Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Farmerboy16]

Morning all!

Enjoy them MIchickens!

Two of my Tomaru Longcrower chickens are all ready for their 1,100+ mile trip to Texas! They will be leaving this crazy Michigan weather to balmy 75 degrees Texas. Jealous. lol I love Michigan's crazy weather and would not trade for any place in the world. Heading out to the Post Office soon. I have a few more Tomaru Longcrower roos if anyone is interested.

 

[Stacykins]

So where do the UP people hang out?
I'm coinsidering a relocation and that's one of the prime spots on the list.
Was wondering how people are doing with chickens and if there are any towns or areas that arent very freindly.
I'm planning on having a good sized flock, but nothing commectial.
Just enough to feed my chicken addiction.

I relocated to the UP about a year and a half ago. Thus far, I haven't found any unfriendly folks yet. All my neighbors are awesome, so I keep them supplied with eggs when my girls are producing better!

For better employment prospects, it would be a good idea to live in the area of the three biggest cities (which are very small by lower peninsula standards). Escanaba, Houghton/Hancock, and Marquette, with Marquette being the biggest. All these cities also have colleges. Marquette has Northern Michigan University, H/H has Michigan Tech, and Escanaba has Bay Community College.

Esky gets the least snow (it is in a "banana belt" area), and really has a nice small town feel. Downtown is so quaint and fun. While logging and mining is the biggest generator of income in the area, tourism is important too. Maybe that is why folks are so friendly. If you want PILES of snow, H/H gets a ton of snow, since it is in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Marquette gets a pretty decent amount, enough that NMU has what I call 'hamster tunnels' to get from building to building.

 

[Opa]

SillyChicken may not know which is worse snow/ice or ice/snow. I don't know either but I do know that a slight breeze and 70 is much better.

 

[BobBry]

SillyChicken may not know which is worse snow/ice or ice/snow. I don't know either but I do know that a slight breeze and 70 is much better.

Amen !

 

[ladyrsanti]

Juise, that is. Stroke of luck. When is the bonfire? Glad nothin hit your setup..

It is 45° here. Kids got the day off. Not liking that. Must have been bad where the super lives. I could have seen a 2 hour delay, but all day! I am thinking a trip to the library is in order...

My kids got the day off too and I agree, the roads cleared up pretty quick so a two-hr. delay would have been more appropriate. We *WILL* be going to the library later on, when my older son is at his robotics meeting. It keeps them busy and I can knit.

 

[gladahmae]

I don't think schools KNOW what a 2hr delay is anymore! We never have them. Haven't in 4 years. I wonder if it has to do with the state regulations and number of hours/days they're required to be in in session or whatever. Today is snowday #6 for us this year. Oy.

It took me almost an hour to get the driveway and yard plowed out this morning. Lots of wet, heavy snow and my desire to NOT blow up the transmission or snap an arm on the plow meant that I went slow, and divided things up into double the passes, with half the snow in each pass. Ugh.

Kids are loving it though! They've already made an almost 5ft tall snowman, been sledding, and dug the tunnels they made with DH yesterday back out.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Also, guys, I was wondering... today is ivermectin application day for my flock. I know that the BYC-accepted dosage is 4-5 drops for regular commercial types. But what dropper is best? I've heard some use a needled syringe. I don't have one but could buy one this evening when I'm in town. I also have an oral medicine syringe laying around somewhere from my cat's worm medicine, years ago. I might be able to find that. But what about a food-color dropper bottle? Are the drop sizes so different?

And then, I wanted to ask if anyone has ever grown mangels before, for their animals (chickens, sheep, cows)? Want to try? I ordered some seeds, a pound (smallest amount available), and will be willing to swap some seed or sell for a nominal fee (by the ounce, 25 cents + S/H). There's no way I will use a pound before it goes bad.

 

[jrsckn]

I'm just glad we got it last night and not tonight, I have a 6am flight to Atlanta tomorrow. I'm going to the International Poultry Expo; it'll be 70 degrees when we get there

 

[kimmie6067]

So where do the UP people hang out?
I'm coinsidering a relocation and that's one of the prime spots on the list.
Was wondering how people are doing with chickens and if there are any towns or areas that arent very freindly.
I'm planning on having a good sized flock, but nothing commectial.
Just enough to feed my chicken addiction.

Hang out? Well I suppose where ever they want, lol. The UP is so beautiful! But to much snow for me and stays cold to long. Also to many predators, bears, wolves, foxes, racoons, etc...... But there is plenty of room that's for sure. What breeds of chickens are you getting?

Kimmie

 

[kimmie6067]

Im finally a chicken owner. I got the call at 11:00pm last night that my chicks were at Flint. I braved the weather and made the 2 hour round trip to pick them up. 2 had passed when I opened the box and 1 more a couple hours later. But I have 44 beautiful and healthy chicks!

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How nice to have new baby chicks I miss my babies. They are all big now. When I got mine one was dead and lost one a day for two days, I was sad but I guess that can happen. Enjoy the little peepers.

Kimmie