Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[JackieandChicks]

Have four of these for sale...Wheaten Marans mother, EE rooster. $20 for all four, go together at this point. Not sure of the sexes at all, but most likely both. They are with broody mama, not the bio mama Hatched in January.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Jackie i like the wide shoulders and short bodies. Is this the first hatch you've done with this cross?

 

[misfitmorgan]

"yeah they will run a back ground check and you will have to fill out some paper work it may take about 15-45 minutes depending on the guy doing it....how ever if you can find .22 ammo you are some kind of miracle worker....that stuff is about as hard as gold to find round here.....I buy it when ever I find a box on the shelf...Walmart sells them pretty cheep cheep....

Unless you buy from a private individual, a background check will always be run. It is incredibly quick, the shop selling the gun just makes a phone call to make sure you're not a felon or whatever. They do it while you wait.

.22 ammunition is expensive and in short supply, though. You used to be able to walk out of a store with a brick of the stuff for not much. Now finding a simple box of 100 rounds is tricky. Most places are sold out. Manufacturers are not making enough of the ammunition to fill the demand for it. And you cannot reload .22 ammo. I'm rationing the stuff I have."

Can't figure out the double quote thing, so went manual.

Is there a next step up that is easier to get ammo? I am not a felon tho' they did pick me out of all the people at my son's graduation from basic training at the naval base to check for weapons It was a random check and I think the guy was in training and thought I would be kind about it LOL!

Click the "multi" button on all posts you want and then on the last one you want to quote hit the quote button and they will all be down there waiting for your reply in the message box...hope that makes sense. At least thats how i do it, there may be an easier way.

Have four of these for sale...Wheaten Marans mother, EE rooster. $20 for all four, go together at this point. Not sure of the sexes at all, but most likely both. They are with broody mama, not the bio mama Hatched in January.

Where are you located?

 

[Steve P]

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@ Jackie, I don't think that you need a permit, but please don't take that as law.  My ex-husband had a .22.  Raz, and everybody else, please stop hurting yourselves!  I had a rough couple weeks at work myself.  I squished my pinkey finger and then almost ran myself over with the hydraulic forklift.  Man that was scary. 

And @ Opa, I don't know if my opinion is valid since I became a vegetarian, but rare beef was tasty.  I learned to love it at my old job at Sign of the Beefcarver.  Later as a waitress the restaurants I worked at would not serve hamburgers cooked to less than medium for the reasons you mentioned, but I know that sanitation and healthy animals are high priority to you, so I can only say you're doing it right.

...but I logged on this evening to say that I named a chick!  Victoria.  She has one toe that curls out a little bit.  My visiting friend said that it looks like her pinkey finger was out and that she should have a British name.  I'll call her Tory/Victoria.  I'm leaning toward the theme of country girl names.  One down, five to go!
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If it's a rifle no pistol yes

 

[birdman55]

roads out by me are good...its just main highways all the way here....and then a couple of back roads...just be careful on the back roads....as it has a nice hardened inch of snow on them....i guess were supposed to get some pretty warm weather here soon....lol...i hope.....well pipe just froze again...so back goes the big heater....i guess the heat light isnt strong enough...boooo....another day in paradise without water...cant wait for it to warm...on a good note...22 chicks and still one pipping right now...and packages are sent...quail eggs and stuff for the incubators...just hope the incubator stuff shows up before the quail eggs....lol

 

[uchytil]

Hey all, do you need to get a permit to get a 22 in MI? I had to dispatch a possum (I usually trap but my trap was occupied by a feral cat that is at a rescue right now to get neutered) and I did not like killing it by hand. Won't go into details but it was trying to get into my chickens with the light on in the barn and me and my dog going in and out of the barn. I felt awful but that one was not going to be relocated if it was so fearless. I decided I needed something just in case I need to put an animal out of it's misery.

Only if it's a pistol will you need a permit (at present time). .22 ammo is hard to come by these days also. It's obtainable but hoarders are buying it up and ripping off good folks by re-selling at outrageous prices. Talk to a well established gun store about options (not Walmart, or other department type stores).

 

[aart]

Quote: Hmmmmmm...I have a couple boxes of 500 that I bought years ago...but I'd only go semi outrageous

JK...... but glad I have it, don't shoot often anyway, just some critter plinking out the back window if necessary.

 

[ChickenWing]

I thought they got rid of the purchase permits for pistols (if you buy from ffl dealers). Did it change again?

 

[uchytil]

I thought they got rid of the purchase permits for pistols (if you buy from ffl dealers). Did it change again?

Actually the pistol has to be registered with the State. If you buy from a licensed dealer they will help you with this process. Depending on where you live will determine who you go through. It's not a big deal if you have a clean record. I've always thought it was funny that pistols, but not long rifles, or shotguns, have to be registered. With the current climate I'm sure it won't be long before that happens. I'd stick with a rifle for ease of purchase. Or go full tilt and get a .40 Sig and a CCL. That'll teach those pesky coons, and that Ermine that Taprock caught!

 

[Amanda39]

Hello my Michigan friends! I have a question about coops. I have hired a professional builder to build me a permanent goose coop under my deck(My deck is 15' high. It will be completely predator proof with electricity and running water. My question is, what to put on the floor? I have been doing pine shavings all winter and cleaning it out have been very hard. Large garbage bags of wet, poopy shavings every day. Now I know there is so much because they are in their all day, even when I try to get them out to clean it, they are trying to get back in because they hate the cold. I don't like straw, it isn't very absorbent, so, what do you recommend?

Also, do I build the structure on a cement slab, or right on the ground? I want a big coop, with benches in there to go in and sit with them and visit, especially in the winter.