You can shoot coyotes year-round if they are doing damage, so long as you have a hunting license. Just check the hunting & trapping section on the MI DNR site to be sure. edit: you don't need a license to shoot them if they are on your property and about to do damage.
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is it 'normal' for a chick to be so cuddly? When we picked out the chicks, the one that I pulled out, she pretty much came right to my hand. And since we've brought them home, the same chick will jump up into my hand when I put it in the brooder. She will nestle herself into my hands and fall...
Question: how do we keep the chickens comfortable during the winter? I mean, I don't have to install a furnace in the coop, right? (dumb question, but go ahead and laugh WITH me) If Yoopers are keeping chickens, they must be pretty hardy to be able to handle the northern weather, I shouldn't be...
Hi :) Brand new member with zero chicken experience, brought home 8 ISA Brown chicks yesterday. My 5yo is in love with them (she wanted to sleep next to the brooder). Glad to see so many fellow Michiganders :D
oh good! We mentioned to my mother-in-law that we were getting chickens, and she said to get an extra couple so she can have eggs, and of course, my mom and sister want eggs too! I'm thinking I should be looking up some egg recipes :D
And thank you for the chick sex reassurance!
Hi y'all :) I'm a SAHM to a sassy 5.5yo daughter, who *finally* got chickens (we said she could get them when me moved, which was 3 months ago--an eternity to a kid!) today. We picked out 8 ISA Browns at the local farm store, and DD sat by the brooder for a good 7 hours today, talking to the...