Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[gladahmae]

Is it terrible that I'm already looking forward to spring? I've got this idea, and while it would take some work to convince DH (and money to get everything in place). We have about 3 acres that is basically wide open field and I would LOVE to get some electric netting and a horse trailer (to use as their shelter/coop) and let my chickens almost free range. Then I could use the small coop for a breeding pen and the big coop for a grow out pen. Oh the dreaming. Too bad I'd probably have to put almost a grand into the fencing and trailer and haul a crap load of food and water out into the field every day. A girl can dream though....

 

[lbrykowski2011]

To funny, I was out with my chickens and ducks and went to pick up my musky duck and she whacked me with her wing across the face and almost knocked me down. Hubby was laughin so hard, it took me a moment to gather my wits again. Muskovies are strong. The dangers of having birds. lol

 

[snowflake]

does any one know what the vine over taking shrubs ect. is that is all over right now, it had a sweet smelling flower a few weeks ago and now has a seed pod that looks prickery although they are soft, kind of like a miny watermellon with prickers. The seed inside the pod looks like a watermellon seed??

 

[snowflake]

Is it terrible that I'm already looking forward to spring? I've got this idea, and while it would take some work to convince DH (and money to get everything in place). We have about 3 acres that is basically wide open field and I would LOVE to get some electric netting and a horse trailer (to use as their shelter/coop) and let my chickens almost free range. Then I could use the small coop for a breeding pen and the big coop for a grow out pen. Oh the dreaming. Too bad I'd probably have to put almost a grand into the fencing and trailer and haul a crap load of food and water out into the field every day. A girl can dream though....

if you use nipple waterers on 5 gallon buckets you could clean them once a week and there are all sorts of ways to fix weekley filled feeders automatic door closer and opener,,Just sayen

could be done

 

[Jake Levi]

I have seen CDs hung in other chicken yards, so some folks like them, or they are just getting rid of their kids heavy medal CDs. Or both.

My Delaware pullets that I said were available, are promised.

However I have eight June hatched young Iowa Blues, two cockerals and six pullets. All that I hatched from Silver Pencil stock from Kari in Iowa.

These are darkening up nicely to SP and Birchen colors, they will have their mature colors after their molt.

These are available for anyone who wants to start a nice flock of Iowa Blues. A rare breed in a strong comeback. There is an active thread here on the Breeds & Genetics section. I hate to rehome these but just have to cut back, I will be keeping the Icelandics.

So PM me for more information, these are all sweet, eat from my hands and some enjoy being petted.

Enjoy,

Jake

 

[NovaAman]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5984600/width/200/height/400[/IMG. HOME NEEDED: this cat and this chicken have the sweetest relationship. When all of the hen's bird buddy's were eaten by coyotes the hen cried for them until this orphaned kitten showed up. Now the two are absolutely inseparable! They play together, eat together, they even sleep together. Sadly, the owner of the hen has to find her a new home but can't find anyone to take both of them together. Please, if you can adopt this special pair, message me for contact information. They arin kalamazoo, Michigan.[/QUOTE]

That's is precious... To bad she can't keep her hen. I'd make it an indoor pet... LOL. I mean, people keep parrots in the house, they are just as noisy, they projectile poop! And they don't provide breakfast. Indoor aviary... Yup... BUT I am just weird like that. Maybe one day when the kids are grown... I will have an aviary full of serema hens... Probably not. They will be canaries. Only not yellow.

[QUOTE="lbrykowski2011, post: 12055902, member: 231482"]To funny, I was out with my chickens and ducks and went to pick up my musky duck and she whacked me with her wing across the face and almost knocked me down. Hubby was laughin so hard, it took me a moment to gather my wits again. Muskovies are strong. The dangers of having birds. lol  
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I had some ducks... Campbells and buff orps. Wanna talk about nose bleeds. LOL. Those girls had no problem winging ya one. No problem at all.

 

[1muttsfan]

Might be spiny cucumber

 

[preciouskitty]

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Simply got 1 day old chicks at TSC on a whim just before Easter!! Then..had to crash & spend some $$ on my coop...(which I do think is kinda cute ) ), while the "grew up" in my spare bedroom. THAT was a mess!

 

[preciouskitty]

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Hmmm...I detect a little enabling going on here!! LOL!

 

[gladahmae]

we DO use the nipples on the buckets. the birds MUCH prefer a dish on the ground, but i make them use the bucket in the winter. I don't need much of a push to be enabled either.

It really would come down to it making sense to do it or not though. I can sell more eggs to co-workers and relatives than the hens I have will produce with out even trying. So it would really only make sense if I had MORE layers that would be LAYING starting in the spring. and that would involve winter-hatching, and I don't have a spot to grow chicks out in for the winter. *sigh*

I'm sure there's a way to figure this all out better, but my brain is kind of mushy this morning.