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[kabhyper1]

There are 2 avian vets in indy. Google avian vets indianapolis. I did it this morning. Lol

 

[Leahs Mom]

Leah'smom here is our setup.
Barn coop

Thank you so much for all the photos. Absolutely fabulous! I have to go back and really study them when I get home.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

So very true. I saw an article called something like "Do you really take a $5 Chicken to the vet?" and I am thinking, well, first I would consult all you wonderful people and then if we could not figure out a solution, umm, well, we love our babies! We call them by name and know their personalities, just like our dog (honorary roo!). How could we not consult a vet?? Which reminds me I need to figure out who treats poultry around here - there is a vet by TSC with pictures of livestock on their logo so I am hoping they do! But also hoping there is nothing so serious that we have to go the vet route. I think Dr Baker in Bargersville will treat a chicken.

As for the suddenly having trouble seeing it might have gotten bit by a bug near the eye. Then if the bite got even the tiniest bit of pus or infection more bugs would gather. With the duck water mess this year we are having too many flies for my comfort. I remember having a few flies last year but this year, I'm delaying processing till cooler weather just because of the flies.
I have between 5 and 8 roosters that are ready to process but the thought of processing and being swarmed with flies is not even funny. I have about another 6 younger roosters I want to free range but they don't get along with the ready to process roosters. So now the flies are even more annoying.

If anyone is looking for a BR rooster, I have a chick that is less than 6 weeks. He will end up a dinner if no one claims him before he gets bigger.


Editing to add: I have a couple dozen duck eggs available. if anyone is interested, message me please or my phone is 317-422-704 SIX

 

[pginsber]

For those BYC'ers in Indy, please remember to send your draft re-zoning comments via email to the Purdue Urban Agriculture Educator, Emily Eggleston by 5pm today. Her email address is: [email protected].

Emily Eggleston is compiling the comments and will provide written response regarding the re-zoning to the Indy Rezone committee.The comments don't have to be eloquent or fancy.

Maybe something as simple as:

• The limit of one rooster per site is too restrictive. Roosters should be permitted in unrestricted numbers.
• The minimum lot size for goats is too large.
• The maximum number of 2 goats permitted is too restrictive.
• Male goats, >= 1 yr, unneutered, is required in order to keep milk in dairy goats. They should be permitted.
• Produce sales in dwelling districts of one day per week is too restrictive. A suggestion is 6 days per week.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Poor Margo is still prolapsed. I need to get more aggressive in my treatment and I am a bit squeamish about shoving her prolapse back in for fear of hurting her. Guess I need to toughen up since it won't be great for either of us if she has to be euthanized

. She is in my guest bath since I can control the light (to try to keep her from laying while prolapsed) and it makes soaking and treating easier. Not a great setup though, she hates it and I hate having a stinky bathroom!

My broody is set to hatch her eggs this week. Friday will be 21 days and I have heard that they could arrive early since the weather is warm. I am excited to see how many hatch. I have not caught her off the nest and haven't candled, so I have no clue what is going on under there. She also doesn't seem to be leaving the nest to poop, the nest is big enough that she is pooping around the perimeter. I need to pull her off the nest and clean it so it isn't too bad for the chicks when they arrive. I am planning on doing that today since I figure we are heading into the broody version of lock down. Do you think it is ok to move her and clean the nest? Do you think it would be ok to hit her with some poultry dust also since she hasn't been able to dust bathe? I just don't want to hurt the chicks that will soon be hatching into that fluff and am not sure if it would be better for them to be under her with mites or poultry dust in her feathers!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Here is what I sent. I'm sure there are spelling errors and such but I wanted it to get sent before I was interrupted for the 10th time.
Hi Emily,
I could not make it to the meetings. Here are the bullet points that I think are too limiting.

• The limit of one rooster per site is a bit too restrictive. Cats, racoons, hawks, and other animals can cause a rooster to die overnight. At least 1 for a back up is needed. Then if a family is wanting both a breed for meat and an egg breed, at least 4 roosters are needed. 2 would be the back up roosters. And when chicks are hatched it can take 12 weeks before the roosters are even clear. It would be very easy to be in violation of the one rooster rule when chicks were being grown out. It happens for the feed store chicks too as 10% of the girls turn out to be roosters and sometimes a family gets more than one rooster without even trying.
• goats need a small amount of land. They like lots of land but I don't think a minimum lot size is needed. Also the size of the goat could be smaller than a house dog.
• The maximum number of 2 goats permitted is too restrictive again the breeding more goats should be given some thought. At least 2 goats are needed for them to be happy. Then the mother has a kid and the rule is quickly broken. Dairy goats need to kid to stay in milk. So at least 2 goats plus a kidding time. But goats can have more than 1 kid so 2 dairy goats can temporarily turn into 6 just by each milking doe having 2 kids.
• Male goats, >= 1 yr, un-neutered, is required in order to keep milk in dairy goats. They are needed if bio security is to be kept intact. Sure there are breeding services but then both the male goat and its herd along with the female goat and its companions are exposed to each other's risks.
• Produce sales in dwelling districts of one day per week is too restrictive. Given that many people want the fresh produce / dairy for its freshness, at least every other day would be nice if the sales were under a certain amount. Maybe selling limits per day should be considered instead of banning all sales.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

the email was not accepted. Any thing wrong with the address posted above?

 

[raisinemright]

Finally got our first dozen bantam/pullet eggs!
The top row of bleached out white eggs are from a couple white leghorn pullets that just started laying this week. The second row is from a egyption/game bird mix. The next row is from our awesome Faverolle, then last green egg is from a Americana mix bantam! Cool color mix I think.

 

[pginsber]

the email was not accepted. Any thing wrong with the address posted above?

[email protected]

I'm terribly sorry, I left out a G

 

[Dreadfulewe]

I sent my email to Emily -- - but either of these will work:

[email protected]
[email protected]