Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

Quote: It's hard to see the ugly red naked heads when they are soaring high, they do ride the thermals.
They are much bigger than hawks but it takes some practice to ID them....is for me anyway, sometimes the binocs are still necessary.
Vultures are much more likely to travel in groups than hawks(unless mating or raising young).

 

[aart]

Walked the woods trails and properly inspected all ~500 feet of fence line this afternoon for the first time in 4 years (several issues have kept me mostly on the couch).
Got some help coming Saturday to help clear the overgrowth, I am pumped to be back out and about in my woods!!
It was gorgeous out after the mornings rain cleared and the sun came back out!

 

[troyer]

Dang, you're chicken hawk central! I've never seen more than one hawk, eagle or owl at a time, fortunately. Tons of raccoons though, unfortunately!

Unfortunately you don't have anyone to hunt those buggers for you?

 

[JackieandChicks]

My husband's father's that I use

 

[birdman55]

OH BOY....100 quail eggs...18 ornamental pheasant eggs set, 24-30 show quality barred rock eggs....and 20 pheasant eggs from a different breeder...that is only the beginning....yepper....the only bird flu im going to have is the one located in my incubator....hahaha...might be teaming up with a bycer for a turkey coop...so this should be getting interesting....up to four hoop coops...not all built yet...but working on it...

 

[aart]

Warning for dog owners in the Thumb area.....saw this notice that someone's stealing dogs there.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/livestock-forums/guard-animals/537156-aware.html

 

[bigmrg74]

Warning for dog owners in the Thumb area.....saw this notice that someone's stealing dogs there.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/livestock-forums/guard-animals/537156-aware.html

stealing a man's dog should be a hanging offence!

 

[ToniTalley]

Sad thing is, many are stolen to be bait dogs in fighting rings

 

[birdman55]

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[CVAN732000]

I googled a Turkey Vulture today. It looks like they have big red heads? These guys didn't seem to have anything like that. They also rode the wind like hawks. Do vultures do the same thing? Maybe immature vultures don't have the red heads?

I took the ladies back out to the Hawk Blocker 9000

today after the rain stopped and the sun came out. They're just bummin' around now. Within 5 minutes of being back out two hawks (vultures?) were again circling us. I think the combination of heavy wind and Hawk Blocker 9000

made them depart rather quickly.

I gave the ladies/gents a cut up apple about an hour ago, and sprinkled some food out there for them to scratch around and pick at. I think I'll be moving their brooder to the garage this evening though, because the are DUSTY and it's settling all over my office.

Drywall project is over time and over budget (so it must be right on schedule.) The Mrs. had to go back to work today, and my normal week starts on a Tuesday, so I did what I could today to keep us moving along. It's mudding/sanding/mudding/sanding/cursing/mudding/sanding/etc right now. We have family staying here in about 2 weeks so we have to have the paint up and the room put back together before then. Once the drywall project is done operation Chicken Home can commence.

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather.

I'm sorry, but what's a Hawk Blocker 9000? I googled it, and can find nothing.