Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[PhantomSlayer]

Hello all,
We caught this somewhat large bird incoming on the birdfeeder cam...and have no idea what kind of bird it is! Does anyone have any ideas? We live in the lower MI area
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I wish I could help but the picture looks a bit to blurry for me to tell. At first I think its a bird of prey of some sort. Have you seen it in person?

 

[Swiss]

Hello all,
We caught this somewhat large bird incoming on the birdfeeder cam...and have no idea what kind of bird it is! Does anyone have any ideas? We live in the lower MI area
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It's pretty blurry, but the head almost looks duck-like. The beak doesn't look like that of a bird of prey to me. It's pretty hard to tell, though.

 

[troyer]

Chicken Stock here I come!

 

[Dreamzchaser]

@troyer you showed yours, so here are mine,

 

[RaZ]

After a few days a few hens came back home. But then I lost the injured roo (big Boy) to what was likely a racoon. He was always a bit lame then the dog attack hurt him some more. Then this morning I wake up to find that the other rooster was pulled through the coop wall and killed. I suspect a racoon since part of the door trim was pulled away, leaving a gap that was just big enough to grab Little Boy. It's been a rough week.
I'm tired and I have several more days to work before a day off.

 

[Folly's place]

I'm so sorry, Randy. What a miserable week you've had, and I'm very sorry about your Chanties. Wish you were coming to CS, is it possible tomorrow?
Mary

 

[chickflick]

CHICKENSTOCK!! CHICKENSTOCK! CHICKENSTOCK!

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Almost on truck. Just need to get Pixie in and LoveChild

 

[1muttsfan]

Randy, now that the critters have realized the buffet is open, you're going to have to tighten up security. I also live in a country setting, but regularly see all kinds of things that would happily eat my birds.

I love living in a place where I can go all day without seeing people if I wish, but there's no way to keep chickens safe roaming loose in that kind of environment.

 

[RaZ]

I fixed the breach in the door trim on the coop. I am also restricting the free ranging to when I'm out there with chickens. The raccoons are likely to come down with a case of lead