INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[drjreber]

Me, too. Orpingtons only. Prefer any color other than buff, which I already have.

 

[Rethia]

If you're in Lafayette, the next meeting about updating the chicken ordinance to allow chickens is 6/8 @ 5pm at Town Hall.

 

[judyc]

If you're in Lafayette, the next meeting about updating the chicken ordinance to allow chickens is 6/8 @ 5pm at Town Hall.

I'm not in Lafayette, so does my presence count?

 

[RusticKrustcreations]

Hi
Im in Lafayette IN area. I currently live in an area were chickens are not allowed. But I'm planning on purchasing an acre or two for garden and a few laying hens. My problem is I can't find where to find out exactly how far out of town I have to be to raise chickens. Does anyone know where I can find this information out? Also I'm very excited to be a part of this community.

Okay, I'm sorry to post here but I can't find how to post a new thread. I am in New Haven. I have a Cornish hen I'm willing to give away if someone comes & picks her up. I am not ready to process her by myself yet but she's ready and I read Cornish hens could have health issues if raised beyond their time.

 

[Rethia]

I'm not in Lafayette, so does my presence count?

The meeting happened already, but we did have some people from the county and across the river who showed up in support and shared information about their ordinances that work.

 

[Reddentes]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/17-hens-9-roosters-ross-ohio.1665884/#post-28629330
Hi everyone!!! I raise chickens in Ohio, more specifically in the farmlands of Ross, very close to the Ohio-Indiana border. I hope nobody minds, I'm posting a link to my thread here. BYC seems to have been the nicest and most welcoming place for me to talk about my chickens.
I'm moving out into the city and have to re-home my chickens within the next month. If you're interested, please shoot me a message here or see where to contact me in the link above.
Thank you all, help is very much appreciated <3

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Hey y'all! So, has anyone had an experience with buying chicks at a Rural King, and finding out when they're grown that they're not what they're supposed to be?

Specifically, back in Feb/Mar I bought chicks at a Rural King that were supposed to be Blue Leghorns. Well, they're starting to lay, and some of the eggs are definitely blue.

I looked into it, and found the distinguishing characteristics, and Blue Leghorns are meant to have white ears and yellow legs. These hens do not. They have various colors and sizes of ears - two of them have some white, but not the big white spots I see in pictures online. And all of their legs are slate or green. Feather-wise, they have a pretty uniform appearance, mostly blue with some reddish around their necks. They're all single-comb, and some of the combs are pretty large and floppy, like a leghorn.

I'm good with blue eggs, and as long as they lay at a respectable rate, I don't really mind having unexpected chicken breeds in the coop. But I am very curious - is this more likely to be a mix-up at the Rural King, or something weird happening at the hatchery? (I think I read that my Rural King, on US36 in Avon, uses McMurray, but I couldn't swear to that.)

Thoughts?

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Hey y'all! So, has anyone had an experience with buying chicks at a Rural King, and finding out when they're grown that they're not what they're supposed to be?

Specifically, back in Feb/Mar I bought chicks at a Rural King that were supposed to be Blue Leghorns. Well, they're starting to lay, and some of the eggs are definitely blue.

I looked into it, and found the distinguishing characteristics, and Blue Leghorns are meant to have white ears and yellow legs. These hens do not. They have various colors and sizes of ears - two of them have some white, but not the big white spots I see in pictures online. And all of their legs are slate or green. Feather-wise, they have a pretty uniform appearance, mostly blue with some reddish around their necks. They're all single-comb, and some of the combs are pretty large and floppy, like a leghorn.

I'm good with blue eggs, and as long as they lay at a respectable rate, I don't really mind having unexpected chicken breeds in the coop. But I am very curious - is this more likely to be a mix-up at the Rural King, or something weird happening at the hatchery? (I think I read that my Rural King, on US36 in Avon, uses McMurray, but I couldn't swear to that.)

Thoughts?

I know when I was looking at the terre haute one the labels were not correct for even the very easy to distinguish breeds. The lady had no idea what ones were what either, although another lady told me they just hadn't updated the signs.

Ive not been to avons in over a year to check, but could just be faulty advertising.

 

[TooCheep]

Yeah. Almost certainly a mix-up by Rural King. Either they were mis-marked in the bin or they had multiple breeds in a single bin and they gave you the wrong ones.

I always check on what chicks are supposed to look like for the breeds I'm interested in (often very different from the adults) before purchasing at Rural King or Tractor Supply.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

That makes sense, thank you!