Michigan

[NovaAman]

Here is a pic of the hens I got from MOM2, chilling in their little run... HOWEVER, they have already figured out how to escape... The dang meat birds showed them, that if they just push under the plastic poultry fence that I am using as a gate... they can get out... SO, they followed the little butterballs out and are now in the big run with the big girls and the big girls are looking at them like they aint nothing special, and continuing to stuff their faces... Sheesh. I have harmony in then hen yard... BUT, Mr. Fluffers hasn't seen them yet... AND he's a real horses rear.

 

[kimmie6067]

nope - my brother bought it for me. Something about "crazy chicken lady, blah blah blah" you can get one at mypetchicken.com

Thank you so much for the info, I will check that out. How many Gypsy's do you have? I love those horses.

Kimmie

 

[kimmie6067]

Glad you guys like them & I enjoyed taking them. I have to say though that Opa was a moving target. I had at least 5 pics of him and they all were blurry because he was always moving. Plus I was using my DH's camera.....not use to it and not as good as mine! lol

Also the funniest thing I heard yesterday & still is making me chuckle ( no offense to her or anyone related ) is about the gal in the last pic.....Someone's sister or sister-in-law, at a Chicken Stock Gathering with loads of chickens & chicken people and she tells me she is terrified of chickens. lol Guess it was a good move to over come her fear. She was even laughing at the fact that she came!

Sue thanks for the pic's they are great. That is my daughter she is so funny, when my son was showing her the Jersey roo (the baby one) it jumped out of the box she flew as far as fast as she could to get away she said "it's not funny it was trying to attack me", silly girl. She was keeping her eye peeled just in case another one tried to escape.

Kimmie

 

[Brandi Leigh]

Hello fellow Michiganders! I am from the Upper Peninsula, near the Wisconsin border. I am new to raising chickens but I am already addicted! My family got our first chickens from the Iron Mountain TSC during chick days in may. We got a dozen chicks. 7 Barred Rocks, 3 Red Sex-Links and 2 Buff Orpingtons. We started off with 12 because we kinda figured some might die but here we are several months later with the same 12 chickens! And plans for increasing that number next spring! Yepp, we are just starting to understand the whole chicken math thing. All I know is that we need a bigger variety of chickens running around the yard. hehehe I just love how many shapes, sizes and colors they come in!

I think next spring we are going to try and get some Silver laced wyandottes, EEs, RIR, and maybe some Leghorns. OH, and maybe some more orpingtons, and austraulorps, welsummers, jersey giants or any other breed we can get our hands on! lol

I have also been trying to convince the rest of the family that we should get some ducks or turkeys, or OSTRICHES! but no luck so far...anyways everyone that I have met on BYC so far has been soooo helpful and my chickens and I really owe BYCs for the knowledge they have shared with me. I love this site!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi Brandi and welcome to BYC and the Michigan thread from the other end of the UP

 

[kimmie6067]

Hi Brandi, welcome to BYC. I am pretty new to and also love it here. Everyone is so helpful. Yes the chicken math is awful I went to chicken stock with 12 chicks to find new homes came back with three of them and 7 new ones

, plus right now I am roo sitting my son's Jersey Giants the biggest chickens I have ever seen!! They are very nice roo's and quiet the older one crowed this morning it was soooooo funny because he has a very deep crow comes out more like he's clearing his throat, hahaha.

Kimmie

 

[SankofaGypsy]

Thank you so much for the info, I will check that out. How many Gypsy's do you have? I love those horses.

Kimmie

I have one gypsy, and then one missouri foxtrotter. My gypsy is a big dork and I love him to death

 

[swampducks]

Brandi Leigh! Glad you joined us. It is a great site and I am afraid math is hazard we all have to learn to live with.

How would you like an Uggo?

Hello fellow Michiganders! I am from the Upper Peninsula, near the Wisconsin border. .....................I love this site!

 

[M.sue]

Brandi Leigh! Glad you joined us. It is a great site and I am afraid math is hazard we all have to learn to live with.

How would you like an Uggo?

Pretty soon Mi will have to change it's state bird to an Uggo!!


Kimmie......It literally cracked me up when she told me that and she had that look of "What on earth am I doing here?" lol


Dh came in from locking the the chickens up and brought in a late egg from the box....3.5oz / 98g It's definitely large and I can't find my chart where I log sizes! Dang it, it's written down someplace in my binder but for the life of me I can not find it.

 

[M.sue]

I forgot....Welcome Brandi Leigh!