Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[dascountry]

I am soooooo excited! I am picking up my first incubator on Thursday. I have lots of ready to do before then. I can't remember who put the link to the 101 thread, but Thank YOU

so much. It has answered alot of my questions and concerns.

 

[NovaAman]

Where has Chicken Grandma gone off to?

 

[naglady]

If you just want to check fertility and not hatch the eggs, you don't have to worry about tilting them. You should be able to tell by day 7 if they are developing. If you plan on hatching them, they need to be tilted regularly. Here is a great incubator hatching article by Sally Sunshine

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Staci, sorry about your hen

Thanks 1muttsfan that the where i got alot of my info from. great reading and very explanatory

 

[Amy PT]

Is this any of you? Or have any of you done business with this person?
http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/grd/3571960307.html

 

[chickflick]

Stacy.

No, the only one I know in Brown City is shelleyb1969.

 

[Stacykins]

Thanks, all. At least I have other birds who are still healthy to look forward to each morning.

Though it seems problems like to come in groups. My kitty likely has a UTI. She used a bathroom rug as a place to potty. Last time she did that, a trip to the vet confirmed a UTI. So I gotta try and get a sample to them tomorrow. At least I have a short day at work.

 

[Lisa and girls]

My injured hen died just now. She'd been growing steadily weaker despite being given fluids and liquified food, and living in a brooder inside. She was such an amazing little Araucana with a lot of potential. She'd only recently laid her first egg (not fertile). She had marvelous, even tufts and was sweet to boot. And she was blue breasted red, so pretty!

what a pretty girl

 

[Lisa and girls]

Took the girls some leftovers from dinner. Salad, peppers and steak bones. There was some fat and meat left on a beef bone. Pretty cute to watch tiny chickens drag around big bones. That will keep them occupied for awhile.

 

[RaZ]

Received this e-mail today...

Dear [NAME*]

Congratulations! I am writing to notify you that your submission, 246 The Role of State Agricultural Agencies in Limiting Growth of Urban Agriculture: Lessons from Michigan, has been reviewed and accepted by the program committee of Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes (the joint annual meetings of AFHVS, ASFS and SAFN).

The conference will be held in East Lansing, Michigan June 19-22 at Michigan State University. Please use the conference website below for more information and to register. All conference presenters must be registered for the conference by May 20 in order to remain on the program.

http://afhvs.org/meetings/next-meeting/register-online/

Best regards,
Phil Howard (on behalf of the program committee, including Shawn Trivette, Phil Mount, Anne McBride, Kyle Powys Whyte, and Laurie Thorp).

June 19 to 22, 2013 Hosted by Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

 

[SillyChicken]

Are you doing a presentation Raz? Hmmm day before chicken stock! Think they'd come out?