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Hi Bobbie Jo, welcome to the Michigan thread :frow

I was driving up my driveway one day when an eagle swooped directly in front of my car, scaring the bejesus out of both of us. This close to the Big Waters we often see eagles. One day I was driving north to Sault Ste. Marie and I saw a huge bird. I decided it was a juvenile bald eagle, but...

I've never seen a black headed vulture in Michigan, but see them often wintertimes in Florida. They are pretty easy to tell apart. Your neighbor might not be the best at bird ID. And turkey vultures may possibly go after very young birds that were isolated, but are not a risk to healthy adults...

I see Ingham county is on the list of detected. That's where chicken stock is.

These little guys are so cute when they grow up too. My second favorite bantams were my lavender Ameraucanas. They were such beautiful birds. I gave Raz two of my pullets and they were some of his favorites as well. I've looked for them for years now and not found any who has them.

Bantam speckled Sussex.

Cuteness overload

Well I got quite a bit done yesterday, as the rain did not set in until during the night (raining ever since). Pulled the snowblower and attached the brush hog/mower to the tractor. I had several stands of mustard that I wanted to cut down before it went to seed. While turning an old hay pile...

If it is the same farm worker I read about they have conjunctivitis (pinkeye) caused by the virus, but not systemic infection.

I've used those Victor traps successfully as well. I hose them out really good every time, as poop and pee can make them sticky inside and malfunction. I usually use sunflower seed or peanuts

Dreamz, it's not a very good idea to use mouse baits around your chickens. Baits make the mice sick before they die, and the chickens can more easily catch them and eat them. Birds can get exposed to poison that way. That is how many owls are killed, by catching and eating rodents that are sick...

The skies last night. We missed Friday's Big show due to cloud cover.

Hi hickory hills, welcome to the Michigan thread :) Troyer, that looks awful. I'm glad to hear everybody is okay. How about their critters?

Cute pond!

I'm not sure you can kill oregano. It spread out of my garden a few years back and now most of the lawn in that area consists of Oregano - it makes a great lawn, mows well, soft underfoot, and drought tolerant.

Yes, I think you're supposed to wait until the second growing season before you harvest. And then you shouldn't harvest all of the stalks.

Yes they don't all pop up at the same time

"All exhibitions or expositions of poultry are prohibited until such time that there are no new cases of HPAI in domestic poultry in the State of Michigan for at least 30 consecutive days" So, no gatherings of poultry from different sources. It does not prohibit private sales or movement of...

Here is a link to an MDARD page which lists multiple HPAI website links: https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/animals/diseases/avian/avian-influenza?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#current-status And a quote from this page: "Please Note: HPAI is NOT evidenced by one dead bird...

Hi Yorkchick, Nice to see you back. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Love your little minis. If you are thinking about getting birds, I'm not sure if you read he post a few previous from this one about someone with pullets that need a home