Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[LisaLouHoo]

 

[thechickenflock]

Pretty much depends on the breed.

I would be selling 5 EEs, 2 Ancona, 3 (ish) Barnevelders , 2 Cuckoo Marans, 3 (ish) Welsummers, 4 Wyandottes (2 Silver and 2 Golden), and possibly more, they would be mostly pullets and I would be looking to sell them early to mid September. (They are all hatchery quality birds)

If anyone is interested let me know, also, I have no idea what to sell them for so help in that department is always welcome.

Thanks!

 

[jlynnet]

If anyone wants to ride with me and my boys to CS, let me know. I have room for at least one.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

My drakes are takers @jlynnet LOL

Here is what the Meijer brand white vinegar applied to my weeds did.

I say works just as well if not better than RoundUp. Lots cheaper & no harm to bees!!!

 

[LoveMyChicklets]

Here is what the Meijer brand white vinegar applied to my weeds did.

I say works just as well if not better than RoundUp. Lots cheaper & no harm to bees!!!

I wonder, can you use this in a vegetable garden without hurting the plants? I have a horrible time with weeds, ick!

 

[1muttsfan]

I believe the idea behind the vinegar is to kill the plants, so applied to your garden plants would likely work the same way. You may be able to just spray directly onto the weeds without harming your garden plants if you are careful with application.

I am going to try this on my patio, the weeds growing between the pavers drive me nuts.

 

[taprock]

Here is a little info for those of you who notice the raptors. I live about 7 miles south of where they do the watch.

Hawks migrating north through the Straits of Mackinac reached a record count this spring of 43,191 birds, including more than 800 eagles.
Since the 1960s, nature observers have realized that the Straits concentrates north-bound birds because the tapering shape of the lower peninsula funnels them to the narrowest place to cross the Great Lakes. In 2014, for the first time, their passage through Mackinaw City was tracked by a professional hawk counter, hired by the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch, a new organization devoted to research and public education about hawks and owls.
Its chair Ed Pike relays: “Between March 15 and June 4, Kevin Georg from Pennsylvania and local volunteer experts spent 481 hours tracking raptors. They identified sixteen species of raptors, including the first ever Ferruginous Hawk. This prairie species winters in California, Texas, and Mexico and breeds out west in brushy open country.” Pike added that while these hawks are rarely encountered in Michigan, one was identified along the south shore of Lake Superior a few days prior.
More Red-tailed Hawks, 9,702, were counted than any of the other 270 hawk sites in the country. However, many people were surprised that no black vultures appeared, since a few of these southern species were seen during both of the last two years. Additional years of counting will indicate patterns useful to conservation biologists concerned with habitat protection.
The final count by species was: Bald Eagle 649; Golden Eagle 164; Osprey 122; Northern Harrier 82; Sharp-shinned Hawk 1836; Cooper's Hawk 38; Northern Goshawk 5; Red-shouldered Hawk 58; Broad-winged Hawk 26709; Red-tailed Hawk 9702; Rough-legged Hawk 278; Ferruginous Hawk 1; Swainson's Hawk 3; American Kestrel 37; Merlin 26; Turkey Vulture 3467; unknown accipter 11; unknown buteo 3
The Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch (www.straitsraptorwatch.org) is now nearing the financial goal to conduct the 2014 fall owl migration survey and invites contributions for that effort. Owls will be surveyed on the north side of the Straits before they head south to wintering territories. Public viewing will be available for this study as well.

 

[Opa]

Tap thanks for posting the raptor count information. Truly remarkable numbers.

 

[RaZ]

I only go to meet chicks...not sure why my wife goes?

I started going to meet chicks too. I thought that this was a dating site. I had a typo that said Hatch dot com instead of the other one and was re-routed here.

Quote: So are you going to pull up the dead weeds?

 

[tntchix]

Yay no RoundUp !

Here is what the Meijer brand white vinegar applied to my weeds did.

I say works just as well if not better than RoundUp. Lots cheaper & no harm to bees!!!