INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[pbirdhaven]

Great info, and would love to contact him. I doubt I will try to hatch but may sell eggs. I would love a pair, or trio! I want to be picky and do it right with them, I know they live several years and want to enjoy them a long time. I plan to get a sportsman cabinet next spring but it sounds like they maybe aren't a good choice?

Most people have good luck with the sportsman, and for me it's been great for everything except the peafowl. I don't know what gives there. The Brower is a tabletop incubator and rolls the eggs around, like on a turntable, so I had to rearrange them every day. I'm thinking that maybe I should do some hand turning instead of letting the sportsman do all the work; the peafowl eggs may need to be turned completely rather than just rocked back and forth.

 

[pbirdhaven]

Quote: Congratulations on finally naming one! Like you, I only name one if something comes up for it, like Wockwock, my splash bantam cochin roo who goes for me, then runs like mad going "Wock wock wock wock." He knows I'll get him in the end. Otherwise the guys are "Bud" or "Buddy" and the girls are "Lady," Sweets." "hey you" or whatever.

 

[pbirdhaven]

Planning ahead a little. Is anyone going to the poultry show in October?
Is anyone going to the show in Indiana in October?
http://ibccn.org/poultry/index.html

I go to all of the Indiana shows and several in Ohio and Kentucky. The first fall show in Indiana will be in Spencer August 31, and the last in December in Connersville. The Lebanon show in October is probably the largest Indiana show and is very well run.

 

[racinchickins]

Hi Everyone,

It's been awhile since I posted this invite, since then there have been tons of posts and lots of new people on the thread that may not have seen it. Even if you have no chickens and are just thinking about getting them, you will find no better time and place to talk to people who are living what you are contemplating. You will also find that they are willing to talk about it in Nauseating detail...... It's also a good time to remind everyone to pm me if you are coming so that I know who to send directions and contact info to.

Unless someone tells me the name is taken, I am henceforth calling this 'Indiana Poultryfest'. (It sounds better than 'that chicken party'.

So:

• Come see our birds: We have 30 chickens (14 Breeds) and 9 turkeys (3 Varieties).
• Come see our coop(s): chicken and human..... Both have been built recently and we love to show them off.
• Come meet some people: Lots of chicken/turkey/duck/quail/goose/farm/backyard/etc...stories will be shared
• Come learn something new: If anyone wants to show up early (around 11), we will be doing a workshop/demo on chicken processing. If you have a bird to process, go ahead and bring it. If that isn’t your thing, We promise to be done and cleaned up before everyone else arrives at 3.

INVITATION!!! It's a CHICKEN PARTY

I've been talking to jchny2000 about her idea for a get-together for the Indiana BYCers. She wasn't able to find a good place to hold it near her house, so I am volunteering to have it at my place.

On Sunday 28 July, my DSO (Significant Other) and I are going to host a meeting of the Central Indiana Poultry Enthusiasts. This is a small club of chicken folk from the general Indy area that meet every other month at the house of one of the members. We admire the hosts chickens and coops, talk endlessly about our birds, and shamelessly steal their best ideas to make our chicks more comfortable (kinda like we do on here!

)

We'd like to invite anyone from the forum here that would like to come and meet other people as crazy about chickens as we are.

Here are some details and Ideas.

The meeting is usually from 3 to 5 or 6ish. Bring a lawn chair and a snack to share. Drinks will be provided. The DSO loves to cook, so there will be some fun things to eat too. There will be a tour of our coop and run setup and a meet and greet with our chickens and turkeys. We call it a meeting, but it really is just a chance to socialize with other chicken folk.

One of the things that was talked about was a workshop on processing poultry. I am blessed/cursed with an overabundance of boys at the current time. So I would like to propose that anyone interested in this portion of chickendom can show up around 11, and we can put on the workshop then. If you have a bird that needs to have that 'One Bad Day', go ahead and bring it. I can promise to have at least one bird for demo purposes and will probably have more than that if one or two people want to try their hand at it. For those that are not interested in this, we promise to be done and all cleaned up before 3.

Another idea is that if you know someone else who is coming and would like to arrange to swap/sell/transfer birds, that is fine by me. I have a large garage that has never seen my chickens, so I can offer it up as a place to keep birds being swapped so that they can be out of the sun and not kept in a car. Please make your arrangements ahead of time, and only bring birds that are already spoken for.

Our farm is located just east of Mooresville, IN. Which is located just SW of Indy not too far from the airport.

I'm just paranoid enough about things to not want to post my address and phone number on the forum where it is available to anyone and everyone, so what I would like to propose is that if you are interested in coming, please send me a PM, and I'll put together an email to send out to the participants with all the pertinent details.

If you have any questions, or suggestions, send me a note.

Hope you can make it!

Patrick



My spell checker here promises that if you come, he will be more than happy to entertain you with his cuteness. (Don't tell him that he will be at that awkward age by then....)

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

thanks pbirdhaven, that gives me more to think on.. If I was able to hatch then I could add a few every few years, and have them a lot longer! They are really hard to find around here. So far the closest I found is Richmond area.

racinchickins/Patrick, I will be there and the family has been told this IS my chicken friends day! I will come as early as you need, and bring a turkey for his one bad day. All the equipment I need, including knives, cooler and a large pot for water/propane cooktop thing. Will be a good one to share with everyone due to his size, easier to see everything.

guys, please keep jsummers in your thoughts & prayers, her family is really having a bad week. Sending

out to her and the family.

Have been working on my coop and runs for a few weeks, starting to feel like my babies are safe again. Back to working on the cattle fence next week, hopefully! Hay prices are good and still dropping right now, seeing tons of round bales everywhere! The morale at the farm supply stores is much better lately too. I need to find a used baler, we are getting a lot accumulated off the 3+ acres that we mow.
Has anyone else's geese stopped laying? my girls have, and my ducks are nearly done too i think

Guineas are doing well, and the chickens I stopped hatching for a few weeks. Focusing on the few waterfowl eggs I am still getting, and adding new breeds. If anyone offers true ameraucana hatching eggs, I am interested! Looking for BBS. I just had a zero hatch on a batch of 12. Really disappointing, none ever developed! I watched this ebayer for months and was a total let down on my eggs, I can rarely leave the house due to my mom, so I have to have them shipped. I am done trying to use eBay unless it is someone from BYC. If anyone does, I would love to pick them up at the get together!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I got pecked in the eye by a chick for the very first time...honestly, it was a love Peck! The Buff Orpingtons I got a a little while back LOVE me.. not sure why RIR how but they've adopted me. These girls chases me around the coop when let out of the juvenile brooder (it's in the coop). All of my chickens, except the bantams, will come to me and chatter like they are telling me about the moments I missed. I've already discovered a love for chickens but this is AWESOME!!! Why doesn't everyone own a few!?!?! Makes the eye Peck worth it...the toe pecks also. BTW, no one warned me not to where flip flops into the coop when doing evening roll call..my poor toes!!

Oww.I have never got pecked in the eye but on of my salmon favorelles pecked me in the face because she didnt want to be held......I have since got her to calm down which means no more face pecks!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I go to all of the Indiana shows and several in Ohio and Kentucky. The first fall show in Indiana will be in Spencer August 31, and the last in December in Connersville. The Lebanon show in October is probably the largest Indiana show and is very well run.

I agree that it is very well run.I was extremley impressed last year,it also was the first year I had ever went to it.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

thanks pbirdhaven, that gives me more to think on.. If I was able to hatch then I could add a few every few years, and have them a lot longer! They are really hard to find around here. So far the closest I found is Richmond area.

racinchickins/Patrick, I will be there and the family has been told this IS my chicken friends day! I will come as early as you need, and bring a turkey for his one bad day. All the equipment I need, including knives, cooler and a large pot for water/propane cooktop thing. Will be a good one to share with everyone due to his size, easier to see everything.

guys, please keep jsummers in your thoughts & prayers, her family is really having a bad week. Sending

out to her and the family.

Have been working on my coop and runs for a few weeks, starting to feel like my babies are safe again. Back to working on the cattle fence next week, hopefully! Hay prices are good and still dropping right now, seeing tons of round bales everywhere! The morale at the farm supply stores is much better lately too. I need to find a used baler, we are getting a lot accumulated off the 3+ acres that we mow.
Has anyone else's geese stopped laying? my girls have, and my ducks are nearly done too i think

Guineas are doing well, and the chickens I stopped hatching for a few weeks. Focusing on the few waterfowl eggs I am still getting, and adding new breeds. If anyone offers true ameraucana hatching eggs, I am interested! Looking for BBS. I just had a zero hatch on a batch of 12. Really disappointing, none ever developed! I watched this ebayer for months and was a total let down on my eggs, I can rarely leave the house due to my mom, so I have to have them shipped. I am done trying to use eBay unless it is someone from BYC. If anyone does, I would love to pick them up at the get together!

Sorry about the bad hatch. I know papabrooder has 25+(I think) BBS ameraucana eggs for $55-shipping included.I saw it on BST thread.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote:
thanks! I am going to try to get closer but I saved his name. Seems like the more distance to ship, the fewer hatch. There's a guy in Corydon I have had great luck with his eggs but he doesn't offer the ameraucana.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

thanks! I am going to try to get closer but I saved his name. Seems like the more distance to ship, the fewer hatch. There's a guy in Corydon I have had great luck with his eggs but he doesn't offer the ameraucana.

Your welcome. I hope you find some.