Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[HollyDuckFarmer]

That was here today too. Well now I guess I'm ready for more sn*w. or maybe not so much.

 

[Trefoil]

I found it in my local TSC in the horse salve area. Have you used it against bumblefoot/ staph infections successfully? I am eyeing different active ingredients, thinking i need to switch it up. Still a wait and see on the red cote since my girl's still healing.

I used it on my duck's bumblefoot this past summer. After I applied a glop of the salve (its also called black salve) I put a teflon gauze pad over it and bandaged it with vet wrap. It took me a while to figure out the bandaging and she looked kind of funky with a neon green foot, but by the next day her limp was gone, after 2 days I removed the bandage, it looked good but I resoaked her foot, applied more salve & bandaged it again. 2 days later I removed the bandage and she hasn't had any problems. "Ichthammol ointment is an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anti-fungal ointment" is the description on medical questions. It is a "natural" remedy.

 

[snowflake]

I wondered- Hi!


If Opa says mineral oil will work, it will, folks. Not to say anything about longevity, but some people do tend to learn given enough time, and Opa is getting pretty learned

. And mineral oil is cheap

X2 age is wisdom (accept for some of us that are just old and have no experience)

 

[snowflake]

Good morning all

glad to see there aren't 50 more posts to read since last night

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Hi snowflake! Good Morning!

 

[taprock]

Everything iced up last night and now we are expecting more snow today, A lovely winter weather advisory for the day. I am very glad I was able to clean all the coops out yesterday. Not a complete cleaning by any means, but I took the top hard, gross layer off everything added bags of pine shaving and stirred everything up and added BOSS so the chickens would finish my work. Since everything is under snow, including the compost pile, cleaning means scooping into a bucket, carrying it to DH's big sled for ice fishing, and then pulling the full sled through the snow to the compost. Repeat many times.

Yesterday I was going through hatcheries, just looking.

Partially for my sons 4-H this year we have to decide what he is doing. I have three questions for everyone. Answer any or all.
1. If you could only by from one hatchery, which do you like best?
2. What is a friendly and good turkey breed?
3. If you could buy a grown laying chicken what kind or color eggs would be best?

 

[Candy442]

Everything iced up last night and now we are expecting more snow today, A lovely winter weather advisory for the day. I am very glad I was able to clean all the coops out yesterday. Not a complete cleaning by any means, but I took the top hard, gross layer off everything added bags of pine shaving and stirred everything up and added BOSS so the chickens would finish my work. Since everything is under snow, including the compost pile, cleaning means scooping into a bucket, carrying it to DH's big sled for ice fishing, and then pulling the full sled through the snow to the compost. Repeat many times.

Yesterday I was going through hatcheries, just looking.

Partially for my sons 4-H this year we have to decide what he is doing. I have three questions for everyone. Answer any or all.
1. If you could only by from one hatchery, which do you like best?
2. What is a friendly and good turkey breed?
3. If you could buy a grown laying chicken what kind or color eggs would be best?

# I. Townline supplied most of my stock right now via TSC and they have been very healthy birds, the others I got as grown chickens from trusted BYC members.
# 2. So far, the Narraganset turkey has been what I call the most inquisitive and friendly breed that I have encountered...One that walks around the courtyard of a nursing home in the U.P. entertaining the residents

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#3 For production and beautiful consistent medium chocolate brown eggs daily, the Red Sex Links (they are the leaders of the pack and pretty bold). For docile personality and light creamy brown eggs, the Delaware (laying every other day/3 days in winter).

I plan on breeding the Iowa Blue after adopting Jake's flock. I used to be a 4-H leader in the area and thought I would promote those as a great 4-H project since the breed is just being standardized and on the verge of being accepted as APA breed. Very cold hardy and great foragers, their eggs are light creamy brown and medium to large sized so far. There are not many of these chickens out there currently so a handful of breeders are working to establish good numbers.

 

[SillyChicken]

2. turkey's - treats and handling when young ... doesn't matter the breed so much. Though my BBW were friendliest (but that may be cause they couldn't run away that fast either). They are curious and nosey by nature so pick based on what you would like to look at or would want to eat. The other birds I have are chocolate and Royal Palm... love watching them in the yard. Narragansette is one I'd like to get in the future. the last batch of birds I got from Ideal I had issues with their birds this last year.. I wouldn't recommend them. If you can buy from a breeder, you'll be much happier with the quality birds.

Did some more work on the yak last night.. going to have to bust my buns to get it done on time..

 

[Candy442]

Did some more work on the yak last night.. going to have to bust my buns to get it done on time..

Very nice! what are you using, pen, charcoal, or pencil?

 

[SillyChicken]

Very nice! what are you using, pen, charcoal, or pencil?

pencils