Michigan

[BackyardFarmMom]

Ulk... It is HOT and HUMID!!!
Gave the peeps some cold watermelon and old frozen blueberries... Yum...
Sprayed down the run

 

[RaZ]

The nice old guy who lives behind me just called and said he heard my rooster crowing a little while ago.
He thanked me for bringing back some boyhood memories for him. The rooster has been crowing off and on for about a week now and today was the first time Johnny has heard him.

It made me feel good that some people can appreciate chickens in the city.

 

[Folly's place]

Concerning racoons; years ago, friends living in Vermontville had an enormous number of racoons one winter--in the barn, unafraid of people, damaging everything. Their neighbor trapped 4o or more! The problem ended when they found and talked to another neighbor who was rehabbing and releasing them! Many wildlife rehabbers no longer will do racoon, but not all. It is illegal to relocate racoons to another county, or in the same county without permission from the landowner. These cute little critters are a high risk species for rabies, along with bats, foxes, and skunks. Mary

 

[babigyrl22]

The nice old guy who lives behind me just called and said he heard my rooster crowing a little while ago.
He thanked me for bringing back some boyhood memories for him. The rooster has been crowing off and on for about a week now and today was the first time Johnny has heard him.

It made me feel good that some people can appreciate chickens in the city.

 

[RBahmer]

Concerning racoons;  years ago, friends living in Vermontville had an enormous number of racoons one winter--in the barn, unafraid of people, damaging everything.  Their neighbor trapped 4o or more!  The problem ended when they found and talked to another neighbor who was rehabbing and releasing them!  Many wildlife rehabbers no longer will do racoon, but not all.  It is illegal to relocate racoons to another county, or in the same county without permission from the landowner.  These cute little critters are a high risk species for rabies, along with bats, foxes, and skunks.  Mary

Well I relocate them on a road where there is nothing but woods and no houses for miles. And I will still relocate them.

 

[keyt1969]

Well I relocate them on a road where there is nothing but woods and no houses for miles. And I will still relocate them.

 

[NovaAman]

Oh, I don't mind relocation.... As long as it is in an area that can support them, and not other human/chicken habitation. I never had a coon attack until I built my tractor coop. I have learned a very hard lesson, and the is to NOT put anything in it until it is COMPLETELY finished. Well It is now, and NO ONE will sleep in it except during the day. LOL. SO, it will get converted later on this year.

Welcome home Rocksteady. Thank you for your service to our country.

You guy will not believe the monster I caught in the trap today. IN BROAD DAYLIGHT TOO! Just amazing. I would not have believed it had I not heard the trap smack



HAHA!

Unfortunetly, with this new phone I got, it resizes the pictures for SMALL! And its ok... I like the bigger ones though. Well anyway, here is a gathering beginning under the newly sprayed down trees...


And everything looks blue... Hmmm. I guess I need to learn how to adjust that.

 

[NovaAman]

Wow... It sure got toasty warm out there today. Jumped in the pool with the kids for a while. Boy did that feel nice. I have half the mind to go and do it again now that dinner is complete.

Anyway... Who has silkie eggs? I think I want to put some under Skatter... She's a good broody. Still no eggs from the hens I got from mom... Unless they're stashing them under the meat birds and they are eating them... HMMMMM.... LOL.

There is a 40% chance of rain tonight. I am crossing fingers that it'll actually happen.

 

[RaZ]

Despite the heat, I was outside doing chores for most of the day.
A bit of this and a bit of that. I have the fence panels leaned up against the wood pile but I need to move about 50 feet of firewood before I can set the panels where they need to be.

I moved the pond filter barrel from where it was to a more secure location. Somehow, a plastic bag got trapped in the outflow pipe.

Just a few more days until the SLW roos go to freezer camp. They have mounted every mature female and even the young pullets who haven't started to lay yet. I wonder if that is why my last mallard hen left the yard.

The 2 mallard drakes are still here and wander into the big coop to check out the 2 downy ducklings that are isolated from the other birds. Once the roos are gone, I will let the little orphan ducks out of isolation.

I let the skunk out in the fenced off hosta bed and he quickly found half a dozen ways to get out of the netting and into places that he shouldn't be. Predator animals are pretty darn clever. And while some may fault me for harbouring vermin, I find their behaviour fascinating to observe and it gives me some clues to make my chickens more secure.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi rocksteady, welcome to the Michigan thread