Michigan

[EeyoreD]

So Taprock's (awesome, she's my hero) Easter picture made me think of something.

What do you all DO with the things you shoot/trap/kill around you? Bury them? That seems like a lot of work and in some areas seems like it would turn into a mass grave.

 

[Olive Hill]

So Taprock's (awesome, she's my hero) Easter picture made me think of something.

What do you all DO with the things you shoot/trap/kill around you? Bury them? That seems like a lot of work and in some areas seems like it would turn into a mass grave.

Toss 'em out on the "back forty". A warning/offering to the other carnivores in the area.

 

[taprock]

What do you all DO with the things you shoot/trap/kill around you? Bury them? That seems like a lot of work and in some areas seems like it would turn into a mass grave.

My brother is a trapper so if the fur is good he get's them. If not my hubby works for the road commission and they have a pit for road kill and they get tossed there.

Today is our last day of spring break and I hope I can enjoy it! My son is spending the day at my sisters so I have a free day!

 

[Stacykins]

So Taprock's (awesome, she's my hero) Easter picture made me think of something.

What do you all DO with the things you shoot/trap/kill around you? Bury them? That seems like a lot of work and in some areas seems like it would turn into a mass grave.

A few deer have ended up as roadkill along our property. I do as the others do, put 'em in a tractor bucket and dump them out in the way back. Within a week or two, the scavengers make very short work of the carcasses. I'd rather have them decomposing out there then in the ditch by the driveway.

 

[EeyoreD]

Ah thanks all. That was my other thought (I've seen a few carcasses out walking and the smaller ones, maybe muskrats or possum, seldom last more than 3 days). I just wasn't sure if that would actually bring more predators into the area since they're essentially getting free meals.

 

[swampducks]

Hiya Jake I'm over here in Barton City, you know, that little village no one has heard of unless they drive down 72 a lot and see the sign?

I'm hoping to go to Chickenstock, haven't been to one yet. You winter in WA a lot? I stick it out here, not much choice otherwise.

Hiya all,

I havent been on here in quite awhile, but here now, spent thde winter in Wa State,

back now in the Harrisville area now, north on Huron shore area.

I am wondering how many here are going to Chickenstock in June?

Thanks for the link and the info. My pups do get one of those topicals from the vet, can't think of the name right now. I'll ask about the flu vaccine. Thanks again.

Influenza is one vaccine that we require before boarding or grooming at work. It does not prevent it, much like our human flu vaccine, but it keeps it from becoming severe if they do contract it. I recommend it.

Some lyme protection is better than no protection. Id recommend that you also use something to kill the ticks like Frontline Plus or Trifectis. Just remember that nothing prevents a tick from biting, thats where the Lyme vaccine comes in- that way if they do get bit by a tick, at least they have some protection against SOME of the strains of Lyme.

 

[RIRJen]

Toss 'em out on the "back forty". A warning/offering to the other carnivores in the area.

Heehee...this is what I do with my culls from my rabbits. They are tossed out back as a sacrifice to the cyotes

 

[Farmerboy16]

Any thing that I trap and any poultry that I cull, I bury them in the garden as fertilizer. The plants like them.

 

[Chickmate]

Daron - Loved all your pictures. The lilacs are beautiful! Nice and short so you can smell and cut the blooms. Mine are so tall all the flowers are 6 or 8 feet above my head! Also love the pics of the emu eggs. Do you have them in the bator now or is that an old picture? Have any pics of hatchlings, I'd love to see those! Do you still have emus, I haven't heard you talk about them.

Hello Jake! I guess you're not new, but welcome back. So glad to have you.

I agree with Opa, all these chick pics make me want to get a few. Mama's babies are almost as big as the others now. I just have to make sure I get all pullets this time! I was going to wait till Chickenstock to pick up a few but this MG talk has gotten me paranoid. As I've said before, I'd like something I don't already have and TSC doesn't seem to have much. I love the dark eggs from my Marans but they are not great layers, at least mine aren't. Of course, I only have two, but some days neither one of them lays. Kinda thinking of Orpingtons and would really like some blues. Opa, you had a picture of some beautiful blue chickens a while back. What breed were those and are they large or banties? I'm not really interested in banties. Right now I have 14 hens and 4 roosters. Need to get rid of two roos and pick up 6 more pullets. I also keep looking at my pond right next to the coop and thinking it would be fun to have a few ducks playing in it, but then I think about the mess they make and what would I do with them in the winter? They'd have to stay in the coop with the chickens. No, just more mouths to feed and more mess to clean up.

 

[Wickischickies]

Farmerboy,
Your going to kick yourself, like I am right now....

That MG vaccine that I posted about is dirt cheap compared to our vet bills that you and I have incurred. I kept hearing how expensive it was compared to the price of chickens.

I wish I had heard about it sooner and got it when I bought my first chickens. I'm glad I looked into it! I'm waiting for another rep to call me back to sign me up with an account. I talked to my husband and he gave me the okay to order it.
I will be ordering it and a couple of other vaccines I feel is important for my flock. I spend the money to vaccinate and keep my family safe, my dogs save, and from now on my chickens will be included!