Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

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First egg! Yay!

 

[mindylee]

TSC is having a sale tomorrow (Fri) 3pm-9pm only 15% off on all items and 25% off on clearance items for friends and family apperciacance day.

 

[uchytil]

Ya, I know that... He would be buying the equipment not the pair. I was wondering if it was worth it for the hutch/run, fence, & accessories. I don't care for those kind of instant (seemingly cheaply made) houses for chicken coops, but DH doesn't have the time right now to build a decent hutch and thanks to CS, DS has been on us like crazy. I do prefer a style that allows the rabbits access to grass & room to hop around (rather than just a caged up box). The kids have wanted rabbits for years, but CS (uchytil) really made the boy persistent. I keep telling him not now, he keeps shopping, it's wearing on us. **sigh***

Those hutches are sold at Family Farm & Home. Pretty sure they go for around $139.00 new. I may be wrong depending on the model/style but there is a bi-level for that price that looks similar. The attached run is chicken wire and 2 by 2's. I would think about 10 dollars worth. I personally would not use chicken wire for rabbits. Plus the bottoms of both hutch and run are open. Rabbits dig out and predators dig in - not good in either case.

If the hutch is in near new condition it may be worth looking at but even slightly worn and? In any case I'd close of the bottom with hardware cloth and make sure the rabbits were in the upper section at night(snug as a bug in a rug).

If you have to keep the bottom open then just make sure they are in the top closed section at night. I take my rabbits out and put them in one of those folding dog fence do-dads so they can exercise and eat grass but only when I'm near by. Back in the hutch when I leave. Pretty easy and a change of scenery for the little eating machines.

Lops are cool looking and make nice pets. Medium size probably.

I'm sorry I got him so interested. Send him up here next time the hutches need to be cleaned and maybe he'll change his mind, lol!

So, in summary for sure check FF&H price on a new unit and compare before you buy. You could just get the rabbits, house train them to cat litter boxes, and voila - house bunnies!

 

[uchytil]

My dog got sprayed by a skunk last night - yay!

 

[Meca]

TSC is having a sale tomorrow (Fri) 3pm-9pm only 15% off on all items and 25% off on clearance items for friends and family apperciacance day.

Is this all TSC's and is there a coupon that is required? Thanks for the heads up!

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

My dog got sprayed by a skunk last night - yay!

Ewww I can speak from personal experience, dawn dish soap and baking soda works wonders. And I mean that I was cleaning myself, not a dog

. Twice actually....

 

[Meca]

Is there anyone in the Thumb Area that has Golden Laced Wyandotte Breeding stock to where I could purchase some hatching eggs?

 

[SpidersHuman]

Hi I have a Q for all you duck owners. I recently aquired 4 one year old Pekin Ducks, they were with a pekin drake. The first 2 days I got 4 eggs per day, then the next day 1 then 3 the next. One day there was none. Is this normal is they're anything I can help get more eggs. Is it cause they aren't with the drake anymore? My boys won't be mature for at least another month.

 

[Meca]

Hi I have a Q for all you duck owners. I recently aquired 4 one year old Pekin Ducks, they were with a pekin drake. The first 2 days I got 4 eggs per day, then the next day 1 then 3 the next. One day there was none. Is this normal is they're anything I can help get more eggs. Is it cause they aren't with the drake anymore? My boys won't be mature for at least another month.

Mine are like that too! I swear its hit or miss when I get eggs. I have three so sometimes I'll get three eggs, then none, then two, etc. I think that maybe normal.

 

[mindylee]

Is this all TSC's and is there a coupon that is required? Thanks for the heads up!

Yep all TSC stores are doing it. There is a card but manager said if ya come in and spend $, they will honor it still even if ya don't have a card.