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[Chaneys Ranch]

Peahen is laying!!!! @ellymayRans you were right! Top 2 eggs are goose, bottom center is the pea egg!


Went out this morning and there was a beautiful egg in the corner.

@racinchickins have you seen eggs yet?

 

[Indyshent]

Whoohoo! I am now the proud owner of two golden pheasants! they were the last two left, so they don't match. The hen is a yellow golden, and the boy's a cinnamon. No clue what they're progeny are going to be like, but that's part of the adventure! Happy birthday and anniversary and mother's day and Christmas to me for a long time over! Woohoohooo!

Thought it was hilarious that golden pheasants were able to be kept in backyards. since I never saw any at the zoos, I'd figured that maybe they were too rare to be at zoos

Of course, zoos don't have native species like whitetail deer or opossums, either, nor do most of them keep domestic animals, so it does make sense... even though they're just so pretty that I don't know how anyone could not have them at their zoos.

These two are pretty flighty (him more so), but I think they'll calm down once they get settled in. So pretty!

Oh, and I was also a sucker at RK again... picked up two guinea keets because I wanna stick it to the man (these are super young and pretty calm), and two more ducklings (one Rouen and one Khaki). Poor Rouen has beak injuries, and both were really undersized for the group they were with... so I took pity on them. They're just so darned cute, and I'm a stupid sucker...

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Found something really COOL yesterday... Nala ( cx hen, Waddles's lady ) laid her very first egg!!!!

How often do they lay, anyone know? And OMG it is huge!!and it was her first!!!

My CX hens laid almost daily. Yes, eggs are flat huge and lots of double yolkers. If it weren't for the health issues they would be an awesome layer for sure.

I'm in evansville too! Just starting out, I'm a first timer

We just got 6 chicks, they are currently inside in their tub and we are building our coop

Welcome to BYC and our thread!

I know of another member, @Mother2Hens will be happy to see someone from Evansville join!

Big day around here yesterday, LOL.

I've been attacking things around here lately, inside and out. Not working means I'm the housewife, so yesterday the house got opened up and aired out from winter and the first floor got an extensive cleaning. Once it warmed up outside the first mowing of the year was done. We have a huge (40-50 feet) evergreen in our yard next to our driveway that needed the lower interior branched cleaned out, so the sawzall and my arm got a workout and then, a big fire. The three older birds that range spend about 30% of their time under the umbrella of that pine tree, either belly down in, or kicking thru a decades worth of pine straw. The rest of our trees are maples and i'm STILL cleaning up debris from the ice storm we had back in December, so it was a cut and burn kind of day in the afternoon. Got the mulch around my blueberries weeded and turned as well.

Next on the list, build the mobile pig hut, complete the run for coop 2.0, figure out my long term watering system for the coop/run, and decide where the compost stalls are going to go.

The chicks have taken over the balance of coop 2.0, and are no longer in the partitioned area. One of the New Hampshire chicks flew the partition so I decided just to open it up. I was pretty much ready anyway.

DH has been off intermittently with the heavy rain, so any off day he has we are hitting hard indoors or out. It such a feeling of accomplishment seeing things getting done!

Time for an early morning grouch moment.

I like checking out the "What breed or gender" thread. It's pictures of birds, and lets me make my guess and test it against the "experts."

This is my first spring here, so i'm sure it happens every year, but every thread over there at the moment is a cell phone picture, of chicks, still in the car home from TSC, asking for breed, gender, favorite color, astrological sign, and expected egg production for a chick that's 60 hours old.

I get it. I'm new to birds. Getting chicks is exciting. But even a lazy look around internet, books, magazines, cave paintings, or smoke signals tells you that unless it's autosexing, you're guessing before 8-12 weeks. 4-8 is a roll of the dice, and at 60 hours just flip a coin.

I'm as much a chicken neophyte as anyone, and I know that.

Ok.

I feel better now...thank you!

ROFL, yes every one goes through it. After a few years, you can look at one of your own chicks and know the first week if its a boy or girl. I try to stay with my proven breeds and know the development. Rarely make a gender mistake now.

Day 3 at Disney, day 6 in FL....missing my birds something fierce!
Yes I'm having a blast with my family but with babies hatching its killing me!
Aunt is on hatching duty and sending pics and updates.
Very excited about this latest, splash marans hatch.

Ive never had any one hatch for me and i have to admit i love my aunt with every piece of me but Oh i do not like not being the one to make those calls when hatching! Had one splash die while zipping. Not sure if any of the others will make it. Those eggs arrived with egg all over them and several busted.

She said i have others pipped yesterday but of the mille fluer cochins and or paint silkies.

Arrrgh ~ I hear ya! My oldest DD was the only person I knew I could count on. Since springs here finally my set day is moving to tuesdays, that way I know I am home. This year I really hope to camp a little more since my Nephew lives with us.
I hope you enjoy your vacation, sounds wonderful!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

As promised... New silkie babies.

Yes, silkies are definitely as broody as they say. I have another one sitting now too.Lol.

Precious!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1092215/chicken-contest
Please check out my chicken photo contest!

Fun!

Quote: I usually don't have any long enough to sex! I have Lavender, Chocolate, (Chocolate Cuckoo rooster) And am seeing a few Black hatch from the chocolate pen.
I do normally accept roosters back if a person cannot keep them. We have 5 acres and I don't mind a few running around.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Pictures of the coops that I need gone.

This is an awesome coop and grow out pen set up. Since our trucks still broke I can't get them. Anyone that wants an easy ready made coop is getting a steal on the deal.

I hadn't been able to post forever, the mobile site wouldn't load! I feel like tthere's so much to tell everybody!

First of all, congrats to everybody on new animals, condolences for all losses, and speedy recovery wishes for everyone having health issues. And to all new members, welcome to the board!

So, my job that I thought I had...by Friday of that week I had called the supervisor to make sure I was supposed to start training the next Monday . She told me she hadn'tgotten my drug test back yet and would call when she did. II'venot heard another word. IIt's just not possible that I didn't pass. So I guess this company just likes wasting money sending people for physicals and drug tests. Oh well.

Chicks are hatching! So far 3 Rhodeisland red, 4 lLeghorns, and 1 buff Orpington has hatched. Several more are pipped

. My Californian Doe had 11 kits almost two weeks ago

. I love babies! Oh, and we have one BBB turkey poults, 2 pekin ducklings, and 2 khaki Campbell ducklings! My greenhouse is full of started plants, and potatoes and peas are going in the ground this weekend. Can't wait to play in dirt! My birthday is Friday (no pranks allowed in my house lol) and husband is getting me fruit bushes and trees.

Hope you all and your animals make it through the storms tonight and tomorrow OK. Be safe!

Have an awesome birthday! You sound like us, lots of new babies everywhere!

I got to do my first chicks of the season SOLD happy dance yesterday! A couple from the east side who had bought one of my MANY surplus Jubilee roos two years ago saw my lavender ad on Craigslist and said they had to get bigger girlfriends for their George. He's either a klutz or their hens are really too small for him--they said he falls off, plus their other roos are aggressive toward him, so he lives alone most of the time. It was nice to see them again and to know that the boy is doing well. He's the husband's favorite roo. Anyway, they only wanted a couple of lavs but wound up buying all of them! No complaints!

On another note, I have ONE lonely Bielefelder male chick FREE to someone on here whom I know personally or by reputation. They don't make great roos for free-range flocks. They have a tendency to get picked off. However, they do make good meat birds and are pretty. If you are working with autosexing breeds, I think you can cross them with other autosexing breeds for hybrid vigor, but don't hold me to it.

Now that the other chicks are gone, he is so lonely. We have a stuffed toy penguin in the brooder with him that helps a tiny bit, but like most chicks he just hates being alone.

Awesome news!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Whoohoo! I am now the proud owner of two golden pheasants! they were the last two left, so they don't match. The hen is a yellow golden, and the boy's a cinnamon. No clue what they're progeny are going to be like, but that's part of the adventure! Happy birthday and anniversary and mother's day and Christmas to me for a long time over! Woohoohooo!

Thought it was hilarious that golden pheasants were able to be kept in backyards. since I never saw any at the zoos, I'd figured that maybe they were too rare to be at zoos

Of course, zoos don't have native species like whitetail deer or opossums, either, nor do most of them keep domestic animals, so it does make sense... even though they're just so pretty that I don't know how anyone could not have them at their zoos.

These two are pretty flighty (him more so), but I think they'll calm down once they get settled in. So pretty!

Oh, and I was also a sucker at RK again... picked up two guinea keets because I wanna stick it to the man (these are super young and pretty calm), and two more ducklings (one Rouen and one Khaki). Poor Rouen has beak injuries, and both were really undersized for the group they were with... so I took pity on them. They're just so darned cute, and I'm a stupid sucker...

Awesome news! I am so glad you found a pair!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Whoohoo! I am now the proud owner of two golden pheasants! they were the last two left, so they don't match. The hen is a yellow golden, and the boy's a cinnamon. No clue what they're progeny are going to be like, but that's part of the adventure! Happy birthday and anniversary and mother's day and Christmas to me for a long time over! Woohoohooo!

Thought it was hilarious that golden pheasants were able to be kept in backyards. since I never saw any at the zoos, I'd figured that maybe they were too rare to be at zoos

Of course, zoos don't have native species like whitetail deer or opossums, either, nor do most of them keep domestic animals, so it does make sense... even though they're just so pretty that I don't know how anyone could not have them at their zoos.

These two are pretty flighty (him more so), but I think they'll calm down once they get settled in. So pretty!

Oh, and I was also a sucker at RK again... picked up two guinea keets because I wanna stick it to the man (these are super young and pretty calm), and two more ducklings (one Rouen and one Khaki). Poor Rouen has beak injuries, and both were really undersized for the group they were with... so I took pity on them. They're just so darned cute, and I'm a stupid sucker...

Jasper Pulaski used to have a live exhibit of pheasants. Not sure if still there, but it was stunning to see those live birds. Just beautiful.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

To our thread members that have just started to post on BYC, welcome! Here's a little info about us:

 

[Greenthumb83]

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I got them at Big R in Crawfordsville. They run out pretty much the day they get them in, or at least that's been my experience. It took me a few visits to finally get them. I decided to go in as soon as the order was released Monday. They ran out of orpingtons in just a couple hours.

Hi there, I live just 3 miles west of crawfordsville! My brother works in Lafayette and he stopped by Rural King yest on his way home..he said they had silkies but im sure they will be out b4 I can get there this weekend....oh, wait...I already have 3 silkies,, and 16 in the bator...oops, guess I dont need any more...WAIT, WHAT AM I SAYING!??,, sorry, occasionally a rational thought just jumps out of no where..ill try to b more careful in the future..PLEASE dont boot me from the site! Ill b back to Crazy Chicken Lady in no time..I promise!

~Donna aka Nin

Lol! Too funny. My husband is calling me crazy chicken lady already and we have only been chick owners for 3 days. Could be because I drove back the same day to get the other five...maybe...lol.

Do you sell silkies or just breed for yourself?

 

[Greenthumb83]

Hope your dad is doing better and gets to go home soon.  

 Hi!!      I lived in West T for 25 years, I'm now in North Terre Haute (6 ) years and just bought a place in Shelburn and will be moving all month,  .
 West Terre Haute has it's charms, like it better then Terre Haute but ya know how that goes.  If I can ever help ya out with anything just give a hollar 

 Welcome to our thread, the people here are great. 

Well RK on Wabash has the biggest selection of chicks and ducks, and rabbits. and then TSC  has chicks as well, and they tend to have more Bantam chicks then anyone else and normally a good mix of breeds too. I have not went and looked at them this year as I am trying to NOT do chicks this season, moving and don't want the worry. 

I understand that. When I lived in Ohio, our street was like yours..my car got broke into, swat had to raid neighbors house across street, etc. It was always something. Glad you are moving soon. We live out in the middle of nowhere now and I will never go back to living in town lol.

I will probably call those places and see if I can get me some straight run chicks. Since cancelling our order, we ended up with no cockerels. I need a boyfriend for the girls lol. Preferably same age(ish).