Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

Lucky here..only about a 1/16" of ice over night, snowed a bit last hour, 35 degrees. Most if it's north of me.
Everyone stay smart and safe.

 

[Opa]

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I really wish it were that simple, but with MRSA having a fatality rate of 24% and a high incidence of re-occurence it's just not worth the risk.

 

[uchytil]

@uchytil Can you bring your KC inside for Epsom Salt bath? Let her dry out proper before you put her back outside tho.
@Opa how long did drs tell you to avoid chores? Bless your family for helping out.
Everyone: Sorry for those without power. Mine has been flickering, but is on. I'm going to stay inside and try to get some more cookies baked today! Merry Christmas everybody.

My wife's doing that today as a matter of fact. I opened a container of epsom salt a few weeks ago for me so I know we have it. The KC was injured two days ago. She laid an egg last night in the temporary cage she's in. I hope she makes it. I was hoping to have some of here eggs hatched by a broody hen this spring (as long as I have a broody hen this spring, lol).

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by Peep-Chicken Awwww. Do you have a way to rig up a saddle for her? It will keep her a lil warmer until she grows some in. I am gonna be sewing some to keep my girls pretty through the winter if this ice would EVER let up here! I need to go to the craft store. My new roo is a doll with the girls, gentle and talks and hurrs deep and pretty like a silkie roo but he's not. Buuut, he unfortunately isn't very "experienced" yet. I saw him fall off the side of one hen, it was all i could do to keep from bursting out laughing and damaging his pride I don't want their feathers bent up though so saddles are a coming.

Quote:Originally Posted by uchytil Did you get some penicillin to give her shots with? Predators carry bacteria on those claws, birds can get "sepsis" (deadly bacterial blood poisoning) in 3 days from it! Penicillin is in the fridge of the horse stuff; keeps a long time in the home fridge too. I got links of how to give the shots, if you need. I use the diabetic needles from the pharmacy to administer.

Reading this makes me a little less mad that DH's cousin living next to the chickens let his dog dispatch a possom near my coop. I was a little disappointed, since i do like them but reading this reminded me of why sometimes i gotta like from a bigger distance. I can't tell possom from coon yet reading tracks, i had noticed some going to there.


As to chicks/ fertile eggs/ hens i do have a beautiful friendly bunch of feathered "cats" but mine have chronic respiratory disease, so i can't unless you are ok with that kind of thing. I figured if mine got it from wild birds no sense in trying to stop it, since mine do go out in the yard. Mine are in the ottowa/ muskegon cutoff, but i roam around in kent co too. Hens that could go are a barred rock, speckled sussex, and one blue ee. Still trying to make up my mind about one other gold and black ee.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Opa, i know you are under the care of a dr for the mrsa; could you perhaps add mangosteen to your daily meds without contradicting any other meds you are on?

Swanson vitamins has the best prices. Mangosteen is NOT the same as mango. It is being studied as an alternative to meds for resistant mrsa infections. It is a long shot but perhaps one worth trying? I used the "xango" juice against a mystery ailment the drs couldn't figure out that i'd had for 3 months, and it went right away! But at $40 for what looks like a wine bottle of juice........ swanson sells some pills for i think around $10- $15 a bottle, which will last 2-3 months. I'd not discontinue what the doc gave you though, just add a little boost? Or for the rest of the family as a little extra assurance?

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

@uchytil
@fuzzybutt love

The other thing they do over on The Duck Side is Neosporin *without* pain relief. (Those meds ending in -Caine are supposed to be bad for ducks). I've seen some wicked injuries heal, ducks amaze me with their toughness. Personally I have never used antibiotics, but Epsom Salt is the go-to healer here, for people & animals alike. Sounds like a really good sign on the egg. Uchytil, if you want lots of feedback for dealing with your duck, snap a pic and start a thread over on The Duck Side, many people with way more experience healing up ducks than me over there. I would add ACV + vitamins to water, plus extra protein (cat kibble) to support cell repair.

& Fuzzy, too bad we are not closer... I've got yards and yards and yards of fabric to use up, give away, or toss. Running out of room to store it.

 

[Opa]

FB thanks for the suggestion.

 

[RTFchickens]

I'm almost out of eggs!!! Only 5 left from my chickens. We have 12+ dozen up north but we aren't going up until Wednesday. I'm thinking about bringing a few hens back down here with me so I don't run out again. Anyone in Ottawa county selling eggs right now? I might have to buy some from the store... Yuck.

 

[taprock]

DH was called in again today, day 14 without a day off. Then I talked to him and he was sitting waiting for repair because the alternator went out in his plow truck. He's still not home. My son and I did head off to church today, only about 5 or so inches on the way in and about 8 on the way home and no tracks to follow half the way. It has finally slowed down and I should go shovel, but am making granola instead. I didn't even let the birds out today, with the direction the wind was blowing their coops would have been full of snow. Is it fair to be tired of winter now that we have had 2 official days of it?

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Ibrykowski- your jelapeno & chedder kielbasa sounds yummy.. our big meat grinder the 3/4 hp one from cabelas came the other day.. i pulled out some venison and bacon and we ground it up.. and the burgers were pretty tasty. plan on making some sausages.. do you do your own seasoning or do you buy it. i ordered a sausage seasoning for now.. plan on making some sausage in casing soon..

this is the spice mix we make, it's from Texas BBQ King- 2c pork stock, 4TB sea salt, 1TB paprika, 1TB blk pepper, 1TB onion powder, 6 garlic cloves, 1tsp coriander, 1tsp marjoram, 1tsp ground savory, 1tsp ground sage, 1tsp ground mustard, 1tsp ground thyme and 2tsp prague powder #1. We use that mixed into 10 lbs of whatever meat. There's a book called Great Sausage Recipes and meat Curing by: Rytek Kutas (4th edition) that has some delish recipes. Want to try salami and pastrami next if i find the time. Your burgers sound like they'll be delish.