Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[tdhenson86]

Admission here: I think I have a BYC addiction. When I'm supposed to be doing homework, I find myself getting on BYC. lol... I am taking a class on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy right now and find myself becoming my client...

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I love psychology!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Right now you are magnifying the negative and are creating self defeating emotions... Now go do your homework!

 

[Amy PT]

Admission here: I think I have a BYC addiction. When I'm supposed to be doing homework, I find myself getting on BYC. lol... I am taking a class on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy right now and find myself becoming my client...

Same here. And I found every distraction when learning about CBT.

 

[Opa]

I was just curious. Does anyone have any idea of where summer went or why it passed so quickly?

 

[NovaAman]

Not a clue. But my forecast is calling for upper 60s for the next few days...

 

[SillyChicken]

anyone use valbazen for worming their birds?

I noticed some "movement" in a fresh dropping yesterday....ugh... I swear if it's not one thing it's another.


Welcome Boris!

 

[Stacykins]

I think I got pseudo skunked.

One had been lurking around, and I even saw it on the deck one morning before I let the dogs out (yea, they waited to potty that morn). So last night I finally caught the darn thing in a livetrap. Looks like a this years skunk, kinda small. Anyway, even though he did not turn tail and spray, there was a skunky odor in the air, probably because it was afraid from being trapped. Putting a bullet between the eyes and WHEW, yea, it couldn't hold it in anymore. I used a set of gloves to remove and dispose of the critter. Nothing skunk touched my skin or cloths.

Now, I smell skunky on myself. I have that set of cloths in the washer. But I still smell skunk. Not the worst smell ever, but not one I want to bring with me around other people.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

My babies started pipping at 11:30 last night, so the first one was almost 10 hours ago. I see a little part of shell gone, but i don't know if she was able to pierce the membrane.............So far 6 have started pipping, spread out over the night. Buuuuut the bator has gotten really quiet, even when i tap and call ???! Before i had some very loud talkers in there.

Definitely freaking out..........i have been good and haven't opened it, but should i help the first few? Cocoa's egg was first and it's the primary worry i have.

 

[gladahmae]

My babies started pipping at 11:30 last night, so the first one was almost 10 hours ago. I see a little part of shell gone, but i don't know if she was able to pierce the membrane.............So far 6 have started pipping, spread out over the night. Buuuuut the bator has gotten really quiet, even when i tap and call ???! Before i had some very loud talkers in there.

Definitely freaking out..........i have been good and haven't opened it, but should i help the first few? Cocoa's egg was first and it's the primary worry i have.

my eggs NEVER peeped/chirped before hatching, so

I'd give them a few more hours before going in after them.






DH and I have decided to move the 2 new chicks out to the original coop in about a week (in time for the new chicks to go into the brooder) and use a light for supplemental heat since it's been chilly at night. We still have all the pine shavings (deep litter) in that coop from the big girls. Should I clean all of that out and put in new shavings? Can I leave them in there since they've been in there for 2.5months and will start breaking down to provide extra heat? Can I spread the old shavings from the other chickens in the run where the new chicks will be? Should I just put the shavings in the garden as compost? Put the 'old' shavings in the new coop???? I'm just concerned about controlling disease, and don't know what to do with those shavings....