Michigan

[Farmerboy16]

My Aunt from Florida gave me this for Christmas, and I hung it above the main coop door.

She and her family was camping in the keys, when she found it, and thought of me. She told me that when she heard about the disease wiping out my flock, she thought that it would not seem right to give me that sign. But I am glad that she did. It adds a nice touch to the coop, does it?

 

[ChicwannaB]

it's lovely...always good when someone thinks of you. And maybe it will scare the bad things away....

My Aunt from Florida gave me this for Christmas, and I hung it above the main coop door.

She and her family was camping in the keys, when she found it, and thought of me. She told me that when she heard about the disease wiping out my flock, she thought that it would not seem right to give me that sign. But I am glad that she did. It adds a nice touch to the coop, does it?

 

[Farmerboy16]

I took this picture two weeks ago. I like the way they were looking at me. lol

 

[RBahmer]

My Aunt from Florida gave me this for Christmas, and I hung it above the main coop door.

She and her family was camping in the keys, when she found it, and thought of me. She told me that when she heard about the disease wiping out my flock, she thought that it would not seem right to give me that sign. But I am glad that she did. It adds a nice touch to the coop, does it?

 

[un-named543]

Wow... i can't believe you Michigan folks have this many pages in your state thread! What a friendly bunch!

From Minnesota!

 

[RBahmer]

Wow... i can't believe you Michigan folks have this many pages in your state thread! What a friendly bunch!

From Minnesota!

Minnesota. We are a chatty bunch.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

That's what has happened TWICE with me- and how I got the pterodactyl/ velociraptor baby.

awww mom! but we all love that round one with the ginormous feet! I'm leaning toward an odd silkie cross on account of the black skin. Do they have extra toes usually?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Wow... i can't believe you Michigan folks have this many pages in your state thread! What a friendly bunch!

From Minnesota!

you have no idea. 8 pages a day- and that's a slow one

that's what makes it so addicting! You don't dare miss a day cause you'll miss a big part of the story! Always SOMEthing happening in Michigan!

 

[Mom 2em All]

awww mom! but we all love that round one with the ginormous feet! I'm leaning toward an odd silkie cross on account of the black skin. Do they have extra toes usually?

Both my silkies and the silkie/cochin and the sizzle have black skin extra toes. The only one that got eliminated is the frizzle. She has normal toes and normal skin.

if the baby frizzles, then we know that the sizzle was the mom- if my lack of genetic knowledge is correct. Because the sizzle could have been frizzled or normal feathered...she must carry the frizzled gene.

 

[Chickmate]

When I turned on the computer and logged in I had 135 unread posts, and I get on and read EVERY DAY! This thread is insane, but I love it. I started out replying to muliple posts but had to get up and do other stuff so often that the first ones I was going to reply to are now older than the hills. So, I'll just say to Farmerboy, I LOVE your sign! In fact, if you don't mind I think I'll make one of my own this summer.

Mama and the chicks are doing great. The 5th egg had not hatched or even pipped yet this afternoon. When I want to the coop she was half in and half out of the nest box and not on the egg, but all four chicks were under her keeping warm. I felt the egg and it was still a bit warm, so she must have just moved off it not too long before. She had pooped in the corner and I think she moved because of the poop. I cleaned the poop out, removed the nest box and put fresh straw in. Now there is more room without the nest box in there and I don't have to worry about a chick falling out and not being able to get back under Mama. I refilled the chick feeder with Mana Pro medicated chick starter and gave them fresh warm water. The chicks are all running around peeping and I watched all of them eat and get a drink, so it looks like they are healthy enough. I picked up the last egg and it doesn't feel really heavy like the others did before they hatched, so maybe it never started or wasn't even fertile. I won't take it out for another week or so unless Mama pushes it out or gets off it. The chicks are so cute, and like Nova said, they change so fast! The little yellow one now has tiny black flecks all over and the yellow spot on the top of the little black chick's head now does not look so perfectly round but more of a splotch, so maybe it's not a rooster after all. It will be fun to watch them change and mature into. . . what? I just hope they are all pullets.

Tonight when I went to clean the poop boards the chickens had all gone to roost already. As I was scraping I noticed a few spots of blood. They were under the spot that Worf always roosts in and when I looked up I saw that he had a little blood on the side of his head. It wasn't much, but something happened. I saw him and Joe sparring in the yard the other day and I hope they are not going to start fighting now. I really like having two roos because they are both on constant guard and I feel the hens are so much safer. I hope I don't have to make a decision to get rid of one.

Glad to see ChickwannaB is alive and well.

Woo Hoo, the weather report is for 38 to 40 degrees for the next week or so! Can't stand this super cold weather.

Everyone keep warm and safe.