Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Mish]

[COLOR=000080]There are specific rules for releasing into the wild.  The DNR and Fish and Game are pretty serious about that kind of thing. Most people are not allowed to do it.  Even licensed re-habbers have to jump through a lot of hoops.[/COLOR]

Yes, paperwork will be taken care of. Part of the plan

 

[RaZ]

Yes, paperwork will be taken care of. Part of the plan

Well there ya go. I'm all for helping the natural world and good sound stewardship of our natural resources. Kudos.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi TC, sorry to hear you had to have more surgery, but glad you are getting along OK. Hope the WA thread restarts, it was a real pain when the old Michigan thread crashed and burned.

 

[Trefoil]

Mish my nephew raised & released pheasants one year/ It was through the DNR

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!

You don't want to put them in a tractor- They prefer to roost high and they won't get a sense of "home" in a tractor. You will need to keep them contained for a month or two and clip their wing when you first let them out so its easier to round them up at night. If you don't protect them at night you'll lose them. For a lot of information try the guinea fowl forum http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/forum/index.php?mode=index
at the top of the page hit the "articles" tab. It talks about keeping them home.

 

[RaZ]

I wrote out my story of how I became a chicken outlaw. I tried to be objective but I'm not sure that I was successful.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/convicted-criminal-chickenkeeper

 

[RaZ]

Chickenstock food thread has been updated:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/michigan-chickenstock-potluck-food-update

 

[taprock]

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!

Like 1mutts said they will run off if you just let them out straight away. Keep them penned a few weeks before trying to let them out. Mine free range all day and are the last in at night, some nights I have to herd them in because they don't want to go in. If you really want them to get rid of the bugs free range is the way to go. It does make a huge difference. Also they are going to be really noisy at first until they are used to the daily happenings at your place. Once they learn what is safe and normal they aren't as loud; it takes a few months. Ours are 2 and 3 years old so now if we hear them we go look because we know something isn't normal.

Hi Michiganders ! Long time no chat.

RaZ, this is some serious stuff you have going on. how can a government get so stupid

I've had another surgery, this time an "anterior cervical discectomy and fusion". I'm still wearing the neck brace but should be out of it in a few more weeks.

My DH has this surgery to look forward to in two weeks.

My new birds arrived last night with no problems. They seem all settled already and are very calm. Maybe some pictures later.

 

[1muttsfan]

Raz they are certainly out to get you. What a bunch of ****'s. For your own sake, and for protecting your name and record, I hope you plan an appeal - they should understand that their own Immoral actions will force you to expose their incorrect and possibly illegal transfer of your charges to criminal, as well as their insular, utter stupidity.

 

[Farmerboy16]

I wrote out my story of how I became a chicken outlaw.  I tried to be objective but I'm not sure that I was successful.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/convicted-criminal-chickenkeeper

Thanks RaZ. Posted that on Facebook.

 

[snowflake]

TC sorry you are still having health issues, hope your surgerys are successful and you will soon be back to HEALTHY. nice to hear from you

simple life, how old are your guineas? we had some chicks raised with chicken chicks and they stayed together and came back to the coop with their "brother and sister"chickens.


saw a pigeon in Meijers parking lot this AM very pretty was banded so I think it was a homing pigeon I had to drive around it, when I got out it was still sitting there, tried to catch it, it walked around for a while then flew off to the west, I hope it finds it's way, feard it would get run over in the parking lot. not to inclined to fly from the cars