Although it is a place where hopefully people local to Indy can plan to get together. And by local, I mean close enough to be willing to travel to help others get work done. There is no reason anyone else cant subscribe to get ideas and ask questions. Hopefully it will inspire other locations to band together to help each other out. Even just two people working together would be a huge help for a lot of people.Is this new group for around your location only?
Who doesn't want to play games in the chicken coop, the chickens would probably bring you good luck!Lol no sooner the kids get home from school they wanted me to build a table to play board games in the chicken coop!
This is the inside to my dream coop! Love the pic with the chickens in their nest boxes.And here's what they look like from another angle.
Nest boxes just inside the door to left. This is a people area completely divided off from the chickens.
Stumps leading up to the door, stump play jungles...man, I wish I would have seen these ideas before I got rid of all the logs from the trees we removed last year! Looks like the chickens love them and I am guessing if you lift up a log you'll find lots of goodies for the chickens to eat.Oh...And my birds always slid when they had a ramp and I suspect that it caused a bumblefoot in one of them. I had some old logs that needed to be burned and made steps from them. They stride right up and down and no more foot injuries.
Happy belated birthday to my oldest hen, Cubby, who turned 9 years old on Saturday!I totally forgot about it because of all the stuff I have going on, but I'm sure she doesn't mind. This girl arrived here as a day old chick. I can't believe she's still as active as she is--and that it's been 9 years since I got my first chickens!!
They look so sweet together!
All the girls are home and hanging out together. Meet Maryanne, Ginger, Lovey and the yet nameless Buffs.
For our coop, we got 2 dog houses from RK and screwed in 2x4's around the door, then built a run out of railings and connected the dog houses to the run. Very simple and this year I'm going to paint them all and add some trim to the run so I don't catch fabric on the chicken wire so much. Looks really nice and didn't cost much at all.Well that's quite a lot more than I'm planning on for my very simple coop
One of my chicks
So, incase people are getting stressed out a out the price of coops, remember that anything that will keep them dry and out from the wind will likely work great as a coop. Example: my 3 clearance $15 or $20 dog houses!
Obviously they aren't going to work for a lot of birds, but I have a trio of tolbunts in one, 5 bantam Cochins in another and,y pair of LF in the other.
This is so helpful, thank you for posting! I am going to another auction in hopes of finding some HQ silkie hens but if not, going to have to break down and buy some eggs or find someone willing to part with some of their adults.
Not sure if you've heard of Backyard Poultry Magazine, but it looks like they have people contribute to each magazine instead of having a bunch of full time writers. Might be a good opportunity for anyone looking to publish work on poultry.To answer you both, no. Her last egg was last summer and she hasn't started laying yet this spring. But that's okay, because she's had 8 years of egg laying up to this point.
I must not have been here, or I just blanked it! I don't remember anyone like that!
Anyway, what I think I'll do is post parts of the article here so that y'all can read and tell me how understandable my work is.Like with my first aid kit page, I want to make sure it's perfect for the purpose I'm making it.
This is so neat looking on the inside, the roost is much taller than I pictured it originally. Very neat looking!Just messing around trying to figure out some spots for roost. The "big girls" are digging the new set up lol oh yeah the kids still playing monopoly!
Looks like a chicken camp -- do they get to sign up for recreational activities & have meals in the dining hall?!
Hope the chickens don't add their own "playing pieces" to the gameboardCongrats on the coop!
Even our silkies were smarter than that, couldn't believe how long they did it for!
When we decided to get chickens for the first time one year ago & considered different coop plans & such , we utimately decided on a resin shed - just in case we ended up not liking chickens (ends up we do tho) & would be able to use the shed for . . . a shed. Here's what we started with:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Suncast-...t-4-5-in-Resin-Storage-Shed-BMS7791/203702042
(sorry Brad - we bought from the "competitor")
here's the mods we've done so far - still a work-in-progress :
no mods yet . . . .
I love this idea! People working together for a common cause and helping each other out, not much better than that! Wish I did live closer to Indy just to help out. I'm not very strong but I love to paint and know my way around most tools.I've started a thread focused on a work Co-Op so we don't clutter up this thread. Subscribe if you are interested.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/872322/indy-area-chicken-work-co-op
Lets face it - sometimes as a 'Chicken' Person, you sometimes feel on your own, either literally or figuratively. Many chicken owners are single, and others are not blessed with a significant other that 'gets it'. My own partner is very supportive of my hobby, but regards most chicken related work as "my thing'. This means something like building a coop or a run can be a bit overwhelming if you have to do it on your own.
There has been discussion on the Indiana thread of people getting together to help each other out on major projects. I'm starting this thread so we can use it to communicate, discuss, decide, plan, and coordinate that work. We definitely don't want to exclude our other Indiana BYCers, but recognize that some live far from Indy and that we have a critical mass of people close enough here to be able to possibly make this work. We also don't want to clutter up the general Indiana BYC thread with chatter that is specific to the Co-Op. So subscribe if you would like, and let the teamwork begin!!
Love these pics too! Your silkie is very cute!Oh happy day! Photos!
Dita, Rene's ex... She's decided she's better without him, even if she still can't take a non-blurry selfie. That's the grow out coop/sledge/tractor behind her.
My lame attempt at getting a photo of my little buff EE's ADORBS beard.
The group walking away from me. Mini fluff butts.
Look at that sad little Minorca! I think she's improving and the others are very sprite and looking very heathy.
Sunbathing... I just filled this hole with dirt, seeded it and fenced it off. Ok, great place to go for safety!
Last but not least...
Tippy Ditch.
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