Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Outdoorlover]

1 of my 5 new babies is a Splash O. , I can't wait to see what she (I hope) is going to look like

 

[robyn8]

Half inch hardware cloth! The holes in it are small enough that small critters like weasels can't go through it, and overall tough enough to resist a large dog or a coyote for quite a while. perfect for blocking off any and all possible accesses to your coop for super smart predators like Raccoons, who only need a small gap to get in and murder your flock. attaching it you can staple it down, but to really lock it down you would want screws and washers. If you wanna be fancy you could use bottle caps. This here is a mouse that got stuck in the hardware cloth on my hoop coop. Poor little guy got halfway through and couldn't get himself in or out at that point, and it was up enough that the girls couldn't get at him.

We used 1/4 hardware cloth. No mice can get through it and hawks aren't supposed to be able to get their talons in there either. We got it on Amazon and bought the snips they suggested for it. My husband said it was easier to work with than the chicken wire.

 

[1muttsfan]

Gloves are also a good idea when working with hardware cloth. Preferably leather.

 

[Outdoorlover]

All great tips, I'm taking notes...thank you guys!

 

[dyorto]

Wbcpolish, I'm north of Grand Rapids as well and I'm going to be looking to add a few BO and barred rock chicks. Just 4 or 5.

 

[uchytil]

Flemish Giant Bunnies $35 on CL, and other places. Discount for my fellow BYC peeps. Near Muskegon. Born 5 Jan. White and grey. Come get them. Text 231-828-5609

 

[jasonvanorder]

Flemish Giant Bunnies $35 on CL, and other places. Discount for my fellow BYC peeps. Near Muskegon. Born 5 Jan. White and grey. Come get them. Text 231-828-5609

Oh man my wife would love to get Flemish Giants again. But as of now we just dont have the room. We have way too many Californians

 

[uchytil]

Oh man my wife would love to get Flemish Giants again. But as of now we just dont have the room. We have way too many Californians

If you are breeding for meat then a FG buck is what you need right now, lol. Cali & FG equals bigger product

 

[wcbpolish]

Flemish Giant Bunnies $35 on CL, and other places. Discount for my fellow BYC peeps. Near Muskegon. Born 5 Jan. White and grey. Come get them. Text 231-828-5609

I think I've seen your advert. But I don't need bunnies

I had my polish chicken eggs posted on the Grand Rapids CL, but now I let the advert expire because I need to fill my own incubator. I also have polish roosters on Buff Orpington and Barred rock hens, but I plan to take the polish rooster off the Barred Rocks and put a RI Red in with them to perhaps produce some balck sex links.
I'll be putting duck eggs in the 'bator as soon as I get ahead of sales... no rush on them.
We started getting goose eggs last week. They are going in this weekend
I also have 6 guinea eggs in the 'bator and 3 more (plus whatever else they lay!) to go in this weekend.
Silkie eggs in the 'bator too. I got the silkies to brood eggs, but the one hen that I ended up with seems to think she is leghorn! She is laying really well - 6 eggs a week. I hope she changes her tune and hatches eggs in a month or so!
If the Turkey's were laying, I would have eggs of every type in the incubator!

 

[jasonvanorder]

If you are breeding for meat then a FG buck is what you need right now, lol. Cali & FG equals bigger product

Well they we started out with just a couple the kids were going to show in 4H and then breed to sell a meat pen in 4H also. But either one of my kids or one of the neighbor kids left a couple cage doors open and we ended up with 2 litters we were not planning on. I have no problem with putting them in the freezer but the wife and kids will have no part of it.