Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[kimmie6067]

Well my roo is gone we could not help him makes me sad.

 

[naglady]

Well my roo is gone we could not help him makes me sad.

So sorry

You all need to stop it with the naughty language! It's nearly MAY for goodness sakes!

That picture of the hen with the puppy is TOO CUTE for words! Oh my goodness!


After a lot of fretting and hovering and worrying, our first home-grown chick hatched today. It's a day early, so now I get to be super impatient until Friday waiting for the rest of them! Hopefully I don't have to wait that long. Hopefully we get a few more today, and the rest tomorrow.

 

[SillyChicken]

Well my roo is gone we could not help him makes me sad.

Sorry about your roo Kimmie...

 

[SillyChicken]

No TM I don't but will keep an eye out. I will get some pics tonight for ya Silly. I am a little nervous about the birthing process... Somehow I have always missed the horses birthing so I have never dealt with it... Owner said that she has always done it alone though so crossing my fingers.

Try this thread (sister site) http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=35 lots of info on what to look for when your goat will be close to birthing.

 

[naglady]

ok i just figured out that my 3 barred rock chicks i purchased from tsc that are getting close to a month old, are probably not what i thought they were, sign on bin showed barred rock.. i am guessing its jersey giant.. these 3 are all black, white down underside.. and black legs with yellow soles.. so i am kinda disappointed.. was really wanting the barred rock that is the only reason why i got 6 more chicks from them..
does anyone have jersey giants.what do you think of them..

well i am sure i will get used to the idea of not having barred rocks.. live and learn, i guess its meant to be..


does tsc carry french copper maran chicks because these look like those also.

 

[tmkuroda]

Driving to Grayling in a few mins for the weekend. My husband has a Turkey Permit.. I guess this will mean another year with a store bought turkey for Thanksgiving LOL! I can't wait for goat pics.. I truly love the critters. I used to have one 30 or so years ago and he was a lot of fun. I can't wait to have a few of my own. I will take pictures of my "yard" so you can all get ideas of where I should place my raised garden beds and Chicken coop. I will also take Pics of the other yard I want to have the goats in. My Husband, Father and I have accumulated 5-21/2 acre parcels over the years and all of the adjoin. We have 2 houses ( one for me the other for my Dad) and the other a trailer with an addition ( for my grown *** kids and they call it the "Party Palace") and a big pole barn.Only about 2 and a half acres are not wooded but you will see in the pictures if it does NOT snow.
TIna

 

[naglady]

Driving to Grayling in a few mins for the weekend. My husband has a Turkey Permit.. I guess this will mean another year with a store bought turkey for Thanksgiving LOL! I can't wait for goat pics.. I truly love the critters. I used to have one 30 or so years ago and he was a lot of fun. I can't wait to have a few of my own. I will take pictures of my "yard" so you can all get ideas of where I should place my raised garden beds and Chicken coop. I will also take Pics of the other yard I want to have the goats in. My Husband, Father and I have accumulated 5-21/2 acre parcels over the years and all of the adjoin. We have 2 houses ( one for me the other for my Dad) and the other a trailer with an addition ( for my grown *** kids and they call it the "Party Palace") and a big pole barn.Only about 2 and a half acres are not wooded but you will see in the pictures if it does NOT snow.
TIna

Good luck turkey hunting.. hope you get one.. i have a 28 lb turkey in oven right now.. bought it around thanksgiving time and cooked the smaller one then, so wanted to cook it b4 it freezerburns.. house smells so good..

 

[NovaAman]

We weren't going into a wholesale business and it is the larger operations that are in legal battles BUT it would be a cool way for us to supplement our chicken feed. We will propbably only have about 2-5 good birds a year for hackle so $100-$300 if we are lucky and I already have friends to buy them. Small scale means raising about 50 bids a year and culling roosters at 6 mos and hens about 8 mos. So I would only be raising maybe 20 birds year round? At least that's what I am shooting for LOL The roosters would be usless cant cook them, tougher then leather I hear but the hens will make semi nice meat birds.
Tina

Why cull, you would be having a wasted product then. You could pluck the bird.... You'd only be plucking the hackle area... Then you don't have to constantly replace the bird... Just a thought.
Sorry if anyone was/is offended by this. But if the rooster wouldn't be good for eating, then it is kinda a waste of bird to kill it just for the feathers when you could very well pluck it, blue kote it and wait for them to grow back in and be ready again in 6 months. Two months less waiting that regrowing the birds back out and waiting 8 months again before you have a new supply. Do 10 birds at at time in rotation, you'd have a constant supply. To protect the area from other birds and sun burn also after the plucking, you could raise the top feathers up out of the way, like you are going to mohawk the bird, so those hackles fall back into place, and wahla... no nekkid looking roosters.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

So sorry Kimmie.

I had a turkey trying to jump in front of my car yesterday! Crazy turkey!

 

[Jake Levi]

Hi Kimmie

What was wrong with your rooster?

I havent been on here for about a year now.

Who is going to the Alma show on May 4th?

Where in Alma is it held? I am planning on going.

Is there a special breed for Fly Tying hackles?

I had thought it was about all breeds that are used, but what do I know?

Jake