Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Lisa and girls]

Getting lots done today with this amazing weather were having! Do you all think its safe to put my 3 month olds in with the adults to start free ranging? Or should I give it another month? 2 giants and 2 blrws in with 1 isa and 2 brs. Very close to being same size just wondering more about if they are mature enough yet?

 

[SillyChicken]

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to the new folks.

I would keep the roos till I decide which I liked best.........then you could bring them to chicken stock and rehome/sell them!

Whats with the flowery wall paper........yall seeing this? Making me revert back to the 60's or was that the 70s..... can't remember!

Lady......... love your fibers... do you make them from the fleece from your jacobs?

 

[snowflake]

Today is the first day of the turkey season and hopefully at least one of the toms who spent the winter enjoying my hospitality (and corn) will stop by to say hello.


Laura, while Tucker is an excellent name for a dog, I think Cat would be a much better choice. Imagine the look on people's faces as you call your pet, "here Kitty, Kitty" and a dog shows up.

Hi everyone! I'm

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full



Naked sheep


My grow-out pen in the barn "garage" that used to be the original barn. I haven't encroached into the lawn mower space yet so it's all good. Most all the wood is from a large



love your goats, wool and chickens brooder looks nice

Getting lots done today with this amazing weather were having! Do you all think its safe to put my 3 month olds in with the adults to start free ranging? Or should I give it another month? 2 giants and 2 blrws in with 1 isa and 2 brs. Very close to being same size just wondering more about if they are mature enough yet?

I would not think free ranging them together would be a problem at all, it is a good way for them to meet and greet and lots of room to get away if they need to

 

[Lisa and girls]

Two of my little ones enjoying their first outdoor time.

 

[Lisa and girls]

Two of my little ones enjoying their first outdoor time.

 

[ladyrsanti]

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to the new folks.

I would keep the roos till I decide which I liked best.........then you could bring them to chicken stock and rehome/sell them!

Whats with the flowery wall paper........yall seeing this? Making me revert back to the 60's or was that the 70s..... can't remember!

Lady......... love your fibers... do you make them from the fleece from your jacobs?

I'm not seeing anything flowery.

This is the first time they have been shorn; they're just a year old now. I will certainly spin their wool and my husband gets the first request, a stocking hat made out of Tartan's wool (the wether). Whatever I can't spin, I will probably sell either raw or washed.

Two of my little ones enjoying their first outdoor time.

Is there a chicken in there? It looks like a cotton ball!

Oh yeah and I meant to say welcome to all the newcomers so... welcome!

MOSQUITOES are out! UGH! I sectioned off that run I was talking about but was getting swarmed. Don't think I got bit but they're out there and with the flooding... they're gonna be bad this year.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Welcome to all the new members!

I am enjoying seeing all the wonderful pics...emus, chicks, sheep etc....

Today is the first day of the turkey season and hopefully at least one of the toms who spent the winter enjoying my hospitality (and corn) will stop by to say hello.

One thing people must accept if they are going to raise chickens is that some are going to die. No matter how carefully we are illness and injuries are bound to happen. Rather than feeling bad about a bird's death look upon it as a learning experience that makes you better at animal husbandry.

Laura, while Tucker is an excellent name for a dog, I think Cat would be a much better choice. Imagine the look on people's faces as you call your pet, "here Kitty, Kitty" and a dog shows up.

As I write this my old JRT lies in the floor not far from my feet. She is getting thin, her brown markings are almost faded out, her hearing is shot, and her eyes are clouded. She has difficulty judging distances which often results in her hitting walls or the edge of steps. Negotiating stairs quite often ends with her falling back down them and it is heartbreaking to see. Yet she doesn't appear to be in any pain and still runs around like she did as a puppy. The only difference is that those spurts of energy are short lived and require a nap afterwards. Come to think of it that is not unlike me.

Opa, I heard a couple of Toms out behind our house yesterday. I am sure they will be hard to find when Bryan and his Dad go hunting.
How old is your JRT?

Tucker is a great name.

Hope you all enjoy the day!

Thanks! The sun is shining today so it is wonderful. Tucker had fun running around with the big dogs and is now sleeping as he is tuckered out.

 

[NovaAman]

Lady, they must be so much more comfortable!

4 roosters to 31 hens is not too much for the hens, but they may as they get older have issues with each other. Sometimes when roosters are raised together they get along just fine even as adults.

Yup. It isn't too bad. 8 about per roo. I'd be preparred to separate into pens if you plan to keep them all. I would keep the best personality. Ya also may not be able to tell the best personality until after the raging hormone stage.

This year is the first time I had to have pens. Usually, the boys all pretty much got on well. Not this year. SO, lucky for me, I had the room and the ability to separate. You may also need pens if you plan to breed pure eggs.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Pure breed eggs = Quite the challenge here. We'll see what Wednesday's expected hatch brings

So I just saw this : http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1324285#bmb=1

What does everybody think of the bird flu stuff???

 

[Lisa and girls]

Pure breed eggs = Quite the challenge here. We'll see what Wednesday's expected hatch brings

So I just saw this : http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1324285#bmb=1

What does everybody think of the bird flu stuff???

That's so sad!!! In my very humble opinion in not 100% sure that all these different flus and flu shots that follow our in our best interest. The only time I have ever gotten really sick was before I started doing natural remedies. The only time I have ever gotten a flu shot and it compromised my immune system just enough to let in a much nastier strain that year. Nearly took me out. 103 temps. So I wash my hands a LOT try and eat healthy and take vit C D3 and silver hydrosol. I haven't been sick ever since. So is it a campaign to get us all scared and run to the pharmacy or legit? Don't know. But as long as my immune system is in good shape, I'm not going to sweat it. Feel sorry for those lil duckies though . Exiting soapbox now...