INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[gunchief25]

Yes, but my wife hates me for it.

I had raised a bunch of ring neck pheasants.  I started out with 12 dozen chicks.  After dogs, owls, and God only knows what, I ended up with maybe 3 dozen.  A buddy helped me butcher the survivors and we saved likely-looking feathers so we could tie flies. 

Being a person who lives his life by the motto "Anything worth doing is worth over-doing" I had about a 5 gallon bucket of them.

They were nasty and wet, so it seemed reasonable to put them in a gunny sack and toss them into first the washing machine and then into the dryer.  My wife still mentions (my 44 year old daughter was 8 at the time) that fiasco and how she was picking feathers out of our clothes for weeks.  She can be so picky sometimes.

George and I used the feathers to tie several flies with the surviving feathers.  We tried them out.  They were lousy.  Neither of us were avid fishermen, so we gave up on it quickly.

Another brilliant idea shot squarely in the butt.

John

I would never say a fly was lousy. Some of my worse ties caught a lot of fish. I have yet to have a fish tell me that I wrapped my hackle the wrong direction.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: My broody hen is not a hen but a very picky incubator. Sorry I was not more clear. I can hear the peeping without opening the incubator so all is well there.

We've got pips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WhooHooo!!

I pushed her chest back a little a just got a glance, so I couldn't say how many, or where they pipped, but I did see a couple little cracks.

Now we wait.

I am not going to sleep a wink tonight. Be prepared for a lot of me on here tonight.

Congrats, I have 2 chicks but one has a hemorrhoid issue. So I'm not sure it will make it. The other I'm waiting to see how it dries out.

AND of all things I broke the lockdown rule and opened the lid to help the hemorrhoid chick by wrapping it in a wet rag. At least it was dark enough to quickly take a peak at a couple of other eggs. I saw internal pipping taking place so I'm hoping for more chicks by morning.

My cl chick is excessively loud in the bator. I want to wait till it is time to check the injured chick and till the cl is dried off before moving it to the brooder but it is very loud.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

John-thanks for all of the info and the link!

 

[kabhyper1]

My broody hen is not a hen but a very picky incubator. Sorry I was not more clear. I can hear the peeping without opening the incubator so all is well there.

Congrats, I have 2 chicks but one has a hemorrhoid issue. So I'm not sure it will make it. The other I'm waiting to see how it dries out.

AND of all things I broke the lockdown rule and opened the lid to help the hemorrhoid chick by wrapping it in a wet rag. At least it was dark enough to quickly take a peak at a couple of other eggs. I saw internal pipping taking place so I'm hoping for more chicks by morning.

My cl chick is excessively loud in the bator. I want to wait till it is time to check the injured chick and till the cl is dried off before moving it to the brooder but it is very loud.

Haha! I was wondering how you were getting your ear close enough to hear that without losing it to a ticked off hen.. I hope your little guy does okay. I am letting her do her job, and won't check under her anymore. I am dreading the thought of bad hatches. I hope everything goes okay. Especially with my flub up today. I have a security camera in the barn on the alpacas that has a very sensitive microphone, so I should be able to hear peeps should they hatch during the night. She has been an A+ broody, so I hope her mothering instincts are just as good. I'm excited to see what hatches. I know the silkies for sure, but the other 4 eggs are Gus' (my wyandotte roo) and my ee hen and wyandotte hen and austalorp and minorca hen crosses. So they are going to be mystery chickies.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I'm trying to hatch some sumatra chicks to have broodies in the future. The eggs arrive looking great but I know the PO is messing with them somehow. I typically do well with hatching eggs from my flock with the exception of incubator and power malfunctions but with shipped eggs my hatch rate is less than desirable. And I think it is my luck that the first cl chick out is a boy, the head while not yet dry looks like there is a dot. I really want a broody so I'm hoping the sumatra's hatch. It is the only reason that the injured chick is getting care instead of a visit to Moses. Typically I don't want a chick if it is not a strong chick or if I have to care for the tiny thing more than I would another chick. But I really want some sumatra chicks.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Haha! I was wondering how you were getting your ear close enough to hear that without losing it to a ticked off hen.. I hope your little guy does okay. I am letting her do her job, and won't check under her anymore. I am dreading the thought of bad hatches. I hope everything goes okay. Especially with my flub up today. I have a security camera in the barn on the alpacas that has a very sensitive microphone, so I should be able to hear peeps should they hatch during the night. She has been an A+ broody, so I hope her mothering instincts are just as good. I'm excited to see what hatches. I know the silkies for sure, but the other 4 eggs are Gus' (my wyandotte roo) and my ee hen and wyandotte hen and austalorp and minorca hen crosses. So they are going to be mystery chickies.

I'm trying to hatch some sumatra chicks to have broodies in the future. The eggs arrive looking great but I know the PO is messing with them somehow. I typically do well with hatching eggs from my flock with the exception of incubator and power malfunctions but with shipped eggs my hatch rate is less than desirable. And I think it is my luck that the first cl chick out is a boy, the head while not yet dry looks like there is a dot. I really want a broody so I'm hoping the sumatra's hatch. It is the only reason that the injured chick is getting care instead of a visit to Moses. Typically I don't want a chick if it is not a strong chick or if I have to care for the tiny thing more than I would another chick. But I really want some sumatra chicks.

Good luck to both of you with your hatches!

 

[bradselig]

Good luck to both of you with your hatches!

Yes, good luck to you both! I just had 2 white showgirls hatch today. I still have 3 more eggs in there butt hey didn't look the greatest when I candled prior to lockdown. Now just hoping these 2 are pullets!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Yes, good luck to you both! I just had 2 white showgirls hatch today. I still have 3 more eggs in there butt hey didn't look the greatest when I candled prior to lockdown. Now just hoping these 2 are pullets!

Congrats on your chicks. I wish every chick was autosexing

 

[kabhyper1]

Yes, good luck to you both! I just had 2 white showgirls hatch today. I still have 3 more eggs in there butt hey didn't look the greatest when I candled prior to lockdown. Now just hoping these 2 are pullets!

Congrats on your chicks. I wish every chick was autosexing

Thanks brad! Congrats on yours. Mine aren't auto sexing, but I'm gonna hope for girls, and very good educated guesses. lol

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: today is the day for hatching, how nice. I hope your other eggs hatch too. I have eggs that I put in lockdown that were moving but did not look as far along as the others. All of them were set the same time. I'm going to run the bater a few extra days in case and pray nothing explodes.