INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[chickiebaby1]

30 chickie babies and counting. Got a big mix too. Silkies,bantam and LF cochin,sex link, barnyard mixes, project bantams. I t has been so fun watching them hatch. I'm gonna have to line up some buyers if anyone is interested in some white leg horn crosses and a few sexlinks ????

 

[bradselig]

HELP!!

I went to process a couple of roosters and noticed they have bugs!! What do I do? Does the whole coop need scrubbed down?

I've also got a broody sitting on eggs, how do I treat her? I just set the eggs last week so it's not like they're going to hatch soon but I don't want to treat her with something that's going to harm them!

I've always had good luck with Eprinex for both internal and external parasites.

 

[raisinemright]

We have a chick out and a TON of peeps!!
It's yellow clean legged and out of a light brown egg!

 

[Indyshent]

I am ready to drop - I'll attempt to catch up on the last 48 hours sometime this weekend I hope! Busy couple days.

And you all should be very proud - somehow we ended this day with the same number of critters as we started with. We went to the opening day at RK, tons of people but they handled the crowd very well. I was not tempted to buy chicks at all! Really I wasn't - not when I can get them from all you wonderful peeps. Can't say the same for DH who has decided he wants turkeys. Really, I can't believe it took him this long! But we were 30 min. from home and had several stops to make so we could not buy any turkeys. And I told him we were not buying them from a feed store when there are several BYCers nearby who have turkeys!

After we got home and unloaded we headed out to look at a huge wooden brooder and I fell in love with a Nigerian Dwarf doe and whether this guy has. His bucks were good looking too, but this doe and whether were like dogs - they figured out I was a sucker for a cute fuzzy critter and followed me around with their tails wagging!!

So chickens really are the gateway livestock. Now we want a couple turkeys and goats - well actually we started talking about goats long before chickens so that is not new!

Okay - I need to build a cover for the pack and play brooder - which will be the step 2 brooder before they go into the huge one outside on the back porch. I better do that before I am too tired to handle a drill and hurt myself!

Have a good weekend everyone - looks like 2 nice days here in Indy before the next round of storms hits.

Congratulations on going to RK and not buying chicks! Congratulations also on finding some awesome goats!

Regarding turkeys, RK sells BB turkeys only, whereas people here will sell/breed heritage because BBs don't breed naturally and have very short lifespans and are very prone to numerous (largely fatal) defects and health problems. If you're looking for pets, lawn ornaments and slower growing, self-sustaining flocks, GO HERITAGE. Don't even let yourself look at the broad breasted varieties. I speak from what's now a wealth of experience and research on the lamentable differences of turkeys breeds. I raised one last year, and I was still stupid enough to get a few more this year. I love turkeys. They're far worse than chickens for 'gateway drug' tendencies. They are my bane, and I'm hopelessly in love and addicted to them.

Don't get turkeys unless there is room in your hoodie for company because when they're tiny, they crave mommy far more than any chicken. They can peep themselves pretty much to death, crying for your loving touch and warmth (no matter how much company is in the brooder, no matter how toasty and comfy it is). I've been up past midnight several nights since getting my latest poult fix, with anywhere from one to four of these little boogers in my hoodie with me. They're like human infants in the fact that they will call to me just to make sure I still exist, and boy have I had to work on my ninja skills since these babies have come to our house! On the plus side, they usually only need a couple late nights of cuddling before calming down (very much unlike children

)

 

[Indyshent]

Great news! We had our first ever hatch today! The Black Swedish hatched out a glorious black duckling with a little white bib this afternoon. We had to leave to get the car worked on, but when I get back home, I'm so taking pictures and spamming everyone!

 

[Indyshent]

Snapped a couple quick pictures of some of the silkies tonight.




The lavender boy was acting very friendly when I walked into the pen. Come to find out, he was just trying to mount my arm/hand! I guess his ladies aren't very cooperative for him!

Better a silkie than a turkey. Bacon (the forty or so pound BB tom) tried to mount my shoes a few times last year when I was doing yard work.

 

[chickiebaby1]

I'M A NEW MOMMY

CHICK SPAM ALERT

Just hatched all these out for the Easter hatch along.













I love Easter chickies!!!!!

 

[kittydoc]

HELP!!

I went to process a couple of roosters and noticed they have bugs!! What do I do? Does the whole coop need scrubbed down?

I've also got a broody sitting on eggs, how do I treat her? I just set the eggs last week so it's not like they're going to hatch soon but I don't want to treat her with something that's going to harm them!

I assume they have some kind of lice or mites. Here's a link to help you identify and treat them: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/08/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification.html

 

[cohosmith]

I'm new to all this but I'm in merrillville indiana

 

[flyladyrocks]

Congratulations on going to RK and not buying chicks! Congratulations also on finding some awesome goats!

Regarding turkeys, RK sells BB turkeys only, whereas people here will sell/breed heritage because BBs don't breed naturally and have very short lifespans and are very prone to numerous (largely fatal) defects and health problems. If you're looking for pets, lawn ornaments and slower growing, self-sustaining flocks, GO HERITAGE. Don't even let yourself look at the broad breasted varieties. I speak from what's now a wealth of experience and research on the lamentable differences of turkeys breeds. I raised one last year, and I was still stupid enough to get a few more this year. I love turkeys. They're far worse than chickens for 'gateway drug' tendencies. They are my bane, and I'm hopelessly in love and addicted to them.

Don't get turkeys unless there is room in your hoodie for company because when they're tiny, they crave mommy far more than any chicken. They can peep themselves pretty much to death, crying for your loving touch and warmth (no matter how much company is in the brooder, no matter how toasty and comfy it is). I've been up past midnight several nights since getting my latest poult fix, with anywhere from one to four of these little boogers in my hoodie with me. They're like human infants in the fact that they will call to me just to make sure I still exist, and boy have I had to work on my ninja skills since these babies have come to our house! On the plus side, they usually only need a couple late nights of cuddling before calming down (very much unlike children

)