Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[tdhenson86]

Had bunnies born yesterday..... unfortunately. 1 new mom, ate/killed all of hers. The other new mom did good, though they were very cold. I warmed up the babies a little and put them back in the nest. Have one more new mom that should produce today. I'll post some picts in a few days.


Raz, Good luck next month!

I hope the other moms do well with the new babies!!!

 

[Scifisarah]

Sarah, none of the breeds you have are very well-known for being good layers, except maybe the serama. Of the silkies and cochins I hatched out last summer only 3 have layed an egg yet. You might consider getting a few birds of better laying breeds just for eggs.

We actually aren't planning on eating any of their eggs, just keeping them to hatch. The cochins are from show quality lines, so maybe they don't lay as well as the hatchery-bred cochins I am used to. I just expected to be getting a couple eggs a week with the days getting longer but I guess I will have to be patient.

 

[kimmie6067]

My hen and her chicks are in a 4x4 brooder when can I put them in the big coop? With the others?

Kimmie

 

[ladyrsanti]

March 27th. It's my chickens' first birthday. The girls got to take their saddles off today because I got rid of their rooster (not exactly a birthday present to him but that's life isn't it?). It was kind of weird. I have the flu, hacking up a lung, feel like crap, went out to the coop to collect eggs and they all filter in from outside with blood on their beaks, blood on their feathers, blood on their saddles. They were picking at his comb which was still "healing" from frostbite (if they'd ever let it be) and I'd just had enough - took him with me to the milk house and dispatched him, the first time I'd ever done it. I'd been thinking about it for a while since he'd been semi-aggressive towards everyone but me (he was sweet to me) and with him having fathered six chicks so far and with another six in the bator - plenty of future roosters to contend with. So he's in the crock pot now, simmering into a broth that I hope will help with this flu. He was a good boy, Frittata, and I'm probably the only one who will miss him.

Nap time.

 

[Lisa and girls]

March 27th.  It's my chickens' first birthday.  The girls got to take their saddles off today because I got rid of their rooster (not exactly a birthday present to him but that's life isn't it?).  It was kind of weird.   I have the flu, hacking up a lung, feel like crap, went out to the coop to collect eggs and they all filter in from outside with blood on their beaks, blood on their feathers, blood on their saddles.  They were picking at his comb which was still "healing" from frostbite (if they'd ever let it be) and I'd just had enough - took him with me to the milk house and dispatched him, the first time I'd ever done it.  I'd been thinking about it for a while since he'd been semi-aggressive towards everyone but me (he was sweet to me) and with him having fathered six chicks so far and with another six in the bator  - plenty of future roosters to contend with.   So he's in the crock pot now, simmering into a broth that I hope will help with this flu.  He was a good boy, Frittata, and I'm probably the only one who will miss him.

Nap time.

So sorry. Was it awful? I have never done it although I know it's part of keeping chickens.

 

[Whatshisface]

March 27th. It's my chickens' first birthday. The girls got to take their saddles off today because I got rid of their rooster (not exactly a birthday present to him but that's life isn't it?). It was kind of weird. I have the flu, hacking up a lung, feel like crap, went out to the coop to collect eggs and they all filter in from outside with blood on their beaks, blood on their feathers, blood on their saddles. They were picking at his comb which was still "healing" from frostbite (if they'd ever let it be) and I'd just had enough - took him with me to the milk house and dispatched him, the first time I'd ever done it. I'd been thinking about it for a while since he'd been semi-aggressive towards everyone but me (he was sweet to me) and with him having fathered six chicks so far and with another six in the bator - plenty of future roosters to contend with. So he's in the crock pot now, simmering into a broth that I hope will help with this flu. He was a good boy, Frittata, and I'm probably the only one who will miss him.

Nap time.

So let me see if I read this right. You kept the cannibal chickens and off-ed the poor father of 12 that was sweet on you. Hmmmmm

 

[Scifisarah]

Frittata eh? I think I'll name my next mean rooster Casserole.

Hope you are feeling better soon, and that your gals behave with the next rooster. I always end up bringing ailing birds into my basement until they are better, but I know not everyone is as crazy as me.

 

[RaZ]

And you guys gave me grief for naming my chickens for their destinies???

Broaster, Broiler, Baked, Crispy, Extra Crispy, Gravy, Nugget, Lemon and Pepper. Remember that? Remember chicken groping? That all seems like such a long time ago.

 

[Nigellas]

And you guys gave me grief for naming my chickens for their destinies???

Broaster, Broiler, Baked, Crispy, Extra Crispy, Gravy, Nugget, Lemon and Pepper. Remember that? Remember chicken groping? That all seems like such a long time ago

I remember that. You still have some of those girls, right? I haven't named any of mine after chicken-food, but I did have a Dutch Bantam named Tofu for awhile.

 

[NovaAman]

[SIZE=11pt]So let me see if I read this right.  You kept the cannibal chickens and off-ed the poor father of 12 that was sweet on you.  Hmmmmm[/SIZE]

lol!

Well, she did say he was getting people aggressive...