSE days.....

This little serama hen has 12 orpington chicks under her.

Bless her!

Hey guys! Not sure if this is the best place to post this, (so many threads on here lol) but I'm looking for a heritage breed turkey hen for my lonely tom. I'm in southern Indiana if anyone has an extra gal they part with for a reasonable price please hit me up. Thanks!

Fingers crossed!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Sleepless and really tired wanted to check in with you guys. I am going to set close to 90 eggs in hopes to restart my chicken and duck flocks. BCM, AM, BR and Muscovy. I've gathered a few Khaki and pekin eggs too. I have a very broody Muscovy Physco as usual that will hatch as as many as 17 without help.
I make a lot of unexpected choices, usually its because I meet another family that really needs help. Anyone that appreciates those fresh eggs gets that.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-support-sumis-health-recovery-fund.1335205/
This person has been a backbone to BYC several years now. @sumi is the always there person.. always the answer if you need help I adore her. She now needs us. Please help her if you can.

 

[man_of_fishers]

Lots of updates here, both happy and sad. I'll get the two sad updates out of the way first.

First, my wonderful Silkie roo that I posted about a while back passed away. I believe that it was Marek's, though I can't be sure. He had been progressively becoming more lethargic and paralyzed in his legs and tail over the course of a couple weeks. Finally, after several days in a row of not leaving the coop at all and being hand-fed, I decided to end his suffering.

Next, and this one is even more tragic, I had a predator attack last week which resulted in the loss of my favorite momma Silkie hen and her recently hatched baby (which itself was the only egg to survive incubation). This happened in broad daylight, and I'm still not sure what it was, though I was close to getting a look. I was outside working and had been working mere feet from the coop for several hours. Around 7:00, I was on the other side of my property (about two acres), when I heard the chickens making panicked noises which were different than their egg-laying clucks. So I ran back. Upon rounding the corner to the rear of my property, I saw silkie feathers flying, so I sprinted towards the coop. A hole had been pried back in the corner of the hardware cloth just big enough, about three feet up, where it meets a fence. I knew it was too late for the silkie, but I pursued anyway. Upon chasing whatever it was about fifty yards into my woods by following the feathers, I found my silkie, but it was too late for her. I buried her in my garden. I never found her baby. She was such a great momma too. She let me handle her and the chick without issue and even after her brooding was done, she let me pick her up. Whatever the predator was, it was small to have gotten through the hole that was pried open. Maybe a weasel or raccoon? I don't know.

Because of what happened, I've returned to trapping. My woods are the only woods the near area, I'm surrounded by housing additions, so every garbage-gathering mammal lives in my woods (along with beautiful animals as well, such as deer and coyotes). This is temporary, but setting the trap right by the coop makes me think I can target and dispose of only those predators which have gotten too bold and approach the area despite the lights and my presence.

In addition to the trapping, the longterm solution is that I'm building a mega fortress chicken run! I started the project earlier this week and should be wrapping up by the end of the weekend if the weather will let up. I'll attach some pictures!

https://imgur.com/a/H0BXmIK

I'm likely going to move the coop out of the run altogether and just have the entrance of the coop/ramp go into the run. There's a small section under the playhouse that's covered. Otherwise, I'm wrapping the entire thing in hardware cloth.

My final update is that my other silkie has gone broody, but she's not quite the natural that my deceased silkie was. First, she pecks at me when I get eggs out from under her. It doesn't hurt, but it's annoying. On top of that, when I move her, she runs out of the coop like I've tried to kill her. My other momma would just wait patiently right next to me and then sit back down. I picked up 12 chicks from tractor supply last week and I decided to place a couple of the chicks under her at night, as I've read they can be accepted by the broody hen. I thought it worked, indeed she sat on them all night, but the next morning, she got up and walked outside for a good long while. Then when she returned, she couldn't quite figure out what to do with them. She clucked loudly and sort of nervous paced around them while staring at them. Then she finally sat in a different nesting box. Thanks a lot, momma silkie. So I returned the chicks to the incubator. Of course, if my roo hadn't died, I'd happily let her nest on some eggs. Oh well, I'll deal with her somehow.

 

[Faraday40]

The Odd Family Update:
My intellectually challenged silkie MaiMai hatched an orp egg 10 weeks ago. (This was the 1st time she went broody and didn't try to incubate her food bowl. She actually incubated & hatched a chick!!!) At the time, I also had a traumatized serama pullet afraid of other chickens, so I decided to see if I could bond her with the little family to help integrate her into my bantam coop. She spent 4 months living alone in a storage tub and it was time for 'Solo' to move out.

Remember:



10 week old orp pullet
6 month old serama
2+ year old silkie (mama)

Here are some pics of my odd family. They are still companions. It's been pretty cold out, so I often find some seramas snuggling under this orp. The serama looks bigger in the pics than she actually is. For some reason she kept running up to the front. (She has that "look at me" type of personality.)