Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

Yes, it was beautiful flying around and landing several times on the run and adjacent shed.
I knew it couldn't get at the chooks, so I just enjoyed the show.

Coopers Hawk. They, along with Sharp-shinned hawks, are primarily bird hunters.

If you take the time and make the effort to build proper coops and pens, then like Aart you can enjoy watching the wild animals we share this world with without constantly worrying about your birds, or killing off creatures that are only trying to live in this world.

 

[Folly's place]

We've lost free ranging bantams and young birds to Cooper's hawks occasionally. Only once did we have a standard hen severely injured, probably by a hawk. it's been youngsters and bantams, dead.
The rain guage had 3.5" of rain from the last days, definitely plenty! Yesterday the crew came and installed new gutters on the house, in the rain. Amazing! And after 2+" of rain, without gutters, none in the basement. Also amazing, in a good way.
No rain for this coming week, good deal.
Mary

 

[Frankiegirl]

Hi Michigan Neighbors! new to keeping chickens, we are going on around 7 months. We live in Jenison (just sw of Grand Rapids) So far so good our 6 isa browns seem to figure out what to do and we average 5 eggs a day

Welcome neighbor!!! I’m in Ada! Glad you joined. Enjoy

 

[riss]

We went to Menard's yesterday and got the polycarbonate sheets. And stuff for one of DH's projects. He has a lot of irons in the fire, close to the fire, and sitting on the hearth waiting their turn.

I just got a job there

 

[troyer]

Did you know, or complete surprise?
Does she now sleep in the coop with them?

Complete surprise. Yes she takes them into the coop every evening. Most of the mothers in this breed are quite capable of doing so, even most of the first time mothers do it. It is also in part due to selection for that trait through out the twenty years I've been breeding this breed. None of these are hatchery chickens.

 

[Sally PB]

I just got a job there

Excellent!

 

[snowflake]

We went to Menard's yesterday and got the polycarbonate sheets. And stuff for one of DH's projects. He has a lot of irons in the fire, close to the fire, and sitting on the hearth waiting their turn.

sounds like my house

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Hello Michigan peeps! Beautiful Fall day in da UP. Lots of colors.

 

[aart]

Beautiful Fall day

Here too...tho no color yet.
Lovely temps, sunny, and breezy.
Got some more chips hauled to run this morning, and some mowing done this afternoon.

 

[aart]

6 for 6 from the pullets today......and 3 of them are roosting very close to Willie,
first time any have infiltrated the older crowd on the roosts.