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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Three nights ago one of our May pullets failed to come in, and the next morning she showed up when i went out to do morning chores. Then for two night she's been a 'no show', but came out this afternoon for treats when I heard her at the barn. Again, she didn't stick around to get locked in...
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    Vaccinate Chicks- What is best regimen?

    I have chicks I buy from hatcheries vaccinated against Marek's disease, and then isolate them for almost three weeks. Chicks hatched here or from farm stores go right out to the separate chick area at the coop instead. So far no Marek's disease in my flock, and the unvaccinated birds would be...
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    Cat food for laying hens?

    I keep older hens as long as they are apparently healthy, and egg production can be zero or nearly zero for many of them. Chickens need about 14 hours of light daily to produce eggs, and without a light in the coop early mornings my older birds especially just quit until spring. I have six...
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    Sound proof coop?

    Insulating the roof helps with summer heat, which is a good thing. Must be covered with plywood or the birds will eat it! And then critters will move in, if any gaps are available at all. Wasps, mice, rats, whoever, ask me how i know this! And rats will eat eggs and kill chickens, and chew...
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    Housing for bird flu

    Your pen looks good, but it won't keep small birds (who bring in lice and mites) or smaller predators out. Rats and weasels (stoats?) will kill birds and can easily invade this wire. Also a big dog could break through that welded wire. Very handsome ducks! Mary
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    Avian influenza found in South Carolina

    And three commercial flocks in Ottawa county, and a backyard flock each in Monroe and St. Clair county, reported this week. The migrating birds are mostly gone here, but certainly they are flying overhead. :he Mary
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    More AI, three flocks in Ottawa county, one each in Monroe and St. Clair counties. Again! And if the northern lights were visible here last night, i didn't go outside to see them. Maybe tonight? Mary
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    Love your chick pictures! They do look ridiculous at that stage... Mary
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    We have two plates, and just like the store-bought coops, the plates are advertised as holding more chicks than actually fit. Get a bigger one! Mary
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Clouds here too, no Aurora here. Mary
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    So sorry! Our current bantam chicks were raised in a separate but visible coop area, and gradually opened up to the flock while everyone was free ranging, when they were six and seven weeks old, fully feathered, and locked in their brooder area every night. After a week or ten days, their area...
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    UPDATED serious flystrike

    All the best from me too! Glad you didn't see more maggots this last time, it's such an awful situation. Permethrin in the area and on her everywhere (safe dose only) because of those errant eggs and tiny maggots. If she doesn't have a major health issue that started all this, she may make...
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    Roo or Hen? 15 week Silver laced Orpington!

    Welcome! I totally agree, two very good looking birds, cockerel and pullet. Mary
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    UPDATED serious flystrike

    All good so far, but in my experience there will be fly eggs and then maggots elsewhere on her body, so look hard, spray her with permethrin as directed, and be vigilant! Most fly eggs take 24 hours to hatch, and the maggots grow fast, so keep up your program! She can't be exposed to more...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Screaming guineas? No way! And the neighbors, who are good with roosters and our chickens who stay home, won't be pleased either. We've having more brush cleared along the fence lines, and insecticide on the horses and my clothes, and winter will help a bit too. Mary
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    We've missed you too, glad you're back. Leaves! I might get them mowed this afternoon. Maybe. If not, oh well... And ticks! We are in deer tick heaven, far as I can tell. Monday two on my horses, one with Anaplasma and one with Babesia odocoilei, and then Wednesday, another two that i...
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    Feeders and waterers for larger flocks?

    I also use the metal waterers, and the two gallon units are fine, although I prefer the three gallon size. The five gallon waterers are too heavy, and as already mentioned, their handles don't hold up the the weight of the water. Most of the year we have four waterers in use, although in...
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    Any idea what breed this dog is? (Image included)

    DNA testing is worth it, helps to see what his health and behaviors are likely to be, and it's interesting. Mary
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    Sick hen?

    Welcome! I'd guess illness of some sort. Did you isolate her for a couple of weeks before introducing her to your flock? At night with a flashlight look for lice or mites, and treat everyone if you find any on any of your birds. Is she eating and drinking? Do you have more than one feeder and...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Ours is next to the parking pad and garage, and it's a pain cleaning the leaves out of that area. Mary
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