Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[babigyrl22]

My house is super dry so I do add water to my incubator but only to keep it at about 35% humidity. Then jumped it up 3 days before hatch. Good thing you are testing it out first. Some bators are testy.

 

[snowflake]

Ducks can belly slide over the snow exactly like penguins! I did not know that! I was rounding up a drake who will be butchered later today, and I thought the deep snow would be to my advantage. Turns out, that is not the case! The whole duck flock shot away on their bellies, leaving little sled trails in their wake. They went faster than when they are on firm ground! I did eventually corner the lad, but it was difficult!

that would be a sight to see


reading up on worming in the disease thread and some are suggesting Albendazole/Balbazen instead of Ivermecten as it is not working on worms as well as it used to due to over usestill good for mites and lice.
Thinking about switching

 

[snowflake]

question about respratory, I have a hen with a rattle, no discharge, I have penicillin on hand and am warming it so I can give it to her. she is almost 6yrs and is starting a molt. I wormed them with Ivermec, last Wed. and planed to follow up with the Albendazole as I am out of Ivermec.
the dose for Ivermec is 1cc for standard bird 1/2 for small and I think 2 for large breeds. my vet said you can add to water at a rate of 5oz per gallon of water.

 

[ladyrsanti]

I'm doing the nipple waterer bucket with a heater, on a timer. It was fine this morning, no ice at all. I've got a 50w aquarium heater laying on the bottom set to run on and off every half hour. No frozen nipples yet.

 

[gladahmae]

so, i have a silky question. her feet are kind of....matted? the place we got her from was a tad muddy, and i'm wondering if i should/need to bring her in and clean her feet up.

here's the new layout: DH packed straw around the bottom of the chicks' coop, and then put the scrap metal from the big coop over it, and THEN packed snow up around it to creat insulation and a wind break. All of the extra straw was then placed under the coop for them to have a bit of insulation from the ground. Behind the ramp to the coop is the opening for the chickens to go in and out. We obviously won't be letting the chicks out until the big girls are gone and I've had a chance to clean things up a bit. It's not the ideal setup (straw and all that) but it should work for a few weeks until we move them into the big coop. We also put a 'nest box' we built out of a 5gal bucket under the coop, but I think I need to add some golf balls to it since I had to crawl in there this morning to retrieve an egg.



DS and "Fluffy"


The new EEs. DH's choice is on the right, mine on the left. They're both sooooo pretty! Can't wait to find a green or blue egg (hopefully).

 

[gladahmae]

I'm doing the nipple waterer bucket with a heater, on a timer. It was fine this morning, no ice at all. I've got a 50w aquarium heater laying on the bottom set to run on and off every half hour. No frozen nipples yet.

We have a 5gal bucket with nipples too, and have one of those drop-in 250watt heaters (Farm Innovations brand). They're thermostatically controlled, so all we did was plug them in and zip-tie the cord to the rope holding the bucket so it's not flopping around and getting pecked at. Aside from the power outage, we haven't had any freezing of the water OR the nipples. The waterers are located inside the coops.

 

[ladyrsanti]

We have a 5gal bucket with nipples too, and have one of those drop-in 250watt heaters (Farm Innovations brand). They're thermostatically controlled, so all we did was plug them in and zip-tie the cord to the rope holding the bucket so it's not flopping around and getting pecked at. Aside from the power outage, we haven't had any freezing of the water OR the nipples. The waterers are located inside the coops.

That's what I'd like to get for mine someday. I should get something for the sheep's water too. I get tired of kicking the bucket every morning.

 

[Herducks]

i am moving out michigan and well be selling my birds silkies showgirls and polish

Where are you located. I would be intrested in a couple silkie hens. Poor Fred is lonely as my only silkie.

 

[NovaAman]

 

[fuzzybutt love]

The new EEs. DH's choice is on the right, mine on the left. They're both sooooo pretty! Can't wait to find a green or blue egg (hopefully).

Hey, looks like my two! I have a momma bird and a baby with the blue like that, and one of the babies is also the gold and black.