Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[kimmie6067]

Here Nova...let me tease you with our show team for this weekend show in Alma

This is our white pullet...i love to stare at this picture...lol


Our splash hen


Here's a group shot of most of the silkies that are going with us this weekend for the show!


Another shot of our white pullet, she was talking up a storm being out in the grass instead of in the show cooping!



Our black rooster named Frank.

Jen they are soooooooooo pretty, they ought to win all the ribbons! What time do you have to be there? I was wondering the best time to go. Paranoid about buying any chickens there with all the bad stuff that can go around, or are they have to be NPIP? I have no idea what that is but I know some people here have to pass some testing or something? I would love some SLW, oh who am I kidding I love all these birds. Now I want silkies because of these pic's, hahaha

 

[theron]

You had enough energy drinks to see noises lol

I only had one! I did have one on the way home though.

I did!!! It was freezing! I sat in the sale barn freezing my toosh off with my kid!

I was there as well, but didn't stay too long due to how cold it was. RIRJen, let's not forget some blankets and chairs. and cameras. and food. and drinks. and energy drinks. haha

 

[kimmie6067]

Don't know....sorry! I'm still trying to figure out what I'm seeing half the time!

Ok how about does the yolk move when you turn the egg on it's side?

 

[Trefoil]

I know I am going to be totally obsessed with this! My DH doesn't help.. He keeps saying Frank Zappas song Weasels Ripped my flesh

I have decided since someone else (sorry don't know all the names yet) used re purposed wood I will as well. The first piece of property we had they started to build a house. The house was supposed to be shaped like an L and the small part of the L they had built to where they could live in it. So I think that may be 18x12 maybe? So HOPEFULLY with the help of my kids I can get that torn down and rebuild it on the front property. Hopefully the township doesn't say to much since I will just be moving it from one spot to another. I am going to start investing in hardware cloth now Can this also be used as a fencing for around my property as well or should I just get the 2x4 goat fencing for my property?

You could but it would be expensive and you would be better off getting a smaller gauge ( It will last longer/be stronger). Maybe the no step through horse fence- its smaller at the bottom. I'm not familiar with goat fence, how tall is it?

Tomorrow is my sentencing date for the CRIMINAL offense of keeping chickens.
Tomorrow may also be the last day that I can volunteer as a docent for educating kids about Nature. Convicted criminals are not allowed to teach children.

How can that be a criminal violation?

 

[kimmie6067]

RaZ: Don't let big brother get the best of you. There are a whole lot of people who are steadfast behind you. I wish you the best of luck......and I don't even own any chickens, gamebirds, etc.
I just can't understand the world anymore.

Whoever has the most money wins

 

[kimmie6067]

extra post

 

[Opa]

Once again up at 4am and today's agenda is rather varied. Turkey hunting however is no longer an issue. Last night a large tom we have been calling Gimpy due to his rather unusual hop gait. He apparently had incurred an injury that made his walking reminiscent of the bouncing limp affected by Walter Brennan for the movie Rio Bravo and the TV show The Real McCoys.

Each time I would see him I was surprised that he hadn't be taken by a coyote. His ability to run was greatly impaired and while wild turkeys can take flight from a standing position their normal procedures is to run first to gain lift speed. Limping certainly hadn't impaired his ability to eat as he had grown to a very large size and watching him strut and display was always incredible.

David and I both had discussed him and felt that he would sooner or later fall victim to predators and that if he presented a target we would take him. Last night was the night. About an hour before sunset he strolled across the back yard headed for roost.

Hope spotted him and I hurried to get into position. Fortunately the position of my chicken coops allowed me to approach within 30 yards without being spotted. Standing behind my A-frame bantam coop I used the roof as a resting bench as I took my shot.

Concern for his being able to right himself and escape spurred me into action and I raced to him. Grasping one of his legs resulted in one of his spurs puncturing the ball of my right thumb in two spots, one quite deep. Bloodied but happy I carried him back to the house and immediately went to cleanse my wounds. After liberally purging the holes with peroxide and sealing them with liquid bandage I went back to dress my trophy.

Three days ago I had watched him spread his tail, dropped his wings, and perform his quivering dance for the attending hens. Beautiful to watch and I never tire of the maBgnificent display. He had certainly become an alpha tom.

I had planned to display this trophy in a method I devised many years ago. The base of the tail is cleaned and cured with borax as is the small amount of skin on the beard. The leg bones are cut 1/2" on each side of the spur. The marrow is cleaned out and the hollow filled with borax. The tail is pinned to a piece of cardboard ,in a spread position, and allowed to dry.

After a couple of weeks of drying I attach a wooden plaque over the tails base held in position by a few drops of hot glue. A matching board of 1/4 plywood with a hanger attached is place on the backside and a few screws hold it all together trapping the tail between them.

Prior to attaching the plaque to the tail I assemble the beard and spur display portion of the trophy. I remove the primer cap from the shotgun shell used to take the bird. I cut a thin lace of deerskin and both ends are threaded thru the hulls primer hole. The lacing extends about 10" below the shotgun shell. Next the lacing is threaded through the cleaned and peeled spurs. The next step is to hot glue the beard into the end of the shell casing. Once assembly it is attached to the plaque.

Gimpy will not be getting my normal treatment. While he does have an 11" beard and a 3" second beard, he only had two tail feathers. I'm pretty sure he must have had a real close encounter with a coyote. Still I will find some way to display and honor a beautiful bird.

Gimpy also has made me pay a price for taking him. The base of my thumb is extremely sore and I can't grasp anything with that hand.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Thinking about you today Raz.

 

[Farmerboy16]

Tomorrow is my sentencing date for the CRIMINAL offense of keeping chickens.
Tomorrow may also be the last day that I can volunteer as a docent for educating kids about Nature. Convicted criminals are not allowed to teach children.

I will pray that the Judge will be smart and not sentence you as a criminal.

 

[snowflake]

Tomorrow may also be the last day that I can volunteer as a docent for educating kids about Nature. Convicted criminals are not allowed to teach children.

Best of luck today!!!! This is a pet peeve of mine!!.... some one gets caught driving after having a few beers, may not be a danger to any one but at the legal limit, gov. sees $$$$$$
they may never be able to get a job and support them selves(should have thought of that before) to young and stupid So they pay for the rest of their life. NEVER comes off your record

some one gets caught steeling from an organization(bad thing to do yes) never get another job, can't work with kids, WHY just don't put them in charge of money, that is their problem$$$$$

got chickens. No longer a responsible human, no mor volenteer work for you and by the way we want some$$$$$$

I have come to the conclusion that law and order really means.....HOW MUCH can we get out of them....