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    Training to free range

    They currently do not go into the crate at night. They prefer to sleep on the ground. I just don't trust the security of the chain link over night. With the chickens I never had a problem, they like being inside at night. I currently am feeding them first thing in the morning, when I let them...
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    Training to free range

    I am new to ducks and am not sure how to proceed. I have six young ducks, who are almost fully feathered now. They are currently living in a 10x10 dog run, which I move every few days. They have a pool, and we lock them up in a crate every night just to make sure nothing can get to them. I want...
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    Need advice for ducklings arriving next month

    They are adorable!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    We currently have three mille fleure (two hens and a roo), and love the smaller chickens much more than the big ones. We don't know about any of the other breeds, but we do need something that is hardy enough to stay outside over the winter. We have one coop now and are planning on building a...
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    Need advice for ducklings arriving next month

    We're only getting 3, so I'm hoping that will keep the mess down. Is it just the water that's the biggest mess?
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Anyone in the Southeast corner of Michigan (I live near Ann Arbor) have Bantam chicks for sale?
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    Need advice for ducklings arriving next month

    I've ordered ducks along with my chicks, which are arriving next month. I was cruising along just thinking I'd let them free range and swim in my creek and puddles (we get a lot of those...) But I'm now worried that I haven't thought enough about this. We'll be getting only three ducks, and we...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thanks for all the good wishes. I'm hoping like crazy to find my missing chickens when I get home from work. On a related note, I've decided I need an electric component on my fence. The dogs across the way have a record of getting loose and attacking things (in fact they are only fenced now...
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    Still no eggs...

    We thought we had really slow laying chickens. Then I found their nest under the stairs with 25 eggs in it.... At least now we know where to look!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    House full of tears this evening. Drove the kids home to find the neighbors dogs inside our coop and no chickens in sight. So far we've only found 1 body, and recovered four chickens (and Shelly, our Guinea who's up in a tree yelling at everyone.) Kids have been crying all evening. Neighbor...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    We've been lucky with flies this year--our latest rescue cat thinks it's her duty to dispatch all flying, buzzing, or for that matter moving, creatures in our house. When she can't find flies or other bugs, she's after tails, toes, or any computer cable that she can find. Makes meals enjoyable...
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    Crowing Lessons?

    Do roosters teach baby roos to crow? We bought a beautiful, full grown Wheaten Americana roo and brought him home to our flock of new (all under 4 months old) chickens. Turns out we have incredible luck, and ended up with four other roosters. Now, Raphael appears to be running crowing lessons...
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    Need clean watering ideas

    I'm at my wits end with the watering and need some advice/help. I'm using one of those 5-gallon waterers that are basically a bottle upside down with a tray at the bottom right now. If I put it on the ground, my chickens seem to fill the waterer up with shavings or sand within five minutes of...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Quote: If you find a solution, let me know! We have Howie (yes, my daughter named him) and Howie Jr. who are solely responsible for the length of my grass. Thanks to the two of them digging a ginormous hole that I didn't see, I destroyed my mower deck and am currently unable to mow. On the...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    It's so odd to hear all the wishes for rain. We've had so much my garden drowned, and my yard was more mushrooms than grass for a while. Then I broke my mower bed (dratted woodchucks digging enormous random holes...) and the grass in the last three weeks has now reached knee height in my yard.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Ugh! I wish you were closer. I'd take them in a minute.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    How early do roos crow? I got some adorable flluffballs at chickenfest and one is making this horrendous screechy thing every morning. It looks like three of the four fluffballs are roos, so is it possible he's trying to crow? Trying to count back to chickenfest...figure he must only be about 6...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Morning everyone! Just sitting here drinking my coffee and listening to my big roo teach my bantam roo to crow. First a big, full cock-a-doodle-do, then this tiny little awk a awk ooo. What a way to start the day.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    My yard is a swamp and Raphael (our gorgeous new rooster) is glaring at me as if I am personally responsible for his soggy feathers. Brought the little ones in early and they are not happy. And now the ceiling is leaking in the living room.... we JUST got the dining room fixed and now this...
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    Michigan Chickenstock 2013 Buy/Sell/Trade

    Quote:Originally Posted by glambka those are beautiful! I have not seen such gorgeous work since my parents had a Czech medical student stay with them. WOW!
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