INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[menagerielife27]

Brrrrr, coated the roosters combs with lanolin cream! Tomorrow going to be a waaay below zero windchill. They are in a barn but still! Also went to menards bought some 60 watt natural sunlight bulbs and a timer for the marans, austrolorps,faverolles and aracauna...the bulbs are just Like the ones humans use for phototherapy. Hoping to lift some spirits its almost go time,spring Sooo close!. Just had a handfull of chicks hatch! Few aracauna some blue cuckoo marans (i like mixing color) yay! Need to rehome them tho.

 

[Peeps4me]

Hi Everyone!

I hail from Elizabethtown and would love to be added to the group. I think it's great y'all started a new one for all us Hoosiers! I've been a BYC member for a while but this is my first post. I'm relatively new to chicken (and even newer to duck) 'motherdom' so I tend to just 'lurk' and glean as much info/advice as possible

. This site has been invalueable for this novice and I tell others about it whenever I come across another enthuseist.
I was totally smitten with my babies from the get-go!

I have a mixed flock consisting of 9 hens (LF:BO, BA, BR, Lt. Brahma and 1 bantam ??), 3 roosters (LF NHR, bantam OEG and bantam Cochin)... I know, I know!

), 5 ducks (KC, WH, Ancona, Blue Swedish) and 1 KC drake.... and I LOVE them ALL! My DH tells me I'm "Ate Up" all the time over the way I carry on over them.. but I know he gets a kick out of them as much as I do, LOL.

I'm glad to see there are a couple of others in my neck of the woods. Have probably passed you sometime at one of the local farm or feed stores

. Would love to see your setups/flocks or get advice/swap stories, etc..

If anyone is, or knows of anyone, wanting to rehome/sell a duck or two, preferably Ancona, I might be interested. Hen or drake.

I'm so far behind in reading posts. Welcome! Good to see another member from southern IN.

 

[CluckAcres]

Those are 25 a dozen usually. You can pm me for contact details and dates i can ship.

which post is there referring to?

 

[menagerielife27]

Was suposed to quote for black australorps. On android and its to wierd to go back and find the post lol! Oh well maybe she will read this if not i tried haha
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which post is there referring to?

 

[BlessedMamaw]

I'd love to try hatching some time, but I don't think I could handle the rooster dilemma again. I get too attached to the Boys (by the time you realize they're boys) or one of my grandkids claims them. Had to rehome some and found myself all teary-eyed over it.

My girls were alot happier but momma still looks at pic of them from time to time. Nope...don't think I'm ready
to take that on just yet. Will be gettin mine sexed from now on or at least juvenile size.

 

[rsutr101]

It has a shelf for a water pan I was going to buy the pan,float,and bucket for a sportsman and put in there but I don't need two units and the hatch tray in the bottom of our hatches very well

 

[bradselig]

Just get some sex linked eggs or eggs from an auto sexing breed like legbars! Then right hen they hatch, you would know who was male or female and get rid if the males before getting attached! Lol

 

[CluckAcres]

Was suposed to quote for black australorps. On android and its to wierd to go back and find the post lol! Oh well maybe she will read this if not i tried haha
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HAHA I was the one asking about the australorps just didnt know if someone else asked about something also. Oh and by the way im a he not a she. LOL

 

[menagerielife27]

. That is black jack my australorp roo daddy! He loves his ladies. someone asked so here they are.

 

[menagerielife27]

HAHA  I was the one asking about the australorps  just didnt know if someone else asked about something also. Oh and by the way im a he not a she. LOL

oh my bad! Hehe! Well glad that's cleared up now.