Michigan

[KrisRose]

Huston's Happy Hens :

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Hey HenoftheWoods - IF you do decide you'd like a rooster, i have a beautiful EE that I actually got from Sara on this site....He is about 4 yrs old and a very friendly - NEVER been agressive and he is beautiful. Here's a pic for your viewing pleasure...I'd like to rehome him because we have a BO rooster that I'd prefer to mate with our girls....Have plenty of EE's right now -
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/13163_100_4779.jpg[/URL]

We are going to Chickenstock too - and bring him to you then if you'd like - PM me and I'll send more pics - this one really doesn't show his true colors - BTW, his name is Brewster to Rooster!

I will vouch for Brewster! Chickflick and myself visited Nancy and was standing in her run and that pretty boy never tried to attack us. Complete strangers!! And he is beautiful

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[Henny Penny04]

Chick- A fox does make it seem better than a dog- less of an accident. She must have thought she hit the mother lode. Birds that don't fly away! Too bad either way- sorry for you. Our Shiba was fox sized, and she could go right through our field fencing by nosing the vertical wires so the openings were larger. I'll bet the fox was also going right through the fence as they are actually quite skinny under all that fluff

 

[Huston's Happy Hens]

Kathy-Sam - and others; any suggestions for something to prevent the Wheaton's knee from buckling forward? Steve is thinking popsicle stick, but then how would she bend her leg to lay down?
we tried to do the makeshift suspension and honestly, didn't feel comfortable with her being suspended - w/out full supervision and we can't do that - so we put her in a airline kitty carrier, and she is doing fine and laying down most of the time - Kathy, she is the sweetest little hen - she is constantly talking/cooing to us - and yes, Ricky has adjusted to life with the main flock just fine....

 

[keyt1969]

I am happy to report that after 5 days in the dog kennel and Sasha the cayuga is almost all healed. I let her out for a little bit of exercise and she still favors the leg a bit and every now and then she lays down like it still hurts a little but it's nothing like it was. She needed a vacation from those hormonal drakes I guess!

 

[1muttsfan]

Chickmate and bluemoon, so sorry to hear about your chickens. It is hard to invest so much time and effort into raising stock just to loose them so suddenly. While I love it when I see fox and bobcat in my back yard, I worry about the day they figure out how to get into my pen. Only a matter of time I am sure.

 

[ChicwannaB]

Huston's Happy Hens :

Quote:
Hey HenoftheWoods - IF you do decide you'd like a rooster, i have a beautiful EE that I actually got from Sara on this site....He is about 4 yrs old and a very friendly - NEVER been agressive and he is beautiful. Here's a pic for your viewing pleasure...I'd like to rehome him because we have a BO rooster that I'd prefer to mate with our girls....Have plenty of EE's right now -
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/13163_100_4779.jpg[/URL]

We are going to Chickenstock too - and bring him to you then if you'd like - PM me and I'll send more pics - this one really doesn't show his true colors - BTW, his name is Brewster to Rooster!

OK, stupid question time here, what is an EE? Is it Easter Egger and what is that? An actual breed of chicken or just that they lay a green or blue egg? I admit I don't know all the abbreviations used on here...like DH???? I think it stands for husband or something close.​

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

chickmate & Bluemoon, so sorry for your losses

I want to know what happened to the nice summer weather we had???

I am taking a trip to South Carolina in July, I might not come back

 

[Huston's Happy Hens]

Quote:
Hey HenoftheWoods - IF you do decide you'd like a rooster, i have a beautiful EE that I actually got from Sara on this site....He is about 4 yrs old and a very friendly - NEVER been agressive and he is beautiful. Here's a pic for your viewing pleasure...I'd like to rehome him because we have a BO rooster that I'd prefer to mate with our girls....Have plenty of EE's right now -
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/13163_100_4779.jpg[/URL]

We are going to Chickenstock too - and bring him to you then if you'd like - PM me and I'll send more pics - this one really doesn't show his true colors - BTW, his name is Brewster to Rooster!

OK, stupid question time here, what is an EE? Is it Easter Egger and what is that? An actual breed of chicken or just that they lay a green or blue egg? I admit I don't know all the abbreviations used on here...like DH???? I think it stands for husband or something close.

You got it sista! Easter Egger - and yes, they lay blue and green eggs....They are my favorite!

 

[saddina]

Quote:
Hey HenoftheWoods - IF you do decide you'd like a rooster, i have a beautiful EE that I actually got from Sara on this site....He is about 4 yrs old and a very friendly - NEVER been agressive and he is beautiful. Here's a pic for your viewing pleasure...I'd like to rehome him because we have a BO rooster that I'd prefer to mate with our girls....Have plenty of EE's right now -
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/13163_100_4779.jpg[/URL]

We are going to Chickenstock too - and bring him to you then if you'd like - PM me and I'll send more pics - this one really doesn't show his true colors - BTW, his name is Brewster to Rooster!

OK, stupid question time here, what is an EE? Is it Easter Egger and what is that? An actual breed of chicken or just that they lay a green or blue egg? I admit I don't know all the abbreviations used on here...like DH???? I think it stands for husband or something close.

EE's are basically mutts. They're offspring who decades ago, when polyester was big, were crossed with blue and green pure breed chickens (aracaunas ameri-whatevers, et al). It was common for hatcheries to sell these chickens under the old breed's names, expecting no one would know the differance. Since they're of mixed genes, they don't have a standard, don't breed true, but can carry some of the looks (but not all) of the origional blue egged ancestors. Now some hatcheries are calling them EE's as people have ordered from them, tried to show the mutt-birds, and been rejected for not having the right birds. long and short without a dna test I'm real slow to claim anyone had pure birds, unless it's been green lighted by a judge. Then again I don't show chickens, all I want is an egg.

DH is dear or darn husband, depending on context.

Sidenote, except for my quail all of my animals have been mutts, nothing against mixing, but be honest when you do.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Hi saddina!

Welcome to the Michigan chat thread. When is the big move?