INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[kanina]

Here are my ducks - 9 weeks old this week. Well, they are a little older since it is the end of the week. They put themselves to bed every night and I go out to lock them up.
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Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Absolutely gorgeous!

Thank you!

 

[Nyla]

Congrats! That took them a while to start laying!

 

[Nyla]

So today around 10 am, I went to my new home to do some cleaning. The lady who owned it before was a pack-rat and died. Her children refuse to clean it up. Instead they are selling the house to us on payments and we get to keep anything on the property we want. Well I spent the last few days clean the place up and throwing out junk. Today the lady's sister and daughter came over. The lady's sister trashed everything and took most of the stuff I had put in boxes with my name saying" NYLA"S WANTS" She didn't care. She gave me an attitude, took the things she wanted, and made a huge mess going through everything I had nicely boxed. It feels like the moment I first walked into the house.. All messy again! Plus she tracked mud all over the place.. The daughter of the lady who owned the house kept telling her to stop going through stuff and making a mess. The the lady's sister looked at me and demanded MY PURSE!! Said that it belonged to her sister and she wants it. I told her no, that my purse is mine, that I bought it from the store. She called me a liar and demanded it. I told her no once again and said she can leave if she keeps it up. It's my house, that I put $2000 down already. The daughter yelled at the lady saying stop it and told her they should leave. The daughter left but the lady acted like she was going to leave, but then got out of her car walked back to the door and banged on it, because I locked it. She said she will be back later today, tomorrow, and the next day to get more stuff that she wants. I said okay. Once she left the property, I locked up and went back to my current home. I plan to go back at night and pack up the things I want and put them in my storage container so she can't take anything else. The lady tried demanding the security camera system too. The daughter said no that I needed it for my protection.

Finally when everyone was gone, I locked up and left.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

So today around 10 am, I went to my new home to do some cleaning. The lady who owned it before was a pack-rat and died. Her children refuse to clean it up. Instead they are selling the house to us on payments and we get to keep anything on the property we want. Well I spent the last few days clean the place up and throwing out junk. Today the lady's sister and daughter came over. The lady's sister trashed everything and took most of the stuff I had put in boxes with my name saying" NYLA"S WANTS" She didn't care. She gave me an attitude, took the things she wanted, and made a huge mess going through everything I had nicely boxed. It feels like the moment I first walked into the house.. All messy again! Plus she tracked mud all over the place.. The daughter of the lady who owned the house kept telling her to stop going through stuff and making a mess. The the lady's sister looked at me and demanded MY PURSE!! Said that it belonged to her sister and she wants it. I told her no, that my purse is mine, that I bought it from the store. She called me a liar and demanded it. I told her no once again and said she can leave if she keeps it up. It's my house, that I put $2000 down already. The daughter yelled at the lady saying stop it and told her they should leave. The daughter left but the lady acted like she was going to leave, but then got out of her car walked back to the door and banged on it, because I locked it. She said she will be back later today, tomorrow, and the next day to get more stuff that she wants. I said okay. Once she left the property, I locked up and went back to my current home. I plan to go back at night and pack up the things I want and put them in my storage container so she can't take anything else. The lady tried demanding the security camera system too. The daughter said no that I needed it for my protection.

Finally when everyone was gone, I locked up and left.

Ugh. Maybe change the locks.

 

[Nyla]

We will be changing the locks this Friday!

On a better note, 12 ducklings hatched today!!
One is a lavender, and one is possibly a lavender barred!! Never had a lavender barred and not sure it's possible, but the tail of it is the color down of a lavender, so figures crossed!

Ugh. Maybe change the locks.

 

[Indyshent]

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@Faraday40 So sorry you are experiencing some sadness. It's a good thing chickens give a lot of good experiences and memories to help balance out the hard times.

Something similar here. Turkey babies hatching today. But three of last week's babies up and died. Not really sure why. It's kind of a turkey thing to find ways to die. But generally that doesn't happen with mine. So I'll be more anxious over these new babies this week.

Poults are HARD to raise. I swear, they want to die. You have to be very diligent teaching them to eat and drink. If they make it that first week they are good to go. I have kept the BB meat birds and heritage too. Expensive to keep and raise. Love turkeys but like pheasant and Peacock.. very hard to raise the hatch-lings.

If possible, house poults with chicks. They need a lot of social interaction and reminders to eat, drink, and sleep. They're super social, and when it comes to crowds, the more the merrier with them. Also, try to give them toys--stuff to peck at like pipe cleaners, shiny ribbons, cat toys. They need stuff to investigate or they'll get bored and might peck at each other. Girls seem to need more cuddling, and boys need stuff to peck at and fight with (my two cents, but both may need both). Red is a great color for toys because they're attracted to it like flies on poo. Poults without enough company and interaction will forget to eat, drink, get out of heat or go under heat. Generally, it's not stupidity so much as a preoccupation with finding their parent. They get anxious without parents and often times won't sleep unless the parent is present, especially as very young poults. Sleep deprivation does awful things to all living creatures. They're not trying to die, but they haven't had as many years in domestication as chickens and just aren't as independent as chicks.

Finally got my babies outside! 6 duckling and about a dozen leghorn and EE chicks. I will have to get pics . Hopeful for an EE rooster but not seeing one so far.

That rescue rooster, dubbed Ambrose Burnsides, is the sweetest guy, and I'm almost 100% sure he's an EE. He's not "game" enough. His feet are a malnutrition/poor footing issue, I'm sure, so they shouldn't pass to the next generation. His tail has straightened out, and I almost never see it bent anymore. Think it was just held bent because he didn't have room to turn around for so long.

He has a splendid, low, kinda warbly, very funny crow that isn't irritating and doesn't happen too late or too early. He doesn't let his feet stop him from anything and will cheerfully roost 4 ft up or even in a tree. He's not terribly fleet running, but that makes him easier to catch (and he's never run from me anyway, but he's always fast enough to get away from the dog). He would love a place with more ladies, since the only hen here is broody, and he's in that dreadful libido stage (but is a really, really good boy about it, all things considered).

He did attack my foot once, but in his defense, the vein he tried to pull off the top of my foot really was bulging out and didn't look like part of me, I guess. He'd launched into it like it was a snake or something--big threat warning call and everything. Acted really surprised when I yelled and footballed him, but he hasn't attacked anything since. I hadn't realized how swollen my feet were til he did that, but I've been trying to wear compression socks more often, decrease salt, yada yada since.

@faerydust16 has agreed to take him (and all the other birds here) when we move, but since she's coming to your place for the CX processing, it might be cool for you to borrow him til then.

He's about as perfect a rooster as I've ever met, and I'm so glad to have met him. If I'm ever able to take him back, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

He and Jake Jake are great pals. As much as I picked him up for Kate, I picked him for Jake, who needed another man about the yard to pal around with.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

We will be changing the locks this Friday!

On a better note, 12 ducklings hatched today!!
One is a lavender, and one is possibly a lavender barred!! Never had a lavender barred and not sure it's possible, but the tail of it is the color down of a lavender, so figures crossed!
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I will take a dozen! just kidding. So sweet! What other colors do you have?

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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If possible, house poults with chicks. They need a lot of social interaction and reminders to eat, drink, and sleep. They're super social, and when it comes to crowds, the more the merrier with them. Also, try to give them toys--stuff to peck at like pipe cleaners, shiny ribbons, cat toys. They need stuff to investigate or they'll get bored and might peck at each other. Girls seem to need more cuddling, and boys need stuff to peck at and fight with (my two cents, but both may need both). Red is a great color for toys because they're attracted to it like flies on poo. Poults without enough company and interaction will forget to eat, drink, get out of heat or go under heat. Generally, it's not stupidity so much as a preoccupation with finding their parent. They get anxious without parents and often times won't sleep unless the parent is present, especially as very young poults. Sleep deprivation does awful things to all living creatures. They're not trying to die, but they haven't had as many years in domestication as chickens and just aren't as independent as chicks.



That rescue rooster, dubbed Ambrose Burnsides, is the sweetest guy, and I'm almost 100% sure he's an EE. He's not "game" enough. His feet are a malnutrition/poor footing issue, I'm sure, so they shouldn't pass to the next generation. His tail has straightened out, and I almost never see it bent anymore. Think it was just held bent because he didn't have room to turn around for so long.

He has a splendid, low, kinda warbly, very funny crow that isn't irritating and doesn't happen too late or too early. He doesn't let his feet stop him from anything and will cheerfully roost 4 ft up or even in a tree. He's not terribly fleet running, but that makes him easier to catch (and he's never run from me anyway, but he's always fast enough to get away from the dog). He would love a place with more ladies, since the only hen here is broody, and he's in that dreadful libido stage (but is a really, really good boy about it, all things considered).

He did attack my foot once, but in his defense, the vein he tried to pull off the top of my foot really was bulging out and didn't look like part of me, I guess. He'd launched into it like it was a snake or something--big threat warning call and everything. Acted really surprised when I yelled and footballed him, but he hasn't attacked anything since. I hadn't realized how swollen my feet were til he did that, but I've been trying to wear compression socks more often, decrease salt, yada yada since.

@faerydust16 has agreed to take him (and all the other birds here) when we move, but since she's coming to your place for the CX processing, it might be cool for you to borrow him til then.

He's about as perfect a rooster as I've ever met, and I'm so glad to have met him. If I'm ever able to take him back, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

He and Jake Jake are great pals. As much as I picked him up for Kate, I picked him for Jake, who needed another man about the yard to pal around with.

I appreciate the offer! I can't take him right now, I don't have a coop for Beefy the dark Cornish. That's one of many reasons he is in with the EE flock. The material on the roof of my middle coop dry rotted and fell in (some sort of plastic roofing). I am going to replace it with metal roofing but can't do that til I get the garden in. All these coops are getting old seems like I have to fix something on them everyday.

 

[Faraday40]

So today around 10 am, I went to my new home to do some cleaning. The lady who owned it before was a pack-rat and died. Her children refuse to clean it up. Instead they are selling the house to us on payments and we get to keep anything on the property we want. Well I spent the last few days clean the place up and throwing out junk. Today the lady's sister and daughter came over. The lady's sister trashed everything and took most of the stuff I had put in boxes with my name saying" NYLA"S WANTS" She didn't care. She gave me an attitude, took the things she wanted, and made a huge mess going through everything I had nicely boxed. It feels like the moment I first walked into the house.. All messy again! Plus she tracked mud all over the place.. The daughter of the lady who owned the house kept telling her to stop going through stuff and making a mess. The the lady's sister looked at me and demanded MY PURSE!! Said that it belonged to her sister and she wants it. I told her no, that my purse is mine, that I bought it from the store. She called me a liar and demanded it. I told her no once again and said she can leave if she keeps it up. It's my house, that I put $2000 down already. The daughter yelled at the lady saying stop it and told her they should leave. The daughter left but the lady acted like she was going to leave, but then got out of her car walked back to the door and banged on it, because I locked it. She said she will be back later today, tomorrow, and the next day to get more stuff that she wants. I said okay. Once she left the property, I locked up and went back to my current home. I plan to go back at night and pack up the things I want and put them in my storage container so she can't take anything else. The lady tried demanding the security camera system too. The daughter said no that I needed it for my protection.

Finally when everyone was gone, I locked up and left.

Sounds like a very interesting, colorful family. Definitely Change The Locks!

I had a chance to meet our new next door neighbors. They seem nice enough & said they don't mind the chickens. However, they're painting the house & refinishing the floors before they actually move in. Hope they still say they like the chickens after living next to them for a while. They do not have kids but do have a dog. Unfortunately the dog doesn't like (is afraid of) kids. My kids were so disappointed! They want kids & dogs to play with / babysit. They said they adopted the dog from a shelter & don't know her history. Our dogs barked through the fence for a while but I know they'll get accustomed to the new dog fairly quickly. Our backyard is now surrounded on all sides by dogs. Hopefully all the canines around will deter many wild critters.