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Does anyone in central Michigan have ducklings? We received a baby that was found abandoned. I don't want to raise it by itself, I read they need companionship. We have chickens but never raised ducks. Any pointers would be appreciated.

I've got a house I'll sell you and you can raise all the chickens you want lol.

Up dating my chicken math... again. I wanted 6 rescued what was supposed to be 20 turned out to be 40, Found homes for 31 which took us to 9. Built a coup in 8 hours for $300.00 bought feed and supplies so my first dozen eggs actually cost around $500.00. Now you take my original six which is...

I live south of Lansing and so not heat my coop, the girls are all fat and happy. It is important to insulate the coop and have adequate ventilation. Heating your coop can actually lead to health problems. I have USA browns,barred rock and buff orpingtons. They all have been fine through the...

More chicken math. I only wanted 6 I ended up with 9, lost 2, added 4, have room for 3 more, this equals expanding coop.

Here are our new girls, what a riot these four are. They love jumping and running around like they are crazy.

Well it has been awhile since I posted here, I had rescued 9 chickens and swore I only wanted 6:lol:. Since then I lost two of them, learned a lot about caring for chickens, became a chicken proctologist:( , chicken dietician, comforter of the flock. I have had sick chickens living in my...

The link needed cleaned up try this https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697050/michigan-thread-all-are-welcome

Silly chicken the link to the Michigan forum didn't work, it may be broken. I would like to find the forum since the original forum isn't active.

I apologize if my post was incorrect. I stand clarified.

Rbahmer Nice looking chick. Congratulations on the hatching .

Quote: It's not the cold so much as the humidity. Even at moderate temps (30's) there is a possibility of frostbite when you factor in the humidity and the wind chill. All three conditions were present today so that is what I suspect was the causal factor, but I'm not 100% certain. The known...

Quote: I built my own coop, you can build them yourself for about 1/3 the cost of buying one. Mine is 7 x8 insulated, vinyl sided, and covered inside. I put in 6 layer boxes, and vinyl flooring and roost. Two of the three windows were built by me. It is mounted on 4- treated 4x4 so I can skid...

The first flock was pretty close to my wife and I, but they sure stuck together. I am sure their affection towards me was stomach based. Irene actually spent more time being close to us than the others but most of the time the three of them were together destroying the landscaping or hiding from...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/112692_img_20111202_124908.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/112692_img_20111203_170250.jpg This is the link to a pic of a couple of my girls. I thought they were New Hamshire Reds but they may be Buff Orps?? Any input would be...

We are about 30 miles south of Lansing , kind of between everywhere and close to nothing. I am sure I have pics of the girls somewhere I will try to get them up soon. They would mostly get around by hopping but if I came out with some goodies or called them they would do this low level high...

Chicken grandma I really don't know how they ended up with one leg each, I assume the guy next door had traps out and they stepped in them. All I know for sure is that one morning I was heading to work and they came waddling through 1 foot deep snow and made themselves at home in my bushes. They...

Thanks for all the welcomes we are glad to be here.

New to this thread, I didn't realize Michigan had it's own thread until today. It will be good to have people dealing with the same geographical challenges to talk with. The quick background is that several years ago my wife and I were adopted by 3 chickens , 2 of which only had 1 leg. They were...

Just a quick update The girls are up to 6 eggs a day. Now when they hear us coming out they all run to the gate to see what goodies we are bringing out. I would like to think they are glad to see us but since I have had children, parrots and dogs I know better. Thanks again to the people that...