Its a name thing. Her cochin is Oliver , the therapy chicken. Im glad she is part of the indiana byc gang now!
PBeesChix~ Welcome to the Indiana Thread! I recognize your bantam roo, Oliver, on your avatar!Hello. I have two mixed hens and a Cochin roo. Kabhyper1 is my daughter in law. I am starting to incubate eggs this week. Wish me luck!
I Just love them all!Got stocked up on hay today, thanks to BarbS. It was really nice meeting her and her BF Tony. Then I went out and got some pics of the beasties.
I have more in the flock, but they were being uncooperative.
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Yep movement works.. good luck
Up to 8 chicks hatched so far. One more has a hole broken in the shell and starting to zip out. Two eggs have no progress visible as of yet. Today is actually day 21 so several of them came a day early.
Spent two hours outside securing my run! Fingers crossed I think it is totally Starling proof!!! I put chicken wire inside the chain link all the way around the sides, and the bird netting inside the chain link on top. The bird netting was a lot easier to work with on top. It was not too bad out there, 26 degrees and sunny. It felt downright warm after the last two days!!! I'm glad it is done and I hope it works. I also spread hay over the snow outside and gave them a flock block and some scratch. It was nice to see them outside again! It has been a few weeks since they have spent any time outside! Now that the birds have found me, will they continue to be an issue once Spring hits? If so I have to worry about a pop door option for free ranging since I don't want to close the chickens completely away from the water and nest boxes when they are out. I have several building projects planned for the Spring and already placed a flower order! I can't wait until I can be outside!!!
Mr. Chewie (LF Cochin) was a champ and stood outside on one foot, chatting up a storm the entire time I worked
The kids. My heated waterer broke last week (I hate this winter) so I had to put a heated horse bucket out there, but Margo the sassy EE (the cream one) is too short to use it so she needs a stool
Harriet (Barred Rock), Sally Sitwell (Welsummer), Greta (Blue Laced Red Wyandotte), Margo (Easter Egger)
Woo hoo no wild birds! Well, I went back out to check a couple hours later and two sparrows had managed to find a tiny hole in the corder where I hadn't stapled well enough. I saw where they made their exit and put some more staples. I am feeling pretty good about the situation!
They may eventually, but at least it gives you time to work on it more.check it out !!!!!!! check it out!!!!!!!!!!! it is working !!!!!!!!!!!
well pooo I cant get pic's to load... I hung pop cans from every place I could hang them close enough that they would hit together and make noise and swing in all the open places birds could get in through, and plastic bags like Walmart bags ect... about 2 ft from the top of the feeders, had to put old lids that I didn't have containers for in the bags for A LITTLE bit of weight. the chickens were wondering wtheck, but then didn't pay them any mine at all. I just hope the birds don't gt used to it...
Glad you posted this!Oh I forgot to tell you guys something. We have been fighting with mice lately and after reading the comments about glue traps being inhumane, I started looking for alternatives. It's not that I wasn't aware but when I'm trying to keep them out of my kitchenor away from my kids, I just stopped thinking about it. My kids live here and the mice aren't supposed to...Anyway, at rural king the other day I found a four pack of plug in things that are deterrents, but not supposed to be hard on dogs or cats. I plugged them in near the two places I thought they were getting in and I haven't seen any trace of them in almost two weeks. I read that they will bother fish so they shouldn't be placed near but across the room should be ok. It's such a relief!!!
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Thats my fear too. My pug wants to eat anything she shouldn't!
Hello. I have two mixed hens and a Cochin roo. Kabhyper1 is my daughter in law. I am starting to incubate eggs this week. Wish me luck!and good luck!!! Glad you've joined our thread
gunchief ~ I bet they are sold out by now just from Indiana thread people who saw your post!Let's Brainstorm!! I started thinking of objects around the house that could be repurposed to create a dome or cover over a coop door. I found this coop on the Internet to use as an example. I've thought of a few things-- some might work, some may not. An awning would be a perfect solution, but awnings usually aren't laying around the house!
Does anyone else have dome/cover ideas to add and/or ways to attach it?
1. Nail half of an old umbrella
2. Glue (?) half of a plastic trash can lid
3. or half of a cheap plastic bowl or bucket
4. or laundry basket
5. or old lampshade
6. or styrofoam cooler lid
7. part of an old lawn chair?
Originally Posted by gunchief25
Morning all Cockadoooooodledoooooooo!!!
Hey Ya'll just letting you know for those that live down this way. Rural King in Bloomington now has a bunch of chicks in. RIRs, Meat Chickens, ISA Browns, Barred Rocks, New Hampshire Reds, Jersey Giants... and several other breeds.
