Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[fuzzybutt love]

I am lucky with this set in that junior is a coward and blue is a bigger boy and can't run his fluffy butt very far

On the flip side like Opa said they can turn on a dime and if junior did he'd take blue in a heartbeat.

So watch very very closely at behaviors when ranging. Is your junior starting stuff with your big guy, going close to his ladies on purpose? Mounting hens in front of the head roo in an aggressive way? Is he starting to spook and give you the "one eye" when you get close? (That is when they are starting to think you might be competition with the ladies) Crow-a-thons are territory markers as well; that makes me wonder... some, yes but most of the day meens trouble brewing (and headache) if they stare through the fence and one does the wing-drop-kick that is "smack talk" to the other. Staring then aggressivly "eating" stuff on the ground close to the fence line (sometimes imaginary stuff) is an aggressive behavior to the other guy too. Standing tall and wing flapping can be eather a hello or kiss my ... depending on if the one doing it is in his territory or stepping on the imaginary line.

What is your boy's body language? Anything noticable?

 

[snowflake]

Only you chicken people will appreciate this - part of my flock in the horse bedding storage bin .

what a nice chicken mommy you are to provide such a LARGE dust bath

I love this! Does this only work with their own eggs or could someone get fertilized eggs and put one under a broody hen? I need only one more pullet, but I can't do the chick thing with just one, and I feel like the girls would be more accepting if they thought it was hers...

hens will sit on any eggs, and what ever hatches is THEIRS, which can be funny if you give them duck eggs
all hens are different as far as mothering skills some are done after a few weeks others keep on caring for their young for months

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Final count-16!!!! They are so adorable, but mom is not ready for me to go near them yet.

Just had to share this. We were discussing whether this one was gonna be a tom or hen and yesterday he showed us, lol!! The BBB is a hen, so we got 1 of each, not bad.

Been so busy with the new turkey's and ducklings, haven't got to taking updated pics of my chickens lately, I will have to get on that. Enjoy the beautiful weekend

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Final count-16!!!! They are so adorable, but mom is not ready for me to go near them yet.

Just had to share this. We were discussing whether this one was gonna be a tom or hen and yesterday he showed us, lol!! The BBB is a hen, so we got 1 of each, not bad.

Been so busy with the new turkey's and ducklings, haven't got to taking updated pics of my chickens lately, I will have to get on that. Enjoy the beautiful weekend

 

[preciouskitty]

@lbrykowski2011

Awww! They are SO cute! Congrats!

 

[Trefoil]

Is there any chance I can keep 2 roosters with 7 hens? I got an accidental rooster out of the pullet bin, and while I've been mentally preparing myself to send him to freezer camp, he's just such an engaging character, I really want to keep him. I thought to of splitting them into two groups, instead of putting them all in the large coop, but they would still have to free range together. What are the chances that the roosters would get along?

All you can do is try. Having a soft heart ( & head) I have more roosters than hens. At night I have a bachelor pad with 5 roosters, and all of my pens have at least 2 roosters. During the day they usually free range. They skirmish but seldom do any damage to each other. I had a instance last year where it looked like it was going to become serious. That rooster is jailed with a couple of mean guineas.

Final count-16!!!! They are so adorable, but mom is not ready for me to go near them yet.

Just had to share this. We were discussing whether this one was gonna be a tom or hen and yesterday he showed us, lol!! The BBB is a hen, so we got 1 of each, not bad.

Been so busy with the new turkey's and ducklings, haven't got to taking updated pics of my chickens lately, I will have to get on that. Enjoy the beautiful weekend

Adorable

 

[Farmer Pete]

Hey everybody,
Please help me thank our troops and give them the respect they deserve, and post your thank you on this thread - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/890552/thank-our-troops

 

[jlynnet]

I had a broody hatch one chick, but it died. We had given her 3 chicks last night that were 3 days old. Today we gave her the other 3. She's doing great so far. I love watching them climb all over her and then hide under her wings.

 

[Stacykins]

Alright, so I'm not using eBay as an outlet for duck hatching eggs anymore. I sold a set of six for 0.99 + shipping. And since I don't jack up shipping to make more money (I charge actual shipping), I will have actually lose money after eBay charges. eBay includes shipping now in their fees, plus there is the cost of packaging fees. I think I'd rather have put the eggs in the fridge to eat, but oh well.

Magpies are critically endangered. And I get an egg a day from each girl, so they are truly fabulous egg layers. So I want there to be more Magpies in the world. I'd just like to...make at least a couple bucks off of a sale.

 

[Spitzboyz]

Alright, so I'm not using eBay as an outlet for duck hatching eggs anymore. I sold a set of six for 0.99 + shipping. And since I don't jack up shipping to make more money (I charge actual shipping), I will have actually lose money after eBay charges. eBay includes shipping now in their fees, plus there is the cost of packaging fees. I think I'd rather have put the eggs in the fridge to eat, but oh well.

Magpies are critically endangered. And I get an egg a day from each girl, so they are truly fabulous egg layers. So I want there to be more Magpies in the world. I'd just like to...make at least a couple bucks off of a sale.

In Grant Mich and would love some magpies later this year!