Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[LittleLakePhil]

Amen....My six years seems very insignificant compared to those that gave all...thank you for your service!
.....Phil

 

[troyer]

Hello ganders. How many chickens freeze to death in the lower peninsula?

In my experience none, unless they are deathly sick or seriously impaired. Now if you buy hatchery birds, you might lose a few toes the first year, To combat frozen toes, just make sure they have nice wide roosts or at least a roost where they can cover their toes with body feathers.

 

[bigmrg74]

Wind is starting to pick up here. Hope everybody makes it through this gale of November. Glad I got the coop parked and got the straw this morning.

 

[aart]

Wind is starting to pick up here. Hope everybody makes it through this gale of November. Glad I got the coop parked and got the straw this morning.

It is wailing here!
Creeps me out, got water stores set by, hope we don't lose power.
Flood advisory for Lake Michigan shoreline.

 

[Candy442]

It is wailing here!
Creeps me out, got water stores set by, hope we don't lose power.
Flood advisory for Lake Michigan shoreline.

Yes, they are predicting that Lake Michigan can get up to 20 foot waves, be careful!

 

[aart]

Quote: Am 15 miles from the lake and don't plan on going anywhere today.
Would kind of like to see those huge waves, might have to turn on the news tonite to see some footage.

 

[bigmrg74]

Am 15 miles from the lake and don't plan on going anywhere today.
Would kind of like to see those huge waves, might have to turn on the news tonite to see some footage.

http://woodtv.com/2015/11/11/grand-haven-pier-shuts-down-ahead-of-storm/

Much easier to let the news go and look at it for ya. Heck, Channel 7 out of Detroit here sent somebody over to Grand Haven just to do a live shot of him getting blasted by the wind.

Wind knocked down my portable fencing over this morning. Figured it wasn't worth even trying to put it back up today. Just move some of the stands over onto the netting to hold it down. hoping it didn't rip too much.



Belle out enjoying the wind in her hair.

 

[Monstro]

Help! Found our missing hen today... with 3 chicks. Never had a mama before. Will mama keep them warm so we don't need a heat lamp? So far we put her and babies in an old single hole rabbit cage (1"x2" wire), loaded with straw and sitting inside the coop. Do they need to be separated like this? Or will she protect them of they're loose in the coop? The other birds consist of 6 hens and 3 ducks.

Thank you

 

[chickflick]

Hen will protect the chicks, and keep them warm. She may be able to protect then against the other hens. The ducks have me worried. Can you put some fencing around them to keep them separated? Take them inside?

 

[Folly's place]

If her chicks get through the wire, the other birds will probably kill them. 1"x2" wire is not going to work! Mary