Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[iamfivewire]

Beautiful roo gaitngirl - what kind is he ?

 

[Fancy Favie]

OMG! Chicken math will get you every time, lol! I looked at your page - your Faverolles are beautiful!

Thanks gaitngirl I Love My Faverolles

 

[gaitngirl]

Beautiful roo gaitngirl - what kind is he ?

Thank you! Cruiser is an Easter Egger. He came from a family that had to rehome him when a couple of the pullets they bought went through a sex change and started to crow. He was raised by their two little boys until he was almost 4 months old. He was very friendly and enjoyed being held in the beginning - until he discovered girls, lol. Now he only considers us lowly humans as servers of his food! He's good to the girls, though, and has never gone after anyone here (human, that is).
These are the first chicks I've had from my own flock. The girl that's taking them will keep me up-to-date with pictures of how they turn out, hopefully. I melt when it comes to hatchlings! These crawl right up in my hand when I check on them and promptly fall asleep. You can tell they are going to be extremely friendly, sociable birds. It's already going to be difficult to give these babies up but I wasn't quite prepared for chicks right now. I will be prepping for spring hatches, though!

 

[gaitngirl]

Thanks gaitngirl I Love My Faverolles

Your welcome. I have a 3 month old SF cockerel (that was sold to me as a day-old pullet, lol) who I hope will be as gorgeous as your rooster. I call him 'Boots' because of his heavy foot feathers. The actual pullet that came with him has very light leg feathering. But she has the cutest puffy cheek feathers/muffs. I wasn't planning on having any more roosters to challenge my Cruiser but Boots is too cute not to keep. Unfortunately, I have a Welsummer cockerel that I will probably be keeping, too. So I guess I'm building another coop and run, lol. Chicken math might as well shoot me in the head right now!!!! I'm a goner . . .

 

[yorkchick]

Over the years I had hens that have laid exceptionally large eggs and all have had double yolks.  The other day Hope cracked an egg that while it scaled "jumbo" it wasn't exceptional large and we had several as large or larger.  What made this egg unusual was the fact that it contained 3 yolks.  First time I have ever encountered an egg so blessed.

Anyone wanting Welsummer cockerels should contact me immediately.  I have several nice ones but more than I need.  Unless someone needs them I will be culling them by the end of the week.

 

Opa, are you planning on processing the cockerels yourself or will you take them to a facility? I am very interested in "learning by doing" if you are doing the processing and would allow some unskilled volunteer help. I had to cull a bird for the first time last week, and though I knew in theory how to do it, when it came down to it... it could have gone better. It had to be done, and done that day, for the bird's sake--but boy oh boy, did I wish I had seen someone with experience do it before I had to do it on my own. And I know I will have to do it in the future... so I need to be better prepared. Who else processes their own birds?

 

[Opa]

Yorkchick, The birds I'm going to cull soon are probably going to the nature center to be used as hawk food. In a few weeks I will be culling spent hens. I had planned on taking them to be processed but if you want to learn how to do it yourself I could process them myself so you can watch and then do some yourself.

 

[yorkchick]

Yorkchick, The birds I'm going to cull soon are probably going to the nature center to be used as hawk food.  In a few weeks I will be culling spent hens.  I had planned on taking them to be processed but if you want to learn how to do it yourself I could process them myself so you can watch and then do some yourself.

I would be very grateful to learn from you if it's not too much of an imposition, Opa. I hate to have you do it if you were planning on taking them in to be processed, though... Be honest about how much of a pain in the neck/time suck that would be for you. There is no real rush for me to learn this now--I just know sooner or later, I'll have to do it again and I need to do it with more skill than I had the first time... Or perhaps I just had the Rasputin of roosters. No, sadly, I fear it was my poor technique. :/

 

[Maah]

random off topic post; i have a juvenile rooster that has had bright green diarrhia for a couple months now; it's not spreading to the others. Not from the heat, from before? I am thinking from not eating, he is at the bottom of the bottom of the pecking order. I've been feeding him special, so here's hoping......... any other ideas? They've all been wormed too.

I'm bookmarking this site because it has so much detail! Have to read tomorrow after i get some zzz's.
http://www.avianweb.com/poopology.html

Fuzzy, check this page as well. http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0 How is your rooster acting otherwise? I hope he gets feeling better.

 

[preciouskitty]

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Our EE roos could be "triplets"!!!

Blackie on left, Bigboy on right (& Maia with her boys!)

 

[RaZ]

--I just know sooner or later, I'll have to do it again and I need to do it with more skill than I had the first time... Or perhaps I just had the Rasputin of roosters. No, sadly, I fear it was my poor technique.

That made me laugh.