Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

no horse bedding they get as bulk could be sawdust, told DH to ask as they are his friends. she has lots of water with vitamins, lots of food and cleans the bedding twice a day

 

[mindylee]

Hi Mindilee  I believe i bought a Cochin pullet from you a while back. She looks like she is about to lay. Real red comb and starting to sing. Pretty bird.

Pics?!?
I love to see my stock


I also have many more available currently.
Pairs
Trios
Roos
Sexed chicks
Extra girls with any purchase with a boy in it.

 

[SkinnyDragon23]

This probably isn't the best place to ask, but I thought I would anyway because responses are usually quicker

I have a beautiful mottled Ameraucana rooster who, as I was told, came from great lines. I have him with two pretty frizzled females, hoping that I'd get some colorful babies from them. So far, I have hatched 10 eggs from them and all of them are black with varying degrees of white leakage (one is a fully feathered juvenile, the rest are only a few days to a week old but look nearly identical).
Now, I don't understand the mottled gene, but it obviously seems dominant since one of the two hens is white with black markings on her wings and tail and the other one is red with silver markings on her wings and tail. Will the chicks remain black with white leakage when they are adults or will they gain mottled coloration as they mature and age? I can post pictures if they would help.

 

[Stacykins]

This probably isn't the best place to ask, but I thought I would anyway because responses are usually quicker

I have a beautiful mottled Ameraucana rooster who, as I was told, came from great lines. I have him with two pretty frizzled females, hoping that I'd get some colorful babies from them. So far, I have hatched 10 eggs from them and all of them are black with varying degrees of white leakage (one is a fully feathered juvenile, the rest are only a few days to a week old but look nearly identical).
Now, I don't understand the mottled gene, but it obviously seems dominant since one of the two hens is white with black markings on her wings and tail and the other one is red with silver markings on her wings and tail. Will the chicks remain black with white leakage when they are adults or will they gain mottled coloration as they mature and age? I can post pictures if they would help.

Mottled allele is recessive. Birds with a single copy of the the mottled allele often show mottled markings at first, but then will lose the white and become solid as they age.

Here are some pictures of an Araucana with a single copy of the trait. Started out quite mottled, then after an adult molt, solid black.

 

[chickswanted]

First egg. Yesterday morning. Very surprised as my girls are only 15.5 weeks old. Thought my kids were pulling a joke on me. Then I found another this evening. I think from a different chicken. They don't look the same. Different color and size.

Happy. Happy. Happy.

 

[iamfivewire]

congrats - the 1st egg is always exciting (all eggs everyday is exciting too, but the 1st is always extra-special)

 

[wannahomestead]

my ducks are staying outside for the first time since I got them. I'm a little nervous, but I'm sure they'll be fine.

We got a home built dog house for free off a local buy/sell site. after taking a closer look today I see why it was free. It's fairly rotted in a few spots. I've decided this thing will only be temporary until I build them something nicer in a couple weeks.

Tomorrows the big day; I start framing the chicken run. I got the lumber unloaded today. All the rain we've had caused it to mold a little bit so I'm going to sand it lightly. It will eventually be painted.

One of my easter eggers laid their first egg today , so I got 2 eggs. Hopefully the rest will follow soon. I hope 3 nest boxes will be enough for 7 ladies to share.

 

[OldMissionChick]

my ducks are staying outside for the first time since I got them. I'm a little nervous, but I'm sure they'll be fine.

We got a home built dog house for free off a local buy/sell site. after taking a closer look today I see why it was free. It's fairly rotted in a few spots. I've decided this thing will only be temporary until I build them something nicer in a couple weeks.

Tomorrows the big day; I start framing the chicken run. I got the lumber unloaded today. All the rain we've had caused it to mold a little bit so I'm going to sand it lightly. It will eventually be painted.

One of my easter eggers laid their first egg today , so I got 2 eggs. Hopefully the rest will follow soon. I hope 3 nest boxes will be enough for 7 ladies to share.

I was nervous the first night ours spent the night outside too. I think it was harder on me then them. Even more so when we had a bear in the yard destroying my bird feeders then only feet away from them when he wrecked havoc in the garage getting in the deer feed and ended up dragging a bag of wheat right past them and into the woods.
We have another 10 trees to take out and the area leveled so the framed coop can be moved out of the barn to start our run and their permanent residence.
Congrats on the new layer

 

[OldMissionChick]

Its a sad sad morning here. Cocoa, our dog, killed our favorite chicken as she was trying to lay an egg. She was the sweetest one of the flock and come running when called to sit on your lap and be petted. RIP RIR "MY CHICKEN " you will be missed

 

[CVAN732000]

Hey folks. Need some help.

One of my small girls is limping. I had cleaned her leg up before, but it's not working and this is above my knowledge of care.

Can any of you recommend a good poultry vet near Three Rivers / Kalamazoo? Need to get her in today if possible.

Thanks!