Michigan

[M.sue]

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That's how my 6 Asa Browns are- they wake up and go do their job, and leave me 6 eggs by 8:30 without complaint- total sweeties. Now my New Hampshires are another story. Maybe we will lay, maybe in the nestbox or maybe out between the coop and the woodpile, or maybe under a tree. And we will complain loudly no matter what.

The owner of the dog that tried to eat my chickens a month ago just stopped by to tell me it is loose again, so I had to round everyone up and get them in the coop. They are not happy, but I do appreciate her letting me know and I told her that. I will let them back out when I am going to hang outside with them. Hope the dog gets back home soon- she told me she was burning rubber to get down here and let me know.

Mine are the same....love my girls!! I always thought that the spelling for Asa Browns was spelled with an I = Isa Browns. That is how the older gentleman had it spelled on the sign on the brooder when we purchased them. No wonder I love spell check so much!!!

 

[hickchick55]

M.sue :

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That's how my 6 Asa Browns are- they wake up and go do their job, and leave me 6 eggs by 8:30 without complaint- total sweeties. Now my New Hampshires are another story. Maybe we will lay, maybe in the nestbox or maybe out between the coop and the woodpile, or maybe under a tree. And we will complain loudly no matter what.

The owner of the dog that tried to eat my chickens a month ago just stopped by to tell me it is loose again, so I had to round everyone up and get them in the coop. They are not happy, but I do appreciate her letting me know and I told her that. I will let them back out when I am going to hang outside with them. Hope the dog gets back home soon- she told me she was burning rubber to get down here and let me know.

Mine are the same....love my girls!! I always thought that the spelling for Asa Browns was spelled with an I = Isa Browns. That is how the older gentleman had it spelled on the sign on the brooder when we purchased them. No wonder I love spell check so much!!!​

I have seen it spelled both ways- have no idea what is correct

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Now that I have googled it I do know- you are correct!

 

[ChicwannaB]

M.sue :

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That's how my 6 Asa Browns are- they wake up and go do their job, and leave me 6 eggs by 8:30 without complaint- total sweeties. Now my New Hampshires are another story. Maybe we will lay, maybe in the nestbox or maybe out between the coop and the woodpile, or maybe under a tree. And we will complain loudly no matter what.

The owner of the dog that tried to eat my chickens a month ago just stopped by to tell me it is loose again, so I had to round everyone up and get them in the coop. They are not happy, but I do appreciate her letting me know and I told her that. I will let them back out when I am going to hang outside with them. Hope the dog gets back home soon- she told me she was burning rubber to get down here and let me know.

Mine are the same....love my girls!! I always thought that the spelling for Asa Browns was spelled with an I = Isa Browns. That is how the older gentleman had it spelled on the sign on the brooder when we purchased them. No wonder I love spell check so much!!!​

I just decided to study that very thing MSue, I googled both Asa and Isa, and Asa Brown does not come up as a chicken breed. hmmmmmm

 

[erinlee]

Hi everyone-

1muttsfan just pointed me to this thread; I didn't even know there was a Michigan group on this forum. Glad to find you, although I wish it was under better circumstances.

I just posted this morning that something got into my coop lastnight and killed every single one of my hens

Here's the thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=585120&p=1

Learn from my mistake - everyone make sure their coops are 100% predator proof

 

[babigyrl22]

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I've got 23 outlaws

7 of them are really young. The chicks will take more time to tell but the older two are definately roos.

 

[babigyrl22]

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First, Welcome to the Michigan Thread! There are alot of fine and helpful folks here.

Second, I am soooo sorry about your birds

 

[Farmer Andy]

erinlee- Very sorry for your loss.

On a much brighter note, welcome, welcome, welcome to the MI thread. There are a lot of wonderful people on here that are always willing to help out with any question you may have or just share a fun thought.

 

[M.sue]

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Mine are the same....love my girls!! I always thought that the spelling for Asa Browns was spelled with an I = Isa Browns. That is how the older gentleman had it spelled on the sign on the brooder when we purchased them. No wonder I love spell check so much!!!

I just decided to study that very thing MSue, I googled both Asa and Isa, and Asa Brown does not come up as a chicken breed. hmmmmmm

I've seen it both ways also......either way I know what type of chicken they are talking about!! lol

 

[Olive Hill]

Theron -- Next Saturday will be good. Actually it's perfect as it's the only Saturday we're not booked up from now to 2012.

It's definitely ISA with an I. ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company that developed the ISA Brown hybrid. They were developed for battery egg production; think: the egg-world equivalent of the Cornish X. They've more than proven their value in alternative and backyard systems, too, though. One of my favorite hens of all time was an ISA. Smartest chicken I've ever seen. She'd even "help" us do work around the farm. When building something one day she watched hubby take screws out of a box and drill them in a few times and then started picking the screws out of the box one-at-a-time and setting them near him. She was a hoot.

 

[hickchick55]

I know you all want to see my new (to me) egg basket

, so here it is. I love it.