INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[sirbuster]

thanks i got them med it is working everyone is back togeter and happy!!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Lost a Chick today. He was a little guy and I knew there would be problems right away. Our local TSC doesn't let you pick out your own birds.....although I would have brought it home anyway just to make sure he was well cared for before it died. First chick death for me :'(

Sorry to hear of your loss.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hello, Hello fellow Hoosiers,

I am not new to BYC, but just found this thread. I hail from the booming town of Parr ( pop. 200 and that includes cats and chickens), just north of Rensselaer! I am the wife to my saint of a husband who deals with my ideas, mom to 3 active boys ( ages 8, 3, and 2), 2 dogs, 2 fainting goats, a potbellied pig,a turtle, 7 older hatchery hens, one banty rooster, 6 banty TSC 'I have no idea what they are" chicks ( note to self: stop taking the boys to store during chick days), 3 meat birds, and 3 little mallards. I am slowly working on cull out the hatchery stock and purchasing chicks/eggs from a few local breeders. But it is a slow process right now. Hope all of you are surviving this weather!

Hi everybody im from east central indiana in randolph county. Anyone else here close? I have plymouth rock, just hatched my first batch.

Glad to see you both joined our thread

We are a talkative bunch here

 

[Too Fast]

I have 25 in the house. My husband is not happy. On the up side it has motivated him to get the other half of our barn finished!

Funny. "My husband is not happy." We are motivated also, to finish our run. Maybe this weekend will be it! 25 is a lot to have in the house.

 

[CluckAcres]

I have lost 3 chickens today. 2 in the run. 1 was a polish hen and another was a NH hen. the NH was a teenager. Not sure why those 2 died. The only think I can think of is from the weather. Then i had a chick that was in brooder dead. Her back was all bloody and bald. I think she must of got pecked and started bleeding and all the other chicks got her. The rest of my flocks looks good and very active.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Anyways sorry for clogging the thread just wanted to send a shout out and wish all you and your critters are safe

No worries, post as often as you like! X2 hope everyone made it thru the storms ok.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I have lost 3 chickens today. 2 in the run. 1 was a polish hen and another was a NH hen. the NH was a teenager. Not sure why those 2 died. The only think I can think of is from the weather. Then i had a chick that was in brooder dead. Her back was all bloody and bald. I think she must of got pecked and started bleeding and all the other chicks got her. The rest of my flocks looks good and very active.

So sorry Cluck, I have been really lucky so far. My only issues were a weak chick with splayed legs a few weeks back, it just failed to thrive.
I did also have probs with 2 of the turkey poults the first day they arrived, they just didn't make it, but I guess turkeys are difficult the first few days..

 

[Crafty chick]

Sorry for your losses cluck I didn't give mine the option of going outside.... maybe good I didn't. Mine would be rebelious enough not go back into the coop if they got cold and wet. Our place doesn't flood, but the roads around us do. I feel bad when I see animals out in it.

 

[AATH]

Sooooo I got two more today. Smh. Quick question though the place I got them said they were black pullets. Does that usually mean australorps?

 

[AATH]

Can anyone identify this beauty