Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[mara1]

Cool, could you pm her number?

 

[Lisa and girls]

5 dust baths going on. Happy chickens.

 

[gladahmae]

I know there is other forums but I still don't get it? If a EE is a mutt then how is Ameraucana being a cross if bred together not a mutt? (Not trying to offend anybody)
So what is the difference between a Easter Egger and a Ameraucana? I understand that a Araucana is its own breed? Also does anybody in SE Michigan have any true Araucana chicks for sale?

EE just describes a colored-egg layer (usually green, blue, sometimes pinkish, or tan). Ameraucana's have to be a certain color/build/comb/eye color to actually BE Ameraucana's. Seems like "breeding true" was somewhere in there too, but I don't recall.

 

[gaitngirl]

Cool, could you pm her number?

I'm looking it up right now. And, blonde that I am, I said Almont - she's actually in Attica. Barely out of Lapeer.

 

[snowflake]

EE just describes a colored-egg layer (usually green, blue, sometimes pinkish, or tan). Ameraucana's have to be a certain color/build/comb/eye color to actually BE Ameraucana's. Seems like "breeding true" was somewhere in there too, but I don't recall.

correct,(Ijust read that) needs to breed true, what all that includes,I am not sure, The Araucana is rumpless, some one on the Mi. sight has some, I have Amaraucana's lots of spare roosters if you want one, but no Araucana, I like tails

not to fond of Araucana's, they are I understand very hard to breed and have a low hatchability,
Just for fun, did you know blue and white egg sells are the only trud colored shell same colar all the way through, browns are all shades added to by the birds reproductive paint box

 

[snowflake]

You may also want to check out insurance companies. We purchased our home on 8 acres in 2002. We have had the same company since then. The storm we had 2 weeks ago resulted in us filing a claim. Adjuster came out said " You have chickens? You can't have them on your policy, they are farm animals." He called Insurance agent and sure enough they are canceling us if we don't get rid of the chickens. I have been shopping around for another carrier but getting quotes for more that double what we are paying now.
We had gotten the okay from township but, who would have thought to check with their insurance company.

the world has GONE MAD

OK as you guys know I'm very new to this. One of my pullets...about 22 wk old, all of a sudden want to sleep a lot. Noticed it for the first time yesterday, She will get up and move around if I go in there but then walk away and she goes to sleep. She got up this morning and seemed to eat fine but I go in there again a little bit ago and she is still just wanting to sleep all day. I noticed she also has very liquid poops. Does this sound like cocci. I will go buy the corid today if that sounds like what it is. Will that hurt the chickens if they take it and they don't have cocci? This chicken thing is more stressful than I thought it would be!




cocci is in most if not all chickens, it is in the soil,,, it only becomes a problem when they get an over load, Corid should not hurt and if you give it you should give it to all the birds.
you can bring a stool sample to a vet most(with a little persuasion) will check for parasites, When they ask what do chickens get I tell them most anything a dog or cat can get

 

[Candy442]

correct,(Ijust read that) needs to breed true, what all that includes,I am not sure, The Araucana is rumpless, some one on the Mi. sight has some, I have Amaraucana's lots of spare roosters if you want one, but no Araucana, I like tails

not to fond of Araucana's, they are I understand very hard to breed and have a low hatchability,
Just for fun, did you know blue and white egg sells are the only trud colored shell same colar all the way through, browns are all shades added to by the birds reproductive paint box

Our two EE's lay greenish blue eggs that are that color all the way through and the brown shells are white inside

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Welcome peep-chicken!

Thank you!

Morning Peep!  

Afternoon! (It's afternoon when I'm posting this so why not?)

sweet, my young roos have been crowing for some time, especialy the bantams that are supposed to be standard, glad it is cold now the neighbors won't hear them quite so clearly. neighbors nevery complain(I give them lots of eggs)  got to get rid of them they are getting aggressive towards each other
 love your brooder, very fancy.
and WELCOME to the sight

Wow Daran that is a lot of milk, maybe the calf isn't drinking as much any more??

Opa, Glad it isn't hips but hope the fix for the vascular is simple

Kimmie how did your tests come out? what kind of cancer were they looking for?:

 

Thank You! Maybe the eggs will help with our not so nice neighbors but we only have 3 pullets, who of which arnt a good laying breed.

I love this place! Everyone is so nice!

 

[mara1]

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Sorry no roo's even though the ordinances say chickens/rabbits/waterfowl Ok no roo's I'm still staying on the down low because it doesn't have a number allowance. I wasn't about to ask and get red flagged they're already @$%$#@ and aren't consistent on enforcing rules. They put me through the flux getting a privacy fence permit about materials location and when I pointed out neighbors that had the same fence. He said they didn't get a permit. There fences still up 3 yrs later supposedly not code compliant. A few months ago I get a ticket for having my trash cans behind the garage where they've always been. I'm on a corner so its on the side street and other corner houses have them visible at their side doors. I got the I'm new to your area ect...the other person just let it side. Anyway I thought I bought ameracauna's but I guess there just ee's still don't know if they'll pullets or roos.

 

[mara1]

And No I didn't know about the egg shells. But I do now (Jack of all trades and info /master of none)