INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[Indyshent]

Chi-Chi - perhaps I am a Cochin mix too? Not sure! I love my people and visit on the windowsill frequently: Papa Olaf:

Great to see Olaf doing well! He made so many pretty babies for you, too! Are you rehoming him or just showing him off?

 

[flyladyrocks]

Great to see Olaf doing well! He made so many pretty babies for you, too! Are you rehoming him or just showing him off?

Just showing him off but sad to say Olaf did not make it this winter. He lovingly protected 2 of his his girls when they got stuck out in a complete sudden downpour. Not sure what exactly happened - he was majorly cold and traumatized (but kept his girls warm and dry - they were all on a cinder block and Olaf was on top of them). We tried to nurse him back to health but he didn't make it. It was a horrible storm - we went out and rescued him and the girls. The downpour was fierce - so I kinda wonder if he had internal injuries. We had 2 1/2 feet of water in our backyard and lost one of the young LF pullets too- she drowned trying to get protection under the ramp to the coop and we didn't get to her in time. That was a very sad storm

So glad we have his babies.

 

[flyladyrocks]

Olaf helping his human mama sew:


Maple - his son we are keeping. So hard to decide which one to keep. We kept changing our mind! We love them all!

 

[flyladyrocks]

One more pic in loving memory of Rhonda and @pipdzipdnreadytogo 's girl Skua.

RIP Rhonda- you were such a sweet girl and we miss you! This is one of her last days:

 

[Leahs Mom]

My EE, Roadrunner, Hadley, and Smalty on the grazing frames.

@Mother2Hens

Tell me about your frames. Looks like it might be chickweed under there? So do they just harvest as it grows up tall enough through the frames, or do you move the frames when and let them graze a little bit then put them back?

 

[Leahs Mom]

My husband and I recently purchased an Inn. We are located in Nashville, Indiana. Thinking about raising chickens and offerring guests farm fresh eggs for breakfast.

@lilblackbear
How exciting to have an Inn! And the Nashville area is so fun

Have you had chickens before? Would they be on the same property as the INN or at your home? I'll bet guests would LOVE that. How much space would your hens have to run?

 

[lilblackbear]

I have not but my husband has. We live at the inn and there is quite a lot of property.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I have not but my husband has. We live at the inn and there is quite a lot of property.

That sounds like so much fun! If I were a customer I'd love to see chickens there and know my breakfast was coming from the hens raised right there. I'd also love to see them able to roam the property too. I think I'd choose that Inn if I were driving through and saw that!!!

 

[Faraday40]

That sounds like so much fun! If I were a customer I'd love to see chickens there and know my breakfast was coming from the hens raised right there. I'd also love to see them able to roam the property too. I think I'd choose that Inn if I were driving through and saw that!!!

x2 - just no early am rooster wake up service. LOL!

We sell our extra eggs to neighbors & friends. Everyone enjoys knowing who to thank for their omelet. I think most guests may feel the same. Of course you'd have to figure out some bio-security measures to keep the flock safe from travelling illnesses

 

[Faraday40]

Lots of Updates.....

Sister:
My sis is home. I was unhappy about the reasoning. (No bed space at the hospital & nursing home rehab center that accepts Medicaid. Since her life was no longer in danger & she was released from ICU, they sent her home.) The hospital ordered a SEPAP that should arrive later this week or early next week. They said to continue to use the O2 in the meantime. (I still find it strange that they didn't loan her one since they kept stating how important it was while she was there.) They gave her a walker & ordered PT at home. My dad will be scheduling dozens of tests. I went to visit yesterday, cooked dinner & helped tidy up. Lots of work to do there because neither can clean & they have lots of "stuff." Of course I feel the same way about my own house. I've been preoccupied lately, & the clutter takes over quickly with 2 kids, 2 dogs, dozens of chicks, & 1 overworked me!


Baby chicks:
Meanwhile, 3 more chicks found homes & left today. The remaining few will be my grow outs. I was orig hoping to keep 3 lav orps & have DD enter them in the fair, but I needed to empty out the brooder. The orps will be spoiled & it makes less work for me now. We'll keep those for a few months & see how they look before making any more decisions. The little blue orp might be a female & I decided to keep her for now. I've always wanted a blue.

I'll take pics when I can.


Incubator:
Today is day 18 for the next hatch, & about 23 eggs look good .Only 3 of the 10 penciled rocks made it to this point. (They arrived cracked or covered in slime, so any development is amazing) We've got the penciled rocks, 2 EEs & the rest are all orps. Choc cuckoo, lavender, blk/lav split, & the fun Oopsie eggs. (Never know what she'll hatch out!) I emptied the brooder just in time! Cookie decided to go broody last week. I've been unsuccessful at breaking her, so I slid a couple eggs under her. Once the chicks hatch, she'll be put to work caring for the whole batch. She's a bantam, so it's easier to just put her inside the big brooder. Any chicks that can't fit under her, can use the heat pad for warmth. She will make my job easier. The only quirk she has is that she must feel like she's the mom. If I slip chicks under her right away while her other eggs hatch, she adopts them. If they're 3+ days old, she'll attack any outsider chicks. It's not like she can count, but she can always tell when a chick is not hers.

Well with all the busy days, the only recent pics I have are of a Spitz. She/he's 3 weeks old & the "spitz" just grew in.




Here's what she/he looked like 1 week ago:
Such a big difference!






DD's experiment update:
She got an A on her sci fair project but is continuing the experiment for 4H. This is her 3rd (& likely final) hatch. There are more eggs in the incubator than her experiment. I have no idea how they got in there??

, but she's keeping record of these eggs.

CHICKEN EGGS
BACKYARD

FARMER MARKET

GROCERY STORE
A Developing

1 CLEAR

a CLEAR
B Developing

2 CLEAR

b CLEAR
C Developing

3 CLEAR

c died early
D Developing

4 Developing

d CLEAR
E Developing

5 Developing

e Developing

QUAIL EGGS
BACKYARD

FARMER MARKET

GROCERY STORE
A Developing

1 CLEAR

a CLEAR
B Developing

2 CLEAR

b CLEAR
C Developing

3 CLEAR

c CLEAR
D died early

4 died early

d CLEAR
E Developing

5 died early

e CLEAR


I'm surprised that the farmer's market eggs didn't do as well this time. The ones that "died early" had no real veining but white streaks of bacteria inside. Sometimes a clump. We think they may have developed for a couple days because the eggs did not glow brightly like the clears. The clears just looked like normal eggs when opened. Last night DD & I did my fav part of marking the x where we predict the chick will pip.