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Your chicks are so big now! I can't believe your cuddly chick is now looking like a hen!! So cute   

Yeah, they grow up so fast.

 

[Indiana Chicka]

What do the shirts look like? How much are they?

 

[Minminme]

[COLOR=8B4513]Hey, that's an idea! You really ought to get two Buffs so they each have a buddy. [/COLOR]

ROFLMBO... Great idea. But I'd hav t get three...you enabler!!! I already hav one approx same age that lost it's "friend" a few weeks ago when a cat carried her off. You always hav t hav pairs right?!?!?! Lol.
[rule][COLOR=8B4513]That is wonderful news!!! You've been such a great help with Chickenfest. Chickens are good therapy as we've discussed on this thread before. It will be nice for you and your BF to get away and have some fun![/COLOR]

 

[newchickintown1]

Hello! I am new to this forum. I might be the only "chicken-less" person here. I live in Indianapolis, and have been contemplating on getting chickens. I have a few questions first, and one nosey-know it all neighbor that has scared the bigeebeez out of me. First, the neighbor. I mentioned awhile ago that I was thinking about getting a few chickens. She looked at me so disgustingly as if I had taken a poo right there in front of her. She proclaimed it was illegal and that she would have them removed, because well, she has nothing more to do with her time now that most kardashian episodes are now reruns. So, is it still legal? I'm in Pike township. I won't eat them, I only want their eggs and I think the overall idea is neat. I don't want them to be loud and don't want high costs. We own dogs, and I wonder how many animals you can have per one residency. There is no HOA. Just crazy lady. Should I even get any if I have to worry about her? Or let her get her panties in a wedge and deal with it? What breed would you recommend for me? Age of chickens? How many?

 

[Minminme]

Okay, I am 500+ posts behind and officially the worst chicken friend, ever. You have permission to pelt me with rotten eggs. Re: my shoulder...it's arthritis. Really, I had a hard time believing it because it felt like something was tearing every time it moved in certain directions. Now, it just won't move in those directions at all. I had to get an MRI for this diagnosis, and then a lovely steroid shot. Not sure what happens next. I think physical therapy. It still hurts, but not as much. I can go without pain killers for a day at a time now, but it's just not the same and it would be so lovely to dress & undress, drive, etc without pain. I feel like I really should have been more knowledgeable about this kind of stuff, having had it in other parts of my body before. I guess I have it all over...? It just flares up sometimes? So much for denial about aging and wear/tear on my bones, huh? Time to get smart about this stuff. I can't see myself hauling 50 lb bags of feed out of the van during a flare up. DH has been doing ALL the work on the chicken run. The weekend of my shot, I finished the herb beds for the chickens. Well, I let my sons build them, and I mainly supervised pouring dirt into the beds and planting. I was horribly abusive to my daughter's squash plants, just flopping them into the raised bed haphazardly. Of course they refused to die. The same can't be said of my lavender. I'm so bummed they do not seem to be thriving in the raised bed. I thought for sure they were slam dunk, since lavender at my old house was weed-like!!! The oregano and rosemary and lemon balm is all doing well, so I will have lots of good-smelling herbs to throw in the coop, hopefully. Just hope that lavender takes off. Beds are made of wood from an IKEA bunk bed. Haven't attached the flower box yet. Hubby is still working on the roof of the run. Need to add a few more boards to the sides, too, to attach the HW cloth. Speaking of taking off...we had an accidental free range the other day. My daughter let the guineas out. Fortunately they did NOT take off, although Thelma (confirmed female) flew into the back of the house. Who let the guineas out? Who? Who who who? Sunbathers Everyone loves Amy. My daughter carries her around like a kitten. She swings with her on her lap. I've still got to report my roo as a roo. We decided we like him, but I still want my refund. I photoshopped an Amish hat to match his beard. OH...I have a question about predators. We think we have something big in the backyard, in the woods behind the fence. Thinking coyotes. So far it hasn't bothered the coop, but...my dogs seem afraid to do their business outside lately. Has this ever happened to anyone else? It is really irritating me. The last thing I need right now is carpet clean up, but it's the only reason we can think of why the dogs aren't staying outside to do their thing. If you had this, what did you do? Should I put fox pee out there or something? Hope you are all doing well. I will prob be online more in a few weeks when we start back to school.

Just FYI: my lavender isn't thriving well either! Think it's all th rain this year. Re your predator: sounds like same thing I had back in Feb. My Chickee (a Pixer) refused t go outside after sunset no matter how bad she had t go she refused t leave the door stoop until after sunrise! Turns out we had a yearling Black bear that had not yet gone into hibernation. The DNR officer said he was probably kicked out of th den by a grumpy pregnant mommy and was being forced t fend for himself for th first time. He never went after th chickens though seemed t b more interested in their feed. Have you investigated for footprints? If grounds too hard for them t leave tracks, buy a bag of sand and spread out by th coop so if the animal gets close t th fencing it will leave tracks in it. Take pics of foot prints and compare online. Good luck with th issue!!!

 

[kabhyper1]

My cochin crew. Well all but the bantams.
The two 4 month old boys

Their girls

Blueberry aka Burbles my main roo

And a repeat picture of Lavender with her and Blueberrys first baby, a splash we have named Cinder

 

[flyladyrocks]

Anyone in Indy going to either of the Zoning meeting tomorrow? I need to go to the one at Noon cause I don't have someone to watch my daughter tomorrow evening. I just suddenly remembered this, I knew I was forgetting something tomorrow! (thanks newchickenintown1 for sparking my memory!)

Here is the info again in case anyone else forgot:

 

[flyladyrocks]

Hello! I am new to this forum. I might be the only "chicken-less" person here. I live in Indianapolis, and have been contemplating on getting chickens. I have a few questions first, and one nosey-know it all neighbor that has scared the bigeebeez out of me. First, the neighbor. I mentioned awhile ago that I was thinking about getting a few chickens. She looked at me so disgustingly as if I had taken a poo right there in front of her. She proclaimed it was illegal and that she would have them removed, because well, she has nothing more to do with her time now that most kardashian episodes are now reruns. So, is it still legal? I'm in Pike township. I won't eat them, I only want their eggs and I think the overall idea is neat. I don't want them to be loud and don't want high costs. We own dogs, and I wonder how many animals you can have per one residency. There is no HOA. Just crazy lady. Should I even get any if I have to worry about her? Or let her get her panties in a wedge and deal with it? What breed would you recommend for me? Age of chickens? How many?

 

[newchickintown1]

Thanks for your response! Our thinking was kind of like yours. We don't want to make it seem like we are asking for permission from the neighbor. In the end, we will do what we want on our property (law permitting). I watched youtube videos of hens laying their eggs and "singing". Does that become noisy? I find my neighbor's singing in her yard offensive- we can make it even.

 

[EurekaChic]

Hello! I am new to this forum. I might be the only "chicken-less" person here. I live in Indianapolis, and have been contemplating on getting chickens. I have a few questions first, and one nosey-know it all neighbor that has scared the bigeebeez out of me. First, the neighbor. I mentioned awhile ago that I was thinking about getting a few chickens. She looked at me so disgustingly as if I had taken a poo right there in front of her. She proclaimed it was illegal and that she would have them removed, because well, she has nothing more to do with her time now that most kardashian episodes are now reruns. So, is it still legal? I'm in Pike township. I won't eat them, I only want their eggs and I think the overall idea is neat. I don't want them to be loud and don't want high costs. We own dogs, and I wonder how many animals you can have per one residency. There is no HOA. Just crazy lady. Should I even get any if I have to worry about her? Or let her get her panties in a wedge and deal with it? What breed would you recommend for me? Age of chickens? How many?

We don't have chickens yet either. But the info on BYC and the advice from all the nice members (especially the Hoosiers on this thread) has been extremely helpful to us in figuring out how to proceed, what kind of coop and run we want, what breeds we want to start with, what the options are for litter and food and water systems, etc.

We will not be asking our neighbors before we get chickens. But we have pretty nice neighbors, who will appreciate our extra eggs, so I don't anticipate an issue there (and no zoning laws in the way either, as we are not in the city limits).

Best of luck to you, and welcome!