Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[BobBry]

@bobbry

What are points on a quilt?

Beautiful Points on the quilt! Those are not easy!!! I am impressed! Is that all hand quilting? If so, I am Doubly Impressed!

@ladyrsanti

Your resourcefulness is amazing indeed. The Force is strong within you.

Bryan does not use a sewing machine for anything.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

I can make that happen in the spring!

 

[lbrykowski2011]

It seems out of the blue, all the chickens are picking on 1 other chicken. Ruby was my 1st hen, that my son picked out and has never had a problem. Now for the last 2 days, every time i go out, the other girls are chasing n pecking her. She was hiding behind the rooster, but sometimes he would walk away a lil and someone would go after her. Last check, she was alone in the coop, I checked her over and no blood anywhere and she looks ok, maybe a lil weight loss, so don't know why this is happening or if there's anything I can do.

 

[iamfivewire]

our EEs have finally decided to have their fall molt & waited til we droppin into single digit temps at nite
8-(

 

[snowflake]

It seems out of the blue, all the chickens are picking on 1 other chicken. Ruby was my 1st hen, that my son picked out and has never had a problem. Now for the last 2 days, every time i go out, the other girls are chasing n pecking her. She was hiding behind the rooster,

keep an eye on her, sad to say often when others start picking on one bird it is sick and they will try to chase her away

 

[Opa]

Another day is underway and I need to get my hearing aids worked on. So with the weather reports and road conditions I think I will try and get to the VA hospital in Ann Arbor before the traffic rush starts. Some days this old man maintenance is really a pain.

Snowflake is exactly right about the possibility of the chicken being sick. I've noticed that usually the others in the flock will know a bird is sick before it becomes evident to us. I would isolate the harried bird and give it some Nutri-Drench to ease the stress.

 

[lbrykowski2011]

I have a extra large dog crate that I put straw in inside my garage, it's attached so i can check on her often. I have some Vet RX, will that help. I won't have a vehicle till DH gets home tonite to get to a store that might have the nutri-drench. Would TSC carry that? Waiting for it to get light enough to go get her. How long do you separate and how do you re-introduce? Thanks for any n all help, hope not but might be my 1st sick 1.

 

[taprock]

I was woken by DH's 4 a.m. call for work as we managed to get several inches of the white stuff over night. My weekend highlights...

Found a local pet store with a hedgehog, he was priced high as there are none in 250 miles of here. But, I never do this, but I offered him less and he took it. So I pick him up next weekend.

I'm only getting 1 or 2 eggs a day still. I had considered putting the light on the timer again but I decorated with a star above my Chicken coop and it is on the timer right now so the chickens get to sleep in until after Christmas.

I've been needle felting and found a wonderful local - as in a mile down the road - source. She dyes all the wool herself and they are just beautiful. I've been making birds and dogs. I really hope to move on to chickens!

My DH has a crazy family. They all create great messes and want DH to fix them. He is the youngest and the only responsible one in the bunch. On Friday my MIL got stuck in her drive way so BIL who is 45, lives at home with daughter, and doesn't work got a friend to pull her out. He in his great wisdom hooked the chain around her radiator hose. So she was no longer stuck but the hose was pulled out of the engine. So she calls my DH and wants him to fix it. He told her this is not some spark plugs you can run down and get from any hardware you need to call a dealer as it is a new van. He can not fix it. So Friday MIL calls me and reminds me he needs to fix the van. Saturday she and BIL both call reminding him it needs to be fixed. Both times he tells them he cannot fix it. He says maybe his brother should go to the dealer since he is the one who broke it. Last night MIL calls again complaining to DH that he didn't fix it and wants to know how she is going to get to work today. My hubby is very patient with his family, I lose mine just talking with them. Anyway, DH lost it with his mom. I will add there were two more issue also this weekend with a furnace and a faucet leak that they also wanted him to take care of. Ahhh families, sometimes I do wish we lived more than 5 miles away!

On the Beaks 'N Books front I have 5 kids signed up for next Saturday. I'm not sure how I am going to clean chickens this month. I don't want to bring them in for more time than I have to. I think I will do a spot cleaning, dry them and put them in a clean cage in the garage for the night. Then on Saturday I will leave them in my car until it is time for the program. I don't want to go through re-acclimating them to the cold if I bring them in to the warm house.

I didn't intend to leave you a book but it's been a crazy weekend.... and we did manage to get our tree before all the snow!

 

[1muttsfan]

Tap, glad you found a hedgehog for Von. If you need temporary housing just let me know, one more animal around here is nothing.

We got 6", fluffy, light and beautiful - not too bad to shovel either.

 

[Opa]

Tractor Supply usually carries Nutri-Drench. I would keep the bird in isolation for at least a week. Any illness should be apparent within that time period.

Some time the pecking behavior is initiated by a dominate hen picking on a bird she has taken a dislike to. The others will join in and you soon have a damaged bird. If that is the case, removing the dominate hen for a couple of couple of weeks will change the flock dynamics and when you put the offender back she no longer will be the dominate bird.