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They should be fine. My geese take baths all winter long even if it’s below zero. Their outside feathers ice up but they stay warm. It’s the wrong time of year, but if anyone is interested I have Two Spangled Russian Orloff roosters that need new homes. I hate to cull them because it took...

I’ve only had one coyote make me feel nervous. It’s behavior wasn’t normal. We’ve have fewer coyotes the past years since the wolves have moved in. I know my birds are secure at night so I don’t worry, but predators that show up during the day are eliminated if possible. Our small dogs never go...

Has anyone read or know why eggs hatch breach? Last hatch one of the chicks did and needed help. This hatch I have a goose hatching backwards also. I’m sure it’s going to end up stuck. I’ve never had it happen before this year.

I reconfigured some caging after there was a mass escape on Friday. Everyone is once again contained except two rogue Russian Orloff roosters who coincidentally are looking for new homes. I cleaned the raven’s pen which was a disaster after him cacheing things all winter in the snow. Yesterday...

Considering my netting job was sub par it did rather well the first day. Only 1 Guinea, 1 peafowl and 3 chickens escaped. They didn’t go far, just hung out at the fence wanting back in. My largest run is 30x30’ and the ground is still frozen so adding permanent support was out. I also...

I’m 10 miles south of Mackinaw City. With our elevation we can just see the bridge until the leaves arrive!

My three remaining eggs hatched for Easter. Needless to say, they aren’t all Orloffs. One of the Showgirls was sneaking in to lay eggs! The dark orloff was breech and needed help out of the shell. I wasn’t sure it would make it but it recovered well. Thankfully most of our snow melted today...

I haven't posted in almost four years. It's nice to see familiar names are still around! I've only read back about a dozen pages so I'm not really caught up. The brief history is four years ago I started doing wildlife rehabilitation and have stayed very busy. I have had the privilege of...

Hi to all you old timers and new folks who I don’t know. I have been MIA for almost two years although I’ve popped in to read occasionally. I still have all my birds (chickens, guinea, geese, pigeons, quail and parrots) I’ve just expanded and now am a permitted wildlife rehabilitator. So now...

Hi ijon I have a mealworm farm. Super simple. I started with about 3500 worms. My chickens get none, although they would love it. They would wipe it out. The hedgehog gets a few and the rest are for rehabbing wild birds. Each drawer is a different stage of development, although several for...

What do you use as wormer now? Dr. Fulton told me last fall that Wazine was now on the no-no list if you are eating eggs or chicken EVER. No longer has a withdrawal time. What he recommended I couldn’t find anywhere, now I don’t remember what the name was.

We are in the middle of a low coyote cycle right now. I’m not sure if it has to do with a wolf moving into the area but I really like seeing rabbits again. Since some of the snow has melted we found a new den adjacent to the back field. It looks active so we plan to put the camera out and...

I so wish our snow was gone! The eagles are in for lunch today. There is also a crow just watching. The front has bare ground where it was plowed all winter. And my geese will be here next week! The tiny green triangle in front of the tractor is the tip of the grow out coop they were...

These past few sunny days have been wonderful but we’re still buried in snow up here. Our piles in the yard are as tall as the house. The birds are doing ok but every thing else is breaking and falling apart now. One pop door was iced up and I gave it a kick only to snap it in half. I’m...

Our temp has been steady at 0 the past day, the windchill however... The birds have been locked up the past three days and everyone is fine. The plastic waterers have not faired as well. I did lose a Polish rooster last week after the -24* night. I’m not sure if he fell in the water or what...

No weasel pictures! Since Monday I have been moving all the chickens, guinea and the one turkey to other coops at night 40 some birds Everyone is unhappy with me and there have been few to no eggs as a result. It’s about an hour of catching and carrying angry birds. The annoying thing is all...

I didn’t catch the weasel two nights ago. He checked out the coop and couldn’t get in. Last night he returned to a new coop (my largest 10x16’) that I thought was secure. It is now war on weasels. I’m moving 30+ birds to other coops tonight. Putting two sacrificial roosters in a “hopefully “...

Today began with the mystery of the headless rooster. (Hopefully not too gross a picture) He was in a locked coop with no blood or injury besides the missing head. On investigation I found a 1”x2” hole where the wire had come loose under the eave. The only real option is Ermine/weasel. I’ve...

I tend to be busy, librarian, township clerk, and working on becoming a rehabber so I really don’t need another job BUT...some things happened and I was asked to step in as the superintendent of poultry and waterfowl for our county fair which starts the 19th. Its the first time someone has...

I haven't been around for a while. Way to busy this summer but I only have 30 hours to go before I can apply for my wildlife rehabilitators license. The chickens have been good. Call Duck is sitting on eggs. Geese are huge and down to one turkey. We've had multiple skunks we have had to deal...