INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[ChickCrazed]

I have a source for greenfire isbars, so I may get them and we can again swap lol. One thing about greenfire lines, I heard that somewhere along the line, greenfire crossed them with brown egg layers, so occasionally you will get ones that lay brown eggs from greenfire.

Sounds good. I swear one of my blue isbars is rumpless. LOL not sure where THAT came from! Six weeks old and not a single tailfeather! The rest all have big square tails! LOL. That one better lay REALLY nice green eggs with some artsy spots.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

So you think they will get better lacing?

Yes, eventually. They will probably have around the same amount of lacing as this girl. Not fantastic lacing, but she is a HQ chicken

 

[ellymayRans]

So you think they will get better lacing?

I agree with CCCCCHICKENS. They look really pitiful as adolescents as most chicks do lol... but the SLW tend to look like a raggedy hawk til they get a bit older. They are very pretty grown. My lone SLW is hatchery also.

This is the youngest pic I have of her.

 

[hogster160]

BBB = Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey?

Yes, broad breasted bronze.

 

[wheezy50]

 this is what Meyer hatchery says they look like, I am going to look for them too seeing how the hatchery's are sold out till may.  

that is what mine look like, I don't have any pictures of them yet, but I think they are the same. The gray in mine isn't quite as dark as these but they're awfully close. I will try to take some pics in the next few days, they are getting wing feathers in now.

 

[bradselig]

Here is a pic of my d'uccle that I picked up from TSC. Mille fleurs and porcelains

 

[brian5161986]

Hi I am new to this and have bought 60 Cornish X for meat purposes. I was wondering if anyone lives near me that has a Chicken plucker that I could borrow or rent for a weekend in the coming months to clean my chickens? I live right at the state line of Michigan and Indiana in Niles. It's right by Notre Dame in South Bend if you are not familair with the area. Thanks for the time. Also attached is a picture of the little chicks

 

[bradselig]

FYI: posted in the Just in time auction and bin thread

Heirloom orps posted:
I have a box of Easter Eggers that MUST go out tomorrow. They won't fit in my incubator. Approximately 32 eggs can fit in a box. $30 including shipping.

These are the crosses:

Blue Copper Marans covering Black Ameraucana
Black Ameraucana covering Easter Egger, Golden Lakenvelder, Barred Rock
Buff Orpington covering Super Blue Egg Layers (50% chance of getting cream/brown laying birds from this cross)

The eggs you receive will be blue, green, brown and white. You have a small chance of hatching a bird which lays a brown or cream colored egg, as I have some of DMRippy's Super Blue Egg Layers covered by a Buff Orpington. Their offspring should be huge, as the rooster is 16lbs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/2490#post_13168747

 

[bradselig]

Got a few pictures of the silkies before the camera died. First time for the youngins to be with the adults. Surprisingly the adult hens ad more of an issue and bullied them more than the Roos. The to is couldn't have cared less about the new members of the flock.

 

[chick rookie]

In the book Raising Chickens For Dummies, they suggest you should keep chicks away from larger birds until they are of a similar size. Smaller ones tend to get picked on by larger birds. When first introducing new members to an established flock, they recommended letting the birds see each other but not touch-like putting the new ones in a cage within your coop for example. I did this when introducing members to my flock, I let the new birds free range around my chicken run. Then a couple days later, I let them all free range together and kept an eye on them to make sure no one was getting picked on too much. I free ranged them together every day for a week before integrating them together (this was after an 8 week quarantine). I found out one of my chickens was much smaller and was getting picked on a lot by the other hens. She went back into the separate enclosure with a couple of buddies who didn't pick on her. After she got a little larger, I was able to integrate her into the flock seamlessly. Hope this helps, that book has been a lifesaver for me.

Here are my thoughts...

I'd put the little ones in first like Ellymay said. Let them get used to it for a few days.

When it comes time to put the adults in, I'd put in some kind of divider. The plastic, small opening chicken fencing could be put up temporarily to keep the adults and kiddos separated at first. Then you can start to let the little ones have access to the adult side by raising the fence between the 2 sides slightly - just high enough that they can get under but the adults can't. You want the littles to have a safe place. In the chicken world, the older ones WILL attack the little ones at some level until things get sorted out so they NEED to have a safe place.


Another thing that could work well.....
Leave the older ones in the barn at first and continue to let them range. After the littles get used to their coop and you begin to let them go outside, you could have the temporary fence outside the coop with the same thing as described above - raised just enough that they can get in but the elders can't. Then the littles will come out and begin to mingle with the olders as they get confidence but still have a safe place to go. After seeing that they are all getting along together on range alright, take down the fence and let the olders join the youngers.

OR....
If that new coop has 2 doors to the outside world even better. You could put them in with the divider inside, and give the littles a safe pen outside as described above. Then they can each get outside with a little divider on the outside to keep the little ones safe until they integrate at which time you can remove all the dividers.

Those are just a couple of ideas.

Plastic netting looks like this and you can get it at Menards/Lowes, etc.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_157764-1311...t&pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=poultry+net&facetInfo=

atrueb00 and Leahs Mom= great ideals, thanks

These are supposed to be SLW...I'm extremely fond of all my chickens, but does anyone else think these are the "ugliest SLWs" they've ever seen???

I bought them at the RK in Muncie. The bin said SLW pullets. Does it look like they're both girls? One has much more lacing around her head and the other is smaller, but has a bit more pink to her comb. Other than a slight size difference and terrible coloring, they look like they are the same sex. I'm planning on moving them outside in the next couple of weeks, but I'd rather just rehome them.
Any takers? Make me an offer... I would be happy to keep them in the brooder until we are sure they're both girls.

my SLW,
I think I have a boy and a girl...

I want only girls, cant have another roo. If I'm right and your right then I would be interested in your girls, and I will need to rehome my roo.

Got a few pictures of the silkies before the camera died. First time for the youngins to be with the adults. Surprisingly the adult hens ad more of an issue and bullied them more than the Roos. The to is couldn't have cared less about the new members of the flock.

Very pretty I'm becoming a big Silkie fan...