Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[troyer]

This cockerel is a Novogen Brown hybrid from the Freedom Ranger hatchery. He's going to be larger, and likely will produce good layers. Here he's literally the 'fifth wheel' and so not needed!
Mary

I was hoping it would be a bantam ameracauna. I won't be able to use the hybred.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

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Wow, so big

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Good news on your hubbyBet you're both happy!
Do you sell your roosters? I'm pretty sure I've got at least two? They are very feisty, they start cock fights with each other, larger combs and waddles, longer tails, darker. Wait and see I guess.
It's cold and rainy up here again today
We saw the robins yesterday! Spring is here

No robins in the western UP yet, but the snow is melting fast.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I saw the male Harrier hawk today flying over a low grassy marsh on my property.
I heard a pack of coyotes last night, woke me up. This morning went for a snowshoe walk, saw crows and an eagle on a kill sight about 200 yds from my house. It looked like snowshoe hare fur.

 

[CATRAY44]

ISO silkie hen. My sweet hen I used for hatching passed away recently. I’m in Jackson Co. Would anyone know of an older pullet or hen for sale? Pet quality is fine.

 

[chickflick]

I took my chicken to Apple Grove in Charlotte. Vet has chickens.

 

[Folly's place]

Dr. Fulton at the MSU veterinary path lab has a list of veterinarians who will see poultry, worth calling for someone closer to where you live. Some will do better with one species than another; I referred a turkey to Cedar Creek this winter.
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

@CATRAY44 , I don't have Silkies, but do have extra hens. What are you looking for? Bantams or standard? Two or more? It's harder to integrate one bird into a flock...
Mary

 

[CATRAY44]

@CATRAY44 , I don't have Silkies, but do have extra hens. What are you looking for? Bantams or standard? Two or more? It's harder to integrate one bird into a flock...
Mary

I have a way to keep her next to but not accessible to the flock for the time it takes to acclimate her. We are building a home while living next door to our property, but not set up for a brooder. (I do have a coop and run. ) A broody hen has always been my favorite way to hatch for my needs. My standards don’t go broody often.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Oh. Maybe it wasn't as full as I thought. It is supposed to be fairly full of solids on the bottom, effluent in the middle, and scum on the top. Hm, learn something every day.

We always have some crap to learn.