Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[bigmrg74]

Hope everybody has their hatches batten down tonight. The Witch Of November comes slashing tonight.

 

[aart]

Hope everybody has their hatches batten down tonight. The Witch Of November comes slashing tonight.

Got the major pre-snow outside chores done yesterday when it was still 70.
Was looking at old pics yesterday.......had 9" of snow on the deck 11-18-14.....and also on 11-22-15.

 

[lovechicks1293]

yay i love snow! except we are supposed to only get an inch or so and not 9".....

 

[Folly's place]

I'm going outside to finish winterizing right now! Wouldn't be any fun to get it done in the warm weather, would it? Mary

 

[lovechicks1293]

have fun winterizing! i won't be winterizing until next year though

 

[Fun Chicken]

Hello friends, what does it mean when an 8 week old chick is just laying down (although she can stand and walk), won't eat but will drink and drink and drink, poop mostly a white substance and seems to be starving (as in you can feel his/her breast bone stick out, and actually his/her back bones too)? He/she is the biggest of my chickens. He/she grew really fast, and for a while he/she was about double the size of the others. I'm not even sure if it's a pullet or cockerel because the comb has been very large, but also kind of yellowish. The feathers are not very indicative either, but I'm sure I heard it coo on a couple of occassions. The chick is not aggresive either with the other chicks or with me, in fact, he/she is a lovebug, wanting me to pet and cuddle him/her. Last night I brought her in the house, put her in a box and gaver her water with electrlytes. She would not eat and I didn't make her. I just held her for a while. Then, in the wee hours of the morning, I went to check on her and she was a little more alert. I gave her more water with electrolytes and made some mush with her chick starter and a little bit of yoghurt and water. She ate a little bit of that. Is there anything else I can do? Do you think she's ill or just weak and starving? HELP!!!

 

[1muttsfan]

What kind of chicken? It sounds like it may be a Cornish cross meat bird. Color? Pictures?

 

[1muttsfan]

I'm going outside to finish winterizing right now! Wouldn't be any fun to get it done in the warm weather, would it? Mary

It helps when you have a little motivation!

We just the other day fixed the leaky frost-free hydrant that was running all summer - got to get it done by freeze up or live with heat tape and a pool of ice.

 

[Fun Chicken]

What kind of chicken?  It sounds like it may be a Cornish cross meat bird.  Color?  Pictures?

Sorry, she's a RIR

 

[lovechicks1293]

anybody else got snow yet? over 1/2 inch over here