Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Amy PT]

Yay for Hannah! Congrats to her for her hard work, and you, Jen for encouraging her!

 

[RaZ]

Congratulations to Hannah!!

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I think that someone should write to the MDARD and Ag Commissioner's that this is an example of the benefits of small scale farm operations.

 

[NovaAman]

That's a great idea RaZ. Might be they'd listen better then...

Anyway... Lookie lookie what I snapped a pic of today! I was working and I was quick enough to get the camera mode and get a pic. Definately not professional. LOL Beautiful young buck.

 

[TracyBernice]

Hello Everyone! I'm Tracy I live in Morrice MI and I'm new to the chicken world. We just recently finished our chicken coop and bought 6 laying hens. (3 Isa browns, 1 barred rock, and 2 buff orpingtons) they are 5 months to a year old and all from the same owner. We have had them for 4 days now and are getting 3 eggs a day. I'm thinking that the other 3 hens got a little stressed out so I'm hoping soon they will start laying again since i was told by the couple we bought them from that they all layed well. I'm sure this heat we have been having isn't helping either. I just wanted to pop in and say hello and i look forward to learning a lot from all of you.

 

[RaZ]

This chick hatched less than 24 hours ago. I am watching this one and the other 2 for a fellow BYC member who is on vacation. I picked her up from the incubator and was home by 4:30 PM. The chick was given water (did the beak dip and wet finger trick so I know she is getting water).

The chick was apparently walking fine on the screen in the incubator and I brought it home in a box, put her in with the other chicks in the brooder. Checking to make sure that she is not being picked on, I noticed her right foot sticking out a bit and she was sitting on her left foot. I'm a bit concerned about splay so I picked her up to take a closer look. She has extra (weird) forked toes on her left foot.

Does she have splay leg? And should I be concerned about the forked toes?

 

[NovaAman]

Raz... the toes are normal for that breed. Do a band aide hobble on it, and add some electroltyes to their water.

 

[NovaAman]

Hello Everyone! I'm Tracy I live in Morrice MI and I'm new to the chicken world. We just recently finished our chicken coop and bought 6 laying hens. (3 Isa browns, 1 barred rock, and 2 buff orpingtons) they are 5 months to a year old and all from the same owner. We have had them for 4 days now and are getting 3 eggs a day. I'm thinking that the other 3 hens got a little stressed out so I'm hoping soon they will start laying again since i was told by the couple we bought them from that they all layed well. I'm sure this heat we have been having isn't helping either. I just wanted to pop in and say hello and i look forward to learning a lot from all of you.

Welcome Tracy! I really hope you made your chicken coop bigger than you needed. Chickens can be addicting very quickly.

 

[TracyBernice]

Lol yes I did.. its way bigger then I needed and we are already talking about getting more

 

[RaZ]

Raz... the toes are normal for that breed. Do a band aide hobble on it, and add some electroltyes to their water.

Well that is good news. Her other foot doesn't have that forked toe thing. So I was concerned. I've never seen toes like that. You learn something new everyday. Thanks.

Trying to get some band-aid support fashioned. My big hands and her tiny legs are going to call for some finesse.

 

[NovaAman]

lol, faverolles have that fifth toe, sometimes, it'll be missing on one foot, sometimes there will also only be 4 toes. But yeah, that's how they look when they are chicks.