INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I know it's not a chicken, but I just found this poor dear with its nest knocked out of my tree and it was lying on the ground. I hast to touch it to return it to the nest but now I don't know what to do! I don't know where the nest belongs!!!!

Find a nearby tree and wedge it in among some branches. You can use wire or wire ties to attach it if you want. Then leave it alone. If the mother finds and recognizes it, she will take care of it. If not, nature can sometimes be harsh. Natural selection for secure nest builders and all that. John

x2, and I also wanted to add that it is a myth that the mother will reject the chicks if you touch them. Most birds have little or almost no sense of smell. They'll never know you were near the chicks. http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/babybird.asp

 

[racinchickins]

Hi there fellow Hoosiers! New BYC member here from Greenwood, IN. Anyone else in the area? As some of you may know, Greenwood is not Chicken friendly. We are starting the process of talking with our city councilman to see about changing the ordinance and zoning restrictions to allow residents within the city limits to own a small number of fowl. Its going to be a long process but the more people we have pulling for the change, the better the chances are.

I also posted a thread I posted in the Ordinance subfourm titled "Greenwood IN, lets make a change!". Just wanted to intoduce myself here and get an idea if we are the only Greenwooders who would like to see a chicken movement.

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I'm not from Greenwood, but very close over near Mooresville. I hope you folks are successful at getting some change to happen. It is always a positive to have more 'chikin folk' around. Especially when you're that close!

 

[Quinstar]

Find a nearby tree and wedge it in among some branches.  You can use wire or wire ties to attach it if you want.  Then leave it alone.  If the mother finds and recognizes it, she will take care of it.  If not, nature can sometimes be harsh.  Natural selection for secure nest builders and all that.
John

Thanks John! That's what I did. People always tried to teach me the rules of nature as a child, but I refused to learn them. Guess I'm still choosing to ignore them .

 

[Quinstar]

x2, and I also wanted to add that it is a myth that the mother will reject the chicks if you touch them. Most birds have little or almost no sense of smell. They'll never know you were near the chicks.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/babybird.asp

I feel like I knew that, but in my panic reverted to 5 year old me bound set and determined to show nature who's boss.

 

[CluckAcres]

Tried to take some photos of some of my chicks. They did not cooperate at all! But here is some photos. In photos I have 3 Black White Crested Polish, 1 Partridge Silkie, 2 Partridge Cochins, 2 what looks to be EE's, And 1 that looks to be a blue cochin and 1 pekin duck. Also I was able to get a picture of Older Blue Cochin Hen sitting on eggs. She has been broody for 3 days now.

 

[danand]

Went to grill some salmon tonight! Guess we'll wait!!

 

[Crafty chick]

Went to grill some salmon tonight! Guess we'll wait!!

lemme guess... you don't do the grilling around there? Lol. Too funny
About the silkie not roosting conversation~ Ijust went out and checked on my kiddos, the silkie is sleeping in the nest box (a dresser drawer) and my BO kids are roosted on the edge of the nest box. The silkie was nestled under everyones fluff. The box is a good 18 inches up, so he had to of been able to fly..

 

[danand]

Crafty- we normally do quite a bit of grilling. It ran out of gas right before the DH left so I never got it filled. Had no idea someone had nested in there!!! We need to go get some silkie girls from pbirdhaven. You should've driven right by her place when you came over. Oh and my Millie girls had 8 eggs in 2 days, today they had none!!

 

[CluckAcres]

Crafty- we normally do quite a bit of grilling. It ran out of gas right before the DH left so I never got it filled. Had no idea someone had nested in there!!! We need to go get some silkie girls from pbirdhaven. You should've driven right by her place when you came over. Oh and my Millie girls had 8 eggs in 2 days, today they had none!!

I have heard of fried, boiled and poached eggs but never have heard of grilled eggs.

Wonder how long the nest has been there. Hope they hatch soon so you can get back to grilling. Oh and good thing you didnt fire up the grill before raising the lid!!!!

 

[PeacefulWalls]

We got our alpacas from indian prairie alpacas in middlebury. They might be closer for you if you are ever in a pickle. They are very nice people.

We went & visited them a couple of weeks ago -- they are a very nice couple. Renae was the one who recommended Crick's for shearing. They spent a lot of time with us showing how they process their alpaca fiber and Renae showed us how to needle felt. We came home and skirted/cleaned some of our thirds fiber to practice on. The kids are loving needle felting! My son even did his 4-H club demo this past week on everything he learned about alpaca fiber on our visit with them. And now I'm drooling over a wool picker and a wool carder to process our fiber, although I should find someone who can give me some hands on instruction.