I spent my Spring break in Michigan with my Mom. My Dad died January 11th and Mom broke her leg on New Year's Eve. Dad was 94 and Mom is 87.
It has bee a rough 6 months for Joe and I. Besides losing my Dad, Joe's uncle died in September, and his father in November. I lost an Uncle in...
Muesky heard from him recently. He had been in the hospital with a serious infection he got from a cut on his hand. He is better now. I don't know about his Cornish stock.
Muesky knows how to reach him.
My boy is huge too. He is usually a sweetheart but lately he gets upset when I enter their pen and tries to flog me. If I grab him he sits calmly in my arm so I hold him and feed take care of other chores with the other. It make egg gathering a bit tricky. This rooster did it last year too for...
@mjgigax This Chocolate Cuckoo has her 6 chicks on the floor now. She is a great mother puffing up to protect them. She constantly talks to them.
I glad the Orpington girl is doing so well. Are her chicks mixed? I forgot if the male youhatched is a cockoo or solid. I have noticed that...
Yes, I'm lucky this time. I could watch them all day. The girls kept the babies warm overnight Friday when we had the freeze. The chicks were tucked way, way up under the "mama's" wings and she was tucked in the corned of the coop right next to the Broody girl. The NN chick hatched the next morning.
Found s newly hatched Blue Paint NN Silkie chick under my broody girl this morning
My Silkie sisters are good at this. One is now caring for the babies as the other continues to sit.
Anyone in Illinois, Indiana, NW Ohio or Southern Michigan have Chocolate, Mauve or B/B/S birds, chicks and/or eggs available the middle of next month? I will be traveling that way then.
Hello, I am from Blissfield, Michigan but live in Oklahoma now. I will be visiting home next month and will be traveling thru Ohio. I am always looking for birds for my breeding flocks. I have Orpingtons; Chocolate, Mauve, Chocolate Cuckoo and Mauve Cuckoo. Silkies; Paint and B/B/S, and olive...
Hello Michiganders, I am from Blissfield but live in Oklahoma now. I will be visiting home next month and am always looking for birds for my breeding flocks. I have Orpingtons; Chocolate, Mauve, Chocolate Cuckoo and Mauve Cuckoo. Silkies; Paint and B/B/S, and olive eggers that are Marans and...