Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[fuzzybutt love]

This is the Merk manual for birds, it states that the "mizadoles" will cure it, (but it is an off-lable use for turkeys). I have other good links that have success stories and whatnot, but other forums so won't post; the reason it's not commonly given is because the turkey would be pretty iffy for eating; but if you had a couple breeders it could be worthwhile.

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/203000.htm

 

[BobBry]

I sweare a squirrel is a zoo worthy animal here.

Your average bird farm, even for ducks is just a huge pond for the poop to wash in, then a completely open area minus the little fence to keep people from grabbing one and running away. Absolute 0 predator protection required just measures to try and prevent theft.

How very sad. Overpopulation sucks.

It's pretty here too - thick hoar frost following some eerie low-hanging fog last night and the sun came out for the briefest of moments this morning before the snow clouds rolled in. Just breathtaking.

My guesses are: Chinese Elm trees, Teasel, and Queen Ann's' Lace. this was a quiz, right?

They are beautiful.!

Favie, make sure to calibrate your thermometers - you could have 10 in there and they could all be wrong

(that goes for hygrometers as well)


Yeah, I didn't see what two would do better than one. Take an average, maybe?

 

[ladyrsanti]

Beautiful! What camera do you use?

It's an "old" Konica Minolta DSLR. Someday I hope to be able to afford a newer, "better" camera.

My guesses are: Chinese Elm trees, Teasel, and Queen Ann's' Lace. this was a quiz, right?

They are beautiful.!

Wrong, right and right! LOL. Not too bad. The trees are American Elm. They have dutch elm disease but still kicking.

Thanks guys, I always carry the camera outside on interesting weather days.

 

[drumstick diva]

The thistle(front, center of photo) looks like an orchestra conductor, the smaller thistles in the back look like magicians. Wonder what Freud would say about that.

 

[drumstick diva]

sorry should say musicians - duh - must be time for my nappy.

 

[Fancy Favie]

Favie, make sure to calibrate your thermometers - you could have 10 in there and they could all be wrong

(that goes for hygrometers as well)

Blackhead is caused by a protozoal organism, Histomonas meleagridis. This organism has part of it's lifecycle in a common intestinal worm of chickens. These intestinal worms can stay in the soil for as long as 4 years. Earthworms can also harbor the organism. Birds are exposed via fresh liquid feces, or by eating one of the carriers. Chickens and game birds (such as pheasant and quail) can carry the organism and pass it on, but are not themselves as susceptable as Turkeys, which have a high mortality rate. Feeding young poults medicated turkey starter will control the disease, but if the environment is infested every turkey raised there must be on it from then on. Adult turkeys which themselves are not sick can pass the infestation on to young birds as well.

Thank you I calibrated and all is good so no issues with the thermometer

 

[naglady]

Got my free chicken coop, hen and rooster, left 830am home about 6pm, i did some shopping in the big city b4 i came home, got them settled in, seem to be doing pretty good.
the lady also gave me a like new incubator, with egg turner, still in box both of them, chick feeders and water, some food, water protector, scaly leg spray, some dried meal worms, food, food container, a plastic nestbox that mounts to a wall..here is some pictures, i dont think these are isa browns like she says.. anyone know. daughter look them up in chicken book and says they are delaware, any input would be appreciated.











The hen has black on tail.. and black speckled behind head. i put plastic around the coop to keep it warmer.. didnt want to put them with my girls, kinda quareteening them..

 

[chickflick]

Fuzzy, if you want, you could pm me your cell phone # and I could send you pics to see if what I have is what you want.

 

[tdhenson86]

Got my free chicken coop, hen and rooster, left 830am home about 6pm, i did some shopping in the big city b4 i came home, got them settled in, seem to be doing pretty good.
the lady also gave me a like new incubator, with egg turner, still in box both of them, chick feeders and water, some food, water protector, scaly leg spray, some dried meal worms, food, food container, a plastic nestbox that mounts to a wall..here is some pictures, i dont think these are isa browns like she says.. anyone know. daughter look them up in chicken book and says they are delaware, any input would be appreciated.











The hen has black on tail.. and black speckled behind head. i put plastic around the coop to keep it warmer.. didnt want to put them with my girls, kinda quareteening them..

They are beautiful! I'm about 99% sure from the pictures that they are actually "Indian Rivers". They are a cross between a Delaware and a New Hampshire. They will not breed true (chicks will be red, white, and a number of colors). Here is a picture of them taken from Cackle Hatchery's website:

and a picture drawn of them on Cackle Hatchery's website as well:

They are very pretty chickens!

 

[boris159]

That is just another variation of cervical separation and was the first method I was taught. During one of my earlier attempts at maybe 7 years old, an uncle who was 6 years older than I, told me to hold the bird overhead as I spun it and then quickly snap my wrist. I was then that I learned the true meaning of running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.

Oh, does that bring back memories.
the lady of the farm next door to my family would decide on chicken to feed the haying crew, and we teenagers would watch her do that trick, 5 chickens headless faster than we could watch. And oh could she cook chicken. That was 50 years ago. We would all wash up and sit so respectfully at her table waiting for that meal. Me, I use a hatchet.