Michigan

[Mom 2em All]

Welp...

I have put the eggs in lockdown.
I do believe ONLY FIVE eggs are viable at this point. I couldnt keep it cool enough and it ran at 102 for the week. (hard to tell an incubator to be LESS than the actual room it is being kept in. But then at night to work again).
I have more in there, but I have them separated. Five have moving chicks- perhaps beginning to be in the air cell.

Three are marked Tx and two are marked #2.

In reference:
The eggs marked #2 are from a pen with splash Naked Neck frizzle green-egger rooster with black and blue Naked Neck green-egger hens.
The eggs marked Tx are from a pen with splash Naked Neck frizzle green-egger rooster with splash Naked Neck fibromelanotic green-egger hens and a barred Naked Neck green-egger hen.

So splash frizzle X black/blue- no black skin
and splash frizzle X splash black skin and
splash frizzle X barred no black skin (

watch all three will end up barred zebra naked necks..)

 

[Mom 2em All]

SillyChicken- Im glad you are back from vacation- it was so hot all week, glad you got to visit the caves. My son was in Shelbyville Ky all week. Havent heard how hot he was. At nineteen, he only contacts me when he needs something.

Juise- the dolls are adorable!

Taprock, sorry for your loss!

 

[taprock]

Morning all.

We are down yet another chicken. I had to bury two yesterday. Because of the dratted hawk I have been only letting them in the run most of the day and free range for a few hours when I can guard them. One girl has discovered a way out. I would try and catch her in the act of escaping so I can fix where ever it is. No luck. So yesterday she escaped again only to have the hawk grab her. In my opinion the hawk wasted her. It ate only her neck, all the way down to the spine. Her head was still attached, and then it left her!

My son found her. DH wants to build a hawk trap. Are they legal in MI?

My garden is doing good, the weeds are doing great! I gave up on keeping rows clean without the tiller so I just weed around everything. Last night I cleaned out all the potatoes. Today my shoulders are sore enough that the rest will stay for a while.

Ummm M2M - I think the frizzle is a....... rooster! The non frizzle looks like a girl.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Ummm M2M - I think the frizzle is a....... rooster!

Well, theres a surprise!

 

[chicken grandma]

Welp...

I have put the eggs in lockdown.
I do believe ONLY FIVE eggs are viable at this point. I couldnt keep it cool enough and it ran at 102 for the week. (hard to tell an incubator to be LESS than the actual room it is being kept in. But then at night to work again).
I have more in there, but I have them separated. Five have moving chicks- perhaps beginning to be in the air cell

Are these your standard size blue Uggos Kim?

 

[chicken grandma]

Taprock - Sorry for your loss!

Thanks for the welcome back! I really missed all your stories and adventures!

RaZ - You might really like Michigan in the countryside. We do have pretty mild weather because of the buffer that Lake Michigan provides and all this water is going to come in real handy if the weather continues to be so hot in the future! Plus, our flora and fauna are pretty nice......as you know!

Opa - Miss you and I am praying that you and your family are doing fine.

 

[Stacykins]

Morning all.

We are down yet another chicken. I had to bury two yesterday. Because of the dratted hawk I have been only letting them in the run most of the day and free range for a few hours when I can guard them. One girl has discovered a way out. I would try and catch her in the act of escaping so I can fix where ever it is. No luck. So yesterday she escaped again only to have the hawk grab her. In my opinion the hawk wasted her. It ate only her neck, all the way down to the spine. Her head was still attached, and then it left her!

My son found her. DH wants to build a hawk trap. Are they legal in MI?

Definitely NOT legal. All birds of prey are protected federally, so harming or killing them is majorly illegal. If you're caught having done something to one, there is a large fine (around 10K I think) and potentially jail time, if I remember right. The only thing you can really do is keep your flock in your secure run for some time, weeks maybe, until the bird realizes the chicken dinners are no longer available and moves on. If you trap it and release it (hah, yea that isn't allowed) it'll likely be back home before you are.

It is probably feeding young, which is why it is so voracious at the moment.

 

[snowflake]

Thanks, Snowflake! No one listed that when I asked what treatments they carry for lice and mites. Where do you get yours?

yes, TSC, look for Ivermectin pour-on for cattle,,,,, a little pricy, $15 but lasts for ever, I even shared it with my daughter You only need a few drops

my grand daughters would LOVE those, they are 5 (twins) and 9 Beautiful!!!!

Back from Grandma and Grandpa's. I am 700 posts behind so if I missed anything big please let me know!

Is RaZ in jail for keeping chickens?
Did Mom2 hatch giant blue Uggos and give one to Olive?

Welcome back chicken grandma, hope you had a great time!!
Got to go play taxi for grand son, finish reading posts later

 

[Olive Hill]

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I guess I will have to specifically ask them about Ivernectin? All three stores I talked to today I asked what treatments they carry for lice and mites, and the dust and spray were the only things mentioned.

Ivermectin is not labeled for poultry and feed store workers are usually minimum wage employees.

Best to know what you need and how to use it before you go in. There is no significant scientific backing for the use of DE for parasite control or prevention, only anecdotal. As a preventative it doesn't hurt anything and can certainly be used by anyone who would like. As a treatment, there becomes a fine line to walk between your convictions and the well-being of the animal. There's a reason Ivermectin is on the NOP Allowed Substances List for infestations that cannot be treated otherwise.

Oddly enough he had the city attorney there who said that RTF and GAAMPs don't apply to "high density" cities.

His wording is loose -- it's not so much density as total population, but generally the higher the population, the higher the density soooo... semantics to some extent -- that's that new amendment I recommended you look up.

So splash frizzle X black/blue- no black skin
and splash frizzle X splash black skin and
splash frizzle X barred no black skin (

watch all three will end up barred zebra naked necks..)

So I might just escape Uggo ownership afterall???

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi nativebeauty, welcome to BYC and the Michigan thread
Some roosters will take care of their hens, and some won't.