Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[RaZ]

Short coffee break from wood pile...
I moved the fence to allow the hens into the hosta garden. They are busy turning the leaves for tasty worms and bugs and I'm getting the bed mulched and fertilized in the bargain.

Can chickens overeat? I can see the crop get bigger with each worm they gobble down.

 

[ladyrsanti]

have you set any traps out for these coons.. i would do that also while your figuring out good security for you chickens.. a cooked or raw piece of chicken in the trap works good.

And don't forget marshmallows. I had barn cats eating the bait and setting off the trap so the marshmallows were the ticket.

Just my two cents.

 

[NovaAman]

there has been on very nice benefit to all the rain we've had here... When the puddles clear up, in its wake there are left over worms... My birds have been NUTS over those worms. Some have even dunked their faces to get some of those worms out of the puddles. AND I am not talking little puddles. I am talking ankle deep puddles. Sure does cut the feed. Love spring through fall. So much less feed.

 

[NovaAman]

And strawberry jam.

 

[Wrightsx4]

My chickens run for the pond/swamp as soon as the gate opens - they'll dig in it up to their bellies all afternoon if I let them. The other day one of them caught a salamander in the muck and was running with it while the other 11 hens chased her - the roosters just watched and squawked. She swallowed it in one gulp after beating on the ground for a while. So entertaining.
Theron - a small bowl of water logged dry catfood in the trap works really well!

 

[mikewoods]

Here is a photo of our "watch" dog checking out the newest members of the family...

 

[theron]

My chickens run for the pond/swamp as soon as the gate opens - they'll dig in it up to their bellies all afternoon if I let them. The other day one of them caught a salamander in the muck and was running with it while the other 11 hens chased her - the roosters just watched and squawked. She swallowed it in one gulp after beating on the ground for a while. So entertaining.
Theron - a small bowl of water logged dry catfood in the trap works really well!

Um.. I don't think this was meant for me. I think it was for tdhenson?

 

[Wrightsx4]

oops! You're right - that was meant for tdhenson - sorry!

 

[jrsckn]

If anyone has a facebook account, the Michigan State University Avian Science Club would appreciate your support. They are competing for a $7500 grant from Zoetis (Pfizer) to help promote the poultry industry through the Reach Teach Learn campaign. Please show your support for a local university! You can vote once every 24 hours and 40% of the decision on who wins comes from the total number of votes.

https://www.facebook.com/reachteachlearn/app_162850930432266

Thanks!!!

 

[ladyrsanti]

So here's my gang of roos that I hatched, 3 out of 7, not too bad. They're about 5 weeks old and have been handled. Anybody interested? BO/EE cross. Shoot me a PM.


From top to bottom #1, 2 and 3


#1 big muffs - beautiful boy


#2 Timid guy - no muffs


#3 little muffs