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[tbridegroom]

Anyone in northwest Indiana have an incubator I can borrow???

 

[Crafty chick]

Will you replace him cluckacres? Or do you think they will be fine?

 

[bloonskiller911]

Anyone in northwest Indiana have an incubator I can borrow???

wish i had one you could borrow. i was so antsy for chicks i set mine up on the 22nd and have 27 "mutts" incubationg now!!! can't wait for spring!!

on another note, i noticed our neighbors have peacocks a few miles down the road, wonder how hard it would be to get my hands on some of those eggs and how to incubate them?? any one from indiana tried it?

 

[Leahs Mom]

Anyone know where I can get cheap exterior paint for the coop? Really wanted it all one color. I check craigslist, but no luck, or too expensive for my taste.

You might try the Habit for Humanity Restore if you have one in your area. If they have paint they often have several gallons of each color of whatever they have in stock at the time.

We lost our Tom today. Was noticing he was looking pale this morning so I thought it was time for him to go.

Sorry to hear this.

Did you end up processing him?

 

[CluckAcres]

Will you replace him cluckacres? Or do you think they will be fine?

I will have to replace him. I only had 1 tom and 1 hen was planning on getting another hen when spring comes. I was going to use these for breeding. I will have to get another tom and a hen now.

 

[CluckAcres]

wish i had one you could borrow. i was so antsy for chicks i set mine up on the 22nd and have 27 "mutts" incubationg now!!! can't wait for spring!!

on another note, i noticed our neighbors have peacocks a few miles down the road, wonder how hard it would be to get my hands on some of those eggs and how to incubate them?? any one from indiana tried it?

I would love to incubate some peacocks as well. lol

 

[CluckAcres]

You might try the Habit for Humanity Restore if you have one in your area. If they have paint they often have several gallons of each color of whatever they have in stock at the time.


Sorry to hear this.

Did you end up processing him?

no we didnt process him. He died sometime yesterday afternoon while i was at work. I dont get home from work till 12am. Not sure what all damaged was caused when he did get hit. Thinking of just saving his tail feathers tho.

 

[Crafty chick]

You could make such a pretty wreath for the wall with them

 

[DeepFriedBacon]

You could also sell the feathers too,hardcore bow hunters use them for fletchings on the arrows and fly fisherman use them for their jigs/flies etc. Could help offset the cost of rebuilding the group and since you couldn't process him, give another purpose to his "legacy" so to speak.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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My husband is an artist and often saves the wings of various birds - including chickens - with all feathers intact for various projects. He dries them with borax I think. Sounds strange, but those wings are quite beautiful if preserved well.