Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Fancy Favie]

what do you all think these are 2 of the girls i'm taking to FowlFest???





Aren't they Gorgeous?

 

[chickflick]

They sure are!!! Love those sweet faces!

 

[Fancy Favie]

They sure are!!! Love those sweet faces!

 

[snowflake]

Okay. I just wanted to share a story with you all. As many of you know, I had a fiasco with some raccoons. I had basically given up hope and was at my wits end, but was surprised yesterday and this morning with some beautiful chicks. Here is the part that really warmed my heart. When I got my Crested Cream Legbar eggs, one had a very strange air sac. In fact, it looked like this picture:



congrats, How cool is that, hope you post some pics later

Fuzzy, just gradually continue to increase the feed over about 10-14 days until you have him at normal rations. The supplement sounds like a good idea, and if it is just an ounce you can probably start adding that right away without any concerns.

I commiserate with all those with flooding. I will trade you the snow.

No thanks Water is a pain but snow this time of yr is depressing!!!!

How long to keep hens and rooster separate from old roo to insure they are all from 1 roo, 10 days? I separated my Basque and 6 hens about a week ago, hoping some one goes broody in about 15 days so I can have her sen some Basque and Basque mix.

A dog like that needs to be called Spi
ke! lol! Very thoughtful of your DH Hillbilly!
I wanted to share a gift I received from a friend yesterday. Can't get more authentic than this. His name is Red Bird.
He smudged it, and then explained what all the items meant....
Stay dry!

very cool I love dream catchers, my son has 2 in his room even takes them camping with us

The boys woke up just in time to watch the first chick emerge from its shell, they were so excited! Two more are pipped and rocking. I have to go to work from 11-3 and so don't want to, would much rather stay here and watch these cuties hatch.

love your little incubator( and the chicks of course, ) seems like it worked well

beautiful birds

 

[Lisa and girls]

Okay. I just wanted to share a story with you all. As many of you know, I had a fiasco with some raccoons. I had basically given up hope and was at my wits end, but was surprised yesterday and this morning with some beautiful chicks. Here is the part that really warmed my heart. When I got my Crested Cream Legbar eggs, one had a very strange air sac. In fact, it looked like this picture: The air sac was on the side of the egg instead of the top. I set the egg and figured it was hopeless. I left it alone, though, with the rare chance that it would make it. When I candled the eggs right before lockdown, the air sac was still on the side of the egg. There were 9 CCL eggs total. When I woke up, there were 7 CCL chicks in the hatcher and 1 egg pipped. That last crazy air cell egg wasn't pipped yet and I figured it was useless to even hope for anything. Well, about 15 minutes ago, a small pip formed in the egg and literally a few seconds ago, a perfectly beautiful little chick emerged. In fact, it was so eager to get out that it even beat the other egg that was already pipped in getting out! That one is still trying to figure out how to get out of the egg. I love how God steps in and gives us some hope even in the darkest times.

I am so happy for you that things are going better! I was sad to hear about all the raccoon attacks. Wish there was something I could do to help. But new baby chicks make things better!

 

[Lisa and girls]

[COLOR=800080]what do you all think these are 2 of the girls i'm taking to FowlFest???[/COLOR]

[COLOR=800080] [/COLOR] [COLOR=800080] [/COLOR] [COLOR=800080]Aren't they Gorgeous?[/COLOR]

Yes!!! They are!!!!

 

[gladahmae]

No thanks Water is a pain but snow this time of yr is depressing!!!!

How long to keep hens and rooster separate from old roo to insure they are all from 1 roo, 10 days? I separated my Basque and 6 hens about a week ago, hoping some one goes broody in about 15 days so I can have her sen some Basque and Basque mix.

I've read on here that you should wait 2 weeks to ensure the desired paternity. For whatever that's worth.....

 

[RaZ]

Standing up for one's rights can have myriad consequences.

Last week I was found guilty of criminal chicken keeping. I now have to report to Probation for a pre-sentence recommendation before the actual sentencing.

Now today, I received two (2) notice to appear tickets for additional charges. Add in another pending case and I have five separate cases in Garden City.

Who painted that big target on my back?

I hope they don't find out that I removed the mattress tag.

 

[tdhenson86]

I'm glad the story about my strange egg brought some joy to others. It was such a pleasant surprise to see her pop out of that egg so quickly when I fully expected her to be stuck in there or not make it.

100% hatch on 9 CCL eggs!!!

By they way, I do have to give credit to Herducks (a fellow Michigander) who actually hand delivered these eggs to me from someone in Indiana when she went on her trip to Virginia. Without her, I'm sure the results would have been different.

 

[Scifisarah]

Woohoo! My first eggs of the year are in the incubator: 15 bantam mottled cochins from Amy at West Knoll and 16 of my own. Very doubtful any of mine will be fertile, but if they are I hope they are pure cochin and that Macchiato the little serama roo hasn't been defying physics and fertilizing my cochin hens.