Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

I guess I don't need a goat.

Almost lost a mouthful of coffee!

 

[1muttsfan]

Oh great...

 

[bigmrg74]

Had my girls all set up to work mom's weed overrun garden on Thursday. With all of that good cover I thought that they would be OK from hawks trying to get at em as its bit of a jungle that just kinda got away from mom this year. Friday night I got a text from mom saying that a hawk got one of my barred rocks from last year and might have been really close to snatching one of my white hens as well. Went and looked over all the girls that night, didn't see any obvious injuries to them, just kinda a big pile of feathers out in the garden. Maybe that one just was that scared when the barred rock got snagged that she just kinda instant molt, like how old cartoons would have them do. Anyways, the girls spent yesterday and today locked up, and hopefully that hawk has took off on trying to get a good chicken dinner from there.

 

[aart]

Went and looked over all the girls that night, didn't see any obvious injuries to them, just kinda a big pile of feathers out in the garden.

So none lost?
Keep an eye out for puncture wounds.
Want to do the same in my garden, but fear the hawk aspect.

 

[1muttsfan]

That's all I found of one of my big Delaware girls after a fox raid when I had stepped inside the house for just a few minutes - a big pile of white feathers.

 

[RaZ]

I haven't noticed the migration of raptors this year. I haven't heard the owls hooting in the woods like seasons past. I don't know if I missed it or what.

 

[aart]

It all went as planned, he went peacefully and is now free of pain.
The vet was great and I had a friend here to help bury him.
G'bye Buddy, RIP.
Rascal Roy in his prime at 5yo in 2012.

 

[RaZ]

A difficult yet necessary thing to do.

 

[Folly's place]

He was a handsome boy!
So sorry,
Mary

 

[ldhs16]

Hello Michiganders!

My husband and I are looking for 2 female khaki Campbell ducks (preferred 6 months or older) to compliment our male khaki Campbell as we lost our female last week. We don’t necessarily have to have khaki Campbell’s so female ducks are fine.

We live in the Ann Arbor area. Let us know if you have an idea to make our male super happy again.

Thank you,
LHS