Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[OldMissionChick]

I have some ducks laying eggs for hatching or I have some in the incubator due to hatch Memorial Day weekend. I am in Gaylord.

yeah Labor Day lol I always get them backwards even though I know "m"emorial is in "m"ay.

 

[troyer]

I am announcing our plans for moving to Michigan to be close to our parents (we are currently living in Pennsylvania). I was born and raised in Michigan and am happy to be coming back to "hopefully" stay for the rest of my life. I hope to meet all of you someday somewhere. Plans for moving are in December and will be just north of Sturgis about 15 miles or so, close to the small town of Centreville.
A rose for your enjoyment.

 

[Amanda39]

So, I originally posted that I'm looking for a home for my 2 female geese, unfortunately, no one wants them. So, I'm looking now for someone to build me a professional predator proof house for them, or adopt them for free. Can someone please help me? I"m desperate. I don't know what else to do. Tonight they are in the garage, my 90 degree stuffy garage panting because if I leave the garage door or a window in the garage open, they will get eaten by raccoons. PLEASE, I have about 2K I can spend on an outdoor enclosure that is completely predator proof.

I happen to live only 5 houses away from a guy that owns Critter control, which means all the raccoons and skunks and weasels and ground hog that he catches are released practically in my back yard.

Can someone please help me? I'm desperate! my e mail is [email protected]. We love our 2 girls, and ultimately would like them to live with other geese. But, as we have searched and searched, no one wants them as pets. Please help us!

I don't want them to go to a farm to be slaughtered. I'm not looking for a home in which they just sit outside all year long in a mud filled pen. I'm looking for For a forever home with a night penned area during the day and a predator proof housing at night.

They are friendly and sweet and know their names.

 

[chickflick]

Troyer!!! Great group here! I assume you will have chickens when you move here. We do get together for an awesome picnic every year in the Lansing area. It's always the 3rd Sat in June! You can meet so many crazy chicken people! lol

Anyone want a nipple waterer? Bucket type. Flint area now, soon to be Lansing area. Let me know. My chickens never got the hang of it.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hey Troyer, welcome back to Michigan

 

[Folly's place]

Troyer, beautiful rose, and welcome back. Mary

 

[PartAndParsel]

Hello there!

I found this thread to look for anyone local as a sort of "Chicken Mentor" (Hen-tor?) but there are 3,411 pages of posts... lol... so I just recently moved to Michigan in May with my husband. We opened a BBQ food truck and have a lot of acreage and I'm thinking about chickens in the next 1-2 years. We have a strange living situation where we have a 12 month lease with the option to buy at the end, and if we don't buy it we aren't sure if we will be allowed to renew for another year or not, so I am not making ANY chicken plans until we make those bigger decisions. Moving with 2 dogs and a cat is hard enough, I can't imagine moving a bunch of outdoor birds, too!

So we live in the middle of Antrim County, in Central Lake Township close to Torch Lake. There is a house up the road with a BUNCH of free roaming chickens, but I haven't met the neighbors yet and don't want to just knock on their door like a Jehova's Witness asking "Do you have a minute to talk about our lord and saviour poultry christ?" I want to start with eggs, beause I eat two a day and I make a LOT of pies to sell on the truck. Eventually I would love to look into meat chickens, meat rabbits, and meat quails, but I'm not nearly at that point yet. We aren't doing poultry on the truck yet, and the rabbit and quail would be for the animals and the future brick and mortar restaurant a few years down the road. I'm looking at breeds and just wondering where you all get chicks locally.

Anyway sorry I'm blathering, thank you for reading! ^_^

 

[aart]

Hello there!

I found this thread to look for anyone local as a sort of "Chicken Mentor" (Hen-tor?) but there are 3,411 pages of posts... lol... so I just recently moved to Michigan in May with my husband. We opened a BBQ food truck and have a lot of acreage and I'm thinking about chickens in the next 1-2 years. We have a strange living situation where we have a 12 month lease with the option to buy at the end, and if we don't buy it we aren't sure if we will be allowed to renew for another year or not, so I am not making ANY chicken plans until we make those bigger decisions. Moving with 2 dogs and a cat is hard enough, I can't imagine moving a bunch of outdoor birds, too!

So we live in the middle of Antrim County, in Central Lake Township close to Torch Lake. There is a house up the road with a BUNCH of free roaming chickens, but I haven't met the neighbors yet and don't want to just knock on their door like a Jehova's Witness asking "Do you have a minute to talk about our lord and saviour poultry christ?" I want to start with eggs, beause I eat two a day and I make a LOT of pies to sell on the truck. Eventually I would love to look into meat chickens, meat rabbits, and meat quails, but I'm not nearly at that point yet. We aren't doing poultry on the truck yet, and the rabbit and quail would be for the animals and the future brick and mortar restaurant a few years down the road. I'm looking at breeds and just wondering where you all get chicks locally.

Anyway sorry I'm blathering, thank you for reading! ^_^

Welcome!
Love your sense of humor and word play...gave me huge grins, thanks
Good idea to wait a year.....you'll probably have met the neighbors or others by then too.

 

[Wynette]

Hope Howard heals up fast. Can I ask where you found an avian vet? I can't find one.

Wondering how Howard is doing by now? Another vet who specializes in Avian clients is Dr. Buck in Frankenmuth (just fo the record): http://www.frankenmuthbirchrunvet.com/

I am looking for a duck or a couple of duck eggs. My brothers duck died I I would like to get him a new duck.

I have a friend (Nancy) who breeds Ancona ducks in all colors; she's got lovely stock, and may have some juveniles or adults that up for adoption: http://www.patolocosales.com/index.php/duck-pond/

I am announcing our plans for moving to Michigan to be close to our parents (we are currently living in Pennsylvania). I was born and raised in Michigan and am happy to be coming back to "hopefully" stay for the rest of my life. I hope to meet all of you someday somewhere. Plans for moving are in December and will be just north of Sturgis about 15 miles or so, close to the small town of Centreville.
A rose for your enjoyment.

WELCOME, troyer! So glad you found the Michigan thread.

Hello there!

I found this thread to look for anyone local as a sort of "Chicken Mentor" (Hen-tor?) but there are 3,411 pages of posts... lol... so I just recently moved to Michigan in May with my husband. We opened a BBQ food truck and have a lot of acreage and I'm thinking about chickens in the next 1-2 years. We have a strange living situation where we have a 12 month lease with the option to buy at the end, and if we don't buy it we aren't sure if we will be allowed to renew for another year or not, so I am not making ANY chicken plans until we make those bigger decisions. Moving with 2 dogs and a cat is hard enough, I can't imagine moving a bunch of outdoor birds, too!

So we live in the middle of Antrim County, in Central Lake Township close to Torch Lake. There is a house up the road with a BUNCH of free roaming chickens, but I haven't met the neighbors yet and don't want to just knock on their door like a Jehova's Witness asking "Do you have a minute to talk about our lord and saviour poultry christ?" I want to start with eggs, beause I eat two a day and I make a LOT of pies to sell on the truck. Eventually I would love to look into meat chickens, meat rabbits, and meat quails, but I'm not nearly at that point yet. We aren't doing poultry on the truck yet, and the rabbit and quail would be for the animals and the future brick and mortar restaurant a few years down the road. I'm looking at breeds and just wondering where you all get chicks locally.

Anyway sorry I'm blathering, thank you for reading! ^_^

Fantastic that you're being smart about getting into poultry & checking around for information first...by the time y'all have decided whether you'll stay in this location, you'll be SO ready for birds!!!

 

[Wynette]

So, I originally posted that I'm looking for a home for my 2 female geese, unfortunately, no one wants them. So, I'm looking now for someone to build me a professional predator proof house for them, or adopt them for free. Can someone please help me? I"m desperate. I don't know what else to do. Tonight they are in the garage, my 90 degree stuffy garage panting because if I leave the garage door or a window in the garage open, they will get eaten by raccoons. PLEASE, I have about 2K I can spend on an outdoor enclosure that is completely predator proof.

I happen to live only 5 houses away from a guy that owns Critter control, which means all the raccoons and skunks and weasels and ground hog that he catches are released practically in my back yard.

Can someone please help me? I'm desperate! my e mail is [email protected]. We love our 2 girls, and ultimately would like them to live with other geese. But, as we have searched and searched, no one wants them as pets. Please help us!

I don't want them to go to a farm to be slaughtered. I'm not looking for a home in which they just sit outside all year long in a mud filled pen. I'm looking for For a forever home with a night penned area during the day and a predator proof housing at night.

They are friendly and sweet and know their names.

The only person I can think of to contact might be Daron (member Farmerboy16), but I haven't seen him post in awhile, and I'm not sure that he still keeps geese after he got married last year. He would be worth a try to send a PM to, as he may know of someone if he can't take them. BEST of luck to you!