Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[NativeBeauty]

Oh....and a question for anyone with experience with curled toes in chicks. Anyone have input on splinting toes in bantams? I have read that this might be caused by inconsistent temps in the incy OR by poor substrate.
My daughter and I have been using strips of vetwrap to make toe splints for a porcelain booted bantam with a curled toe on each foot the curls back under his/her foot. I'm wondering if anyone has had success with this method? I might just have to chalk it up to another "differently abled" chicken in our future as we currently have one 3 year old cross beaked EE hen and one bantam chick that is possibly blind (with smaller than normal eye openings)...sigh. From now on, I'm only getting chicks that I can hand select myself (unlike TSC) because I'm afraid my bleeding heart will have a coop full of misfits at this rate.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Raven laid her first egg! Sadly, it's not edible. Since she is on meds. But, she does get her stitches out today! e

Proud to lay a egg.

 

[Stacykins]

Looks like all three have blue eyes. After a few days I will know for certain. I am almost certain that my buck is homogenous for blue eyes, as 100% of kids born here have been blue eyed when bred to brown eyed does. Though my sample size is rather small, so I can't make it a factual statement. But 7 out of 7 kids with blue eyes, the chances are looking good!

Doeling, first to be born, looks just like her Mom. I forgot about the camera until after the others were born, so this is the only 'wet' kid photo.




Second doeling, a lighter version of her Dada!



Buckling, he looks exactly like his father!


All three!

Three babies! Congrats, Stacykins - are you waiting for more? Is your town the happening place this weekend? My BIL is headed up tomorrow for the Robotics and so is my DH for knife making. However, the group my hubby is with didn't plan ahead and can't find a room so they are taking sleeping bags to camp out on someone's floor.

I actually have no idea what is going on in town that would make for full hotels. I will have to ask at work tomorrow, if anything is happening.

 

[gladahmae]

Holy cuteness!

 

[aart]

Congrats on the goat kids and the invalid egg layer!

I MacGyver'd a pseudo brooder heater plate if anyone wants to see it.

 

[Amy PT]

Oh, the goat kids!

 

[chickflick]

How adorable. Love em baby goats!

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweee

 

[chickwhispers]

All Absolutely Adorable! @Stacykins ! Congratulations!!!

 

[uchytil]

Yay, baby blue eyes...too cute Stacykins!