Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Living the Simple Life]

Yikes! I just agreed to take 2 guineas. Don't know the sex. We have nothing ready for them...guess we will be busy the next couple of nights. Anyone have advise for new guinea owners? We would like to eventually have them free-range in our pasture to help with the ticks, etc. Would it be best to put them in a tractor and move it daily or should we just provide a shelter for them and leave them to their own devices? Please give your thoughts!

 

[cuppycake]

The Mlive chat is over. Overall, I thought it was quite the disappointment.

Tell me about it! Pretty much every answer was essentially "talk to someone else and then read our website"

At least I learned that I don't have the any "rights" until the government gives them to me.

 

[ladyrsanti]

I felt they were picking which questions to answer very carefully, avoiding what they didn't want to discuss.

 

[cuppycake]

I felt they were picking which questions to answer very carefully, avoiding what they didn't want to discuss.

of course they did. I loved how the moderator kept jumping in with her own questions, which were answered before addressing what the general public wanted to discuss. I've already posted the chat and the "rights" quote on both of my facebook pages. I urge you all to do the same and spread the word that the Ag director informed us we don't have the right to grow and raise our own food. As they say in the depths of the internet.... "Make her famous!"

 

[1muttsfan]

Simple Life, if you leave the guineas to their own devices they will leave immediately and probably never be seen again. You will have to confine them for a while until they get used to living there and consider it their home. They are notorious for vacating the premises if given the chance.

 

[ladyrsanti]

of course they did. I loved how the moderator kept jumping in with her own questions, which were answered before addressing what the general public wanted to discuss. I've already posted the chat and the "rights" quote on both of my facebook pages. I urge you all to do the same and spread the word that the Ag director informed us we don't have the right to grow and raise our own food. As they say in the depths of the internet.... "Make her famous!"

MTARDS! It's my new expletive.

 

[Scifisarah]

Doing some work on designing new smaller chicken tractors. The one we have now has been going for about 5 years and is just too big. I am hoping I will be able to move these myself. Continuing with the cottage theme and am thinking of light aqua, lavender or salmon with white roofs and trim. Not sure if I should use 2x4's for sturdiness or 2x2's to keep weight down. See any problems with my design? Oh and just ignore the materials list, that is for my husband to figure out.

 

[RaZ]

MTARDS! It's my new expletive.

That's it in a nutshell. Every answer that was provided by Director Clover Adams was a cut and paste from the MTARD website. There was no original thought or opinion expressed and many questions were simply ignored.
I printed the entire dialog for future reference.

Time to step up the letters, calls and e-mails.

 

[RaZ]

Not sure if I should use 2x4's for sturdiness or 2x2's to keep weight down. See any problems with my design? Oh and just ignore the materials list, that is for my husband to figure out.

Check your lumber yard (or big box store), sometimes they have 2x3's. Personally, I would have no problem using 2x2's. Or a combination of 2x4's for the corners, roof and 2x2's every place else. Consider pneumatic tires for easier movement. You can get cheap ones at Harbor Freight if you don't mind "Made in China" stuff.

 

[Living the Simple Life]

Simple Life, if you leave the guineas to their own devices they will leave immediately and probably never be seen again. You will have to confine them for a while until they get used to living there and consider it their home. They are notorious for vacating the premises if given the chance.

Yep, that's what I have read.