INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[pginsber]

Pip - coop looks fantastic, rather envious as it happens. They are going to be super secure in there and with the trees being so close it should keep it cool from the glaring sun.

Too fast - quit giving Pip grief for the painting! The chickens don't care darn it. I on the other hand.. Some of the drips are causing me a tick... Haha. Should I ever be Pips way I will pop in and straighten that up.

Darth - good for you for looking after the dog. It is not fun looking after a sick dog. My mother in law had 7dogs at one point, 5 from the same litter. She lost three of those in a really short space to cancer. Guess that breed was prone to it. All you can do is make a tough decision after seeing them loose quality of life and hope the time you have with them was fun.

Pip:
X4 on the coop & the woodsy view from the coop!

Darth:
These lesser beings just find us, don't they. Not sure who it brings more peace to --them or us.

M2H:
We have a Black Bantam Orpington (Peanut) and keep her in the flock with everybody else--including a Golden Cuckoo Marans, who towers over her. Peanut is the only bantam in the flock of 8. They were all raised as day-olds together.

Interestingly enough, Peanut has been being very aggressive this weekend, and we were warning her what happens to aggressive girls. She was chasing one of our Cream Legbars who is 5 weeks older than her and much bigger. Peanut was guarding a treat block from the Cream Legbar and Peanut jumped up, grabbed the CL by the neck and had feathers in her mouth from the CL.
She was a devil all weekend long. We are trying to chaulk it up to hormones and all of the girls coming into laying. Otherwise, I think Peanut will be showing up at a chicken garage sale this weekend!

Peanut has no idea she's little. Peanut is so black she's green & blue.

All this to say, if your bantam Oprington has any attitude like mine does, she'll be fine in the group of the big girls.
Your girls are really cute! How do you manage not naming them as soon as you see them the first time?

 

[vickichicki]

We are going to do the Chicken garage sale again this Saturday, So if you are doing anything come on out and visit.

Chicken/Waterfowl GARAGE SALE:
Here is some of what will be in the sale this Saturday 8am-5pm
Turkey
Rabbits (broken mini rex and meat crosses
Sebastopol Geese
Mini Nubian Buckling
Pigeons
Silkies-white, black, blue, paint and partridge
Bantam Dark Cornish
Frizzled showgirls
sizzled silkies
LF cochins
Muscovy
Cayuga
call ducks
Modern game bantam
poultry shipping boxes
even some clothes name brand baby to adult.
Sales are cash only- no checks
north of 40 , south of Greencastle, on Manhatten rd (445 W)
There will be a sign on 40 and one at the end of my drive
between Reelsville, and putnamville

Gosh darn it... You need to start the bantam Cohins, I think I would be your number one buyer. I have heard you have exceptional Silkies, makes me contemplate getting some.

 

[vickichicki]

Farker Farms - Welcome to the thread! It can move rather fast in here so make sure you keep up on the reading even if you don't respond.

 

[vickichicki]

So my lavenders are at 20 weeks and I still do not have crowing, but nor have I seen any eggs. Going to post some newer photos later and have the guessing game played. I think I have a pullet and roo, however my 'pullet' has some curled tail feathers. With my 'roo' he did not have a tail until recently, just decided he did not want one I guess. My sexing is based on comb growth.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thanks for the compliments on my coop! That's two birthday gifts I'm rather satisfied with. And yeah, I figure the first rain that comes around will splash up enough dirt you won't be able to tell how sloppy the paint job is. That's how it happened on the original coop! But then, y'all are more than welcome to come around and give it another coat of paint, free of charge.

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

Gosh darn it... You need to start the bantam Cohins, I think I would be your number one buyer. I have heard you have exceptional Silkies, makes me contemplate getting some.

I use to have bantam cochins. But when my baby Emma( I loved that hen) died , I just didn't want them anymore. But I sold them to people around here, At least one person is on this thread, if they still have them !!

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

This is Snowwhite. She is 5-6 yrs old, We have been showing her for years now, and this morning , when I opened the door, and was feeding , I heard what sounded like a young roo, trying to crow. She is right beside my daughters young bantam white rock pair, so I thought it was him, But Couldn't believe it when I realized it was Snowwhite doing it. She did this pitiful crow about 7 times !! This is the second hen I've had that Crows, (though it is pretty pitiful !!!

 

[vickichicki]

Rooster?

Hen? Note the long tail feather. The lack of full tail is confusing me.

Obvious size difference, but I still have not heard anything from 'him' and no eggs from 'her'

 

[bradselig]

It's late, but I want to go ahead and post these lousy photos of Adeline the Jubilee and my still unnamed English Bantam Chocolate Orpington. The lousy photos make her look blackish; she's a rich dark brown compared to Adeline's reddish brown. They're both four months old. They wanted to come in the house, so I let them in to take a few photos. I still would like input about whether these two can integrate into my flock of five grown hens or if Bantams only hang out together or what.

Man those are beautiful!

Thanks for the compliments on my coop! That's two birthday gifts I'm rather satisfied with. And yeah, I figure the first rain that comes around will splash up enough dirt you won't be able to tell how sloppy the paint job is. That's how it happened on the original coop! But then, y'all are more than welcome to come around and give it another coat of paint, free of charge.

The coop and addition look great! You did an awesome job!

This is Snowwhite. She is 5-6 yrs old, We have been showing her for years now, and this morning , when I opened the door, and was feeding , I heard what sounded like a young roo, trying to crow. She is right beside my daughters young bantam white rock pair, so I thought it was him, But Couldn't believe it when I realized it was Snowwhite doing it. She did this pitiful crow about 7 times !! This is the second hen I've had that Crows, (though it is pretty pitiful !!!

she is very pretty! Even if she does crow

Rooster? Hen? Note the long tail feather. The lack of full tail is confusing me. Obvious size difference, but I still have not heard anything from 'him' and no eggs from 'her'

i still think both are pullets. Neither have hackle or saddle feathers and a that age I'd expect the Roos comb would be much larger than it is.

 

[EmSteele]

I don't know Em, you might have to actually take some action on this. Here is to hoping it all works out, but it seems like a time bomb to me. 

I'm afraid it may come to that. We haven't had another incident yet but the family REALLY. Needs to make a decision on what to do with the old man...