Michigan

[ChikeeMomma]

Well, glad your egg business is going well, too! I went from giving away my extra eggs (to family -- will still give away to family -- I just don't have any to give right now) to turning away paying customers! I do have one Buff Orpington and she lays a light brown large egg. I say large but all my chickens lay larger eggs than the grocery store large.

 

[DottieMarie]

Can anyone give me the name of a vet for chickens in South East MI? I don't have any issues at the moment but I want to have a number handy in case I ever need a chicken vet in the future. I would hate to have a problem and not know who to call.

Also, do most people worm their chickens? I don't but am wondering if I should.

 

[RIRJen]

HI!

I'm going to be coming to chickenstock next month and I'm on the prowl for a few birds

~blue cochin hens and one roo

~speckled sussix roo (2-3 of them)

~pied guinea (anything but pearl)

I want the cochins....the others i'm looking for for a friend. Let me know if you have any of these!

 

[ChikeeMomma]

I started selling eggs by word of mouth, handing out free eggs here and there (for example -- my neighbor). I also post on www.midlandonline.com, but I would check out your county and see if they have a similar website. I know Saginaw, Isabella, and Bay counties do to. They all feed into the same website for classified adds. I think people also list on Craigslist or www.bestfarmbuys.com or stick a sign at the end of your driveway.

 

[Mr_Jeff]

This looks like a pretty good deal.
http://lansing.craigslist.org/grd/1271616901.html

 

[Opa]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=184561

I'm sure we are going to have a real nice time. I'm looking forward to putting faces to the names I've been reading the past year.

 

[citalk2much]

Someone one looking for eating eggs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2545152#p2545152

 

[miss_jayne]

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i would use straw myself. that's just my opinion. if you use hay, chop it up so it cannot lodge in the crop.

since you are on the edge of hatch, leave it be. wait for hatch, then switch it maybe.

that would be my first instinct on that.

 

[Huston's Happy Hens]

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i would use straw myself. that's just my opinion. if you use hay, chop it up so it cannot lodge in the crop.

since you are on the edge of hatch, leave it be. wait for hatch, then switch it maybe.

that would be my first instinct on that.

Thanks MJ - I was leaning in that direction also - Do you have experience w/banties - I've read that their incubation period is 19 days and not 21 - appreciate input from anyone!

 

[miss_jayne]

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you are welcome.

i have hatched lots of bantams, yes, but in incubators, Genesis 1588, Forced Air LG and Dicky.

i have had them go 21. even Seramas. stop turning at 18 and they will pop when they pop. i've had them pop at 22 days as well. but that again is in bators, not under a broody, so my experience will be totally different than under the 'real deal'