Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[The Dixie Chick]

Welcome Dixie Chick. Check out the information on Chicken Stock in my signature. [rule]I set 2 packages of bees today.

Thanks RaZ! That's a lot of bees! Great pictures, too.

 

[Brennigan]

Hiya everybody! Just going to introduce myself into the community, since I haven't properly done that yet. I was just hoping to chat with some fellow Michiganders! I've got my 12 chickens and my children have found names for all of them already! We have Wyandottes, buff Orpingtons, welsummers, an ISA Red, and some Ameraucanas. We love our chickens, as do the kids! They're only about a month old and the coop still isn't finished!

but other than that they seem quite happy and are very kind towards each other and the children.

PM me if you're feeling lonely or just need a cheering up!
-Jeym

Welcome, Dixie Chick!

Its my first year with chicks also -- welsummer, wyandotte, buff orpington, and a silkie...very similar! : ) Our just moved to the coop this weekend (at 8 weeks). Glad you're here!

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

@RaZ

Congrats! That is wonderful!!!

 

[The Dixie Chick]

Welcome, Dixie Chick! 
Its my first year with chicks also -- welsummer, wyandotte, buff orpington, and a silkie...very similar! : ) Our just moved to the coop this weekend (at 8 weeks). Glad you're here!

Thanks! Maybe I should post a picture of my coop, since everyone else is doing it. I'll post one when its finished. It's not extremely creative, since we were going with the materials that we had. We modeled it out of an old play structure that was never finished and never used. Could you send a picture of your silkie? I was also wondering if you named your chickens. My kids were so excited about naming.

-Jeym

 

[ladyrsanti]

I finished the grow out pen in the main coop yesterday... and took a picture before it got pooped on. It's broken in now; the hens saw to that last night. The poop board roof lifts to allow the windows to open. Still have to add a small run and pop door but that can wait. Those chicks NEED to get out of my house ASAP, especially those icelandics. They've got some serious energy. One of the pullets is a sweetheart though, one of those that comes up to you and leans on you. Love her, keeping her.


The meat birds are another story. Of course, y'all know about cornish x. I got one sneezer/wheezer/rattler in the bunch though (5 days old) and wondering if it might be the dust in the brooder room? The older chicks make A LOT of dust. I'm trying to think of where else to move them to that would require nothing more than a regular light bulb to keep warm (I only have one heat lamp at the moment). Maybe the basement but it's tough getting down there frequently to check on anything as we only have access to the basement from outside. I could do it but it would be a pain. Is it okay to keep the turkeys with the meat birds for the eight weeks? and then I thought I'd move them into the old coop with whoever is left of the extra pullets and roosters, whoever doesn't go to slaughter.

 

[lbrykowski2011]

These are the 2 silver laced wyandottes, I'm hoping pullets, but don't know. Any guesses?

So love your coop lady, the grow out pen inside is real neat.

 

[The Dixie Chick]

That is a beautiful coop! How long have you been raising chickens? We only have our chickens for eggs and pets, not slaughter. Have you named you chickens? (I love seeing how creative people can be ) here's our three Wyandottes! Their names are Timber, Canterbury, and Thompson. Sorry for the awful picture, they won't stop moving! Those are some beautiful Wyandottes, lbrykowski2011! Mine are golden laced .

-Jeym

 

[Trefoil]

Welcome to the newbies. Raz- what do you feed them? The bees I mean. Hope they do well for you.

 

[RaZ]

Welcome to the newbies. Raz- what do you feed them? The bees I mean. Hope they do well for you.

The cans have a mixture of Karo syrup and sugar to tide them over until the flowers start to bloom. Then they are on their own.

 

[JackieandChicks]

Something that is working for me with the dust...I find it is caused by the feed, so I wet it down and the dust has dropped a good 95%. Just an FYI - I had up to 30 chick in the house and was amazed! Also I know they are getting all the feed and not just what they pick out. A bit of work but I think it worth it in the end...less cleaning, too!