Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[chicken grandma]

Nova, if he has been kept in a small cage maybe his walk has been affected? Hope he gets some exercise and straightens up.

 

[NovaAman]

Fuzzy suggested that too. So, we will see. I can't express enough how darn adorable he is though. And really, we are not kidding over the crazy extent of those feathers! You. Can bury your hand in them they are so abundant. Jace loves him too!

 

[Trefoil]

I thought he was adorable when sarah posted his picture, he's house chicken material.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Does anyone know of a good source of inexpensive wood chips in the Grand Rapids area, keeping in mind I don't own a pick-em-up truck to transport loose loads of anything? Ever since our feed mill closed, I've been looking. Meijer carries small blocks, pet stores and TSC even smaller. I miss Blue Ribbon

 

[taprock]

Tap... You are letting me down here... I mean... you kill the predators in dresses but you get the deer in a sweater. LOL.

I did have my crocs on you just can't see in the picture - and dress pants.
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One of my son's cochins looked like his legs attached wrong at the hips (do they call it that on a chicken) the angle was wrong and he hobbles. He was also very small and had no chest muscles at all. His keel sticks out almost. I kept warning my son he wouldn't make it for about 3 months. Now he is pretty healthy - although he still waddles but he did finally put on weight. I thought maybe because of how he is connected he isn't using the right muscles to walk. Your little guy sounds the same.

 

[NovaAman]

Well, he is 5 months old. Just gonna baby him a bit. We are used to babying birds here. Lol. I thought I m might have to baby the screams, but they are smart. Blackie gets herself right up practically under the faverolle boys. Lol.

 

[1muttsfan]

Baby the screams - that sounds very creepy!

 

[RaZ]

Baby the screams - that sounds very creepy!

Gotta love those Nova-isms.


I'm off soon for docent duty since I missed on Tuesday (court) and then I'll be heading to Howell afterwards to meet with MDARD folk at 2:30.

I'll have some time before the meeting if you want to meet for a cup of coffee, Opa.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

here's a thorough article about bird leg problems https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

*as a side note not having to do with the bird in question
breeder parents are recommended to be fed a breeder ration; (this article mentions this) gail damerow (Chicken health handbook) recommended a gamebird feed if there weren't breeder feeds available. Recently on another thread the high protein levels were brought up; there is a gamebird starter and a gamebird grower. I am going to go back in the book to see which level of protein is correct. I'm assuming grower, though i didn't know until a week ago that there were even two kinds!

Chicken grandma, others,
there is another medicine chart on this site I have been steadily updating the my Fuzzy's Note's page in my siggy link. There is now a ton of info for health problems, and hatching helps, genetics of colors with picture references for us average people.... all kinds of good stuff!

 

[NovaAman]

The gamebird starter is 24% and the grower is 22%. I have my birds on the grower pellets at 22%. Even the chicks from the last hatch group that Skatter hatched out have no problem eating these pellets. They are half the size of the layer pellets. Very nice.

Pat is actually standing up more this morning than he was all day yesterday and the day before. I am going to guess that he was just very stressed out. Poor boy. He still walks a bit oddly.

Skeeter has 4 eggs under her now. That darn Loralie has been getting in there with her and laying eggs. It is hard to tell their eggs apart since Skeeter lays a medium-small pink egg and Loralie lays a pinkish tinted egg as well nearly the same size. Just like her momma Buffy's. LOL. Well, guess I will have to mark 4 eggs.

Roger Jr. started crowing this morning. It sounds... Awful. LOL. Roger sounded like he had laryngitits... RJ sounds even worse. LOL. He's also the very devil, just like his dad. He has to bite me, then he'll let me pick him up. Rotten snot. LOL