Michigan

[sj3364]

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Great! I can hardly wait to see how much they eat this winter.

 

[Olive Hill]

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Great! I can hardly wait to see how much they eat this winter.

I know.

Sorry.

If you want I'll take a picture of the back of the truck next time I make a feed run. I guarantee it will make you feel better immediately. We'll just say what's lasted you 5 months wouldn't last me *cough* a week *cough*. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't last me 3 days.

 

[eggluvr]

Hi I'm from MI also SE! In a nieghborhood, my neighbors are very tolerate of my hens

I have 2 bantams, 1 barred rock, 1 frizzle and 1 isa brown.

 

[chickflick]

 

[babigyrl22]

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[NovaAman]

Welcome Eggluvr!

Hey! I Buffy(turns out her name is Petunia) back outside this morning. She was so anxious to get out of the house she decided it would be a good thing to start flapping on the stairs while I was holding her. I cant let her run around the house... Rotten Ruby would attack her... SO anyway, I finally get her out the door, set her on the front stoop, and she decided to poop! OMG! As soon as I sat her down! It was a shicken bomb! I am so glad she waited till I had her out the door and set down! I swear, it was a bomb.... No wonder she was flapping, I picker her butt up just as she was getting ready to crap!

Well, anyway, I let the others out of their coop, and whaddya know, Mr Fluffers and Petunia acted like they had been reunited after a tremendously long seperation! IT WAS JUST OVER NITE! Guess that could feel like a life time to a chicken...

So, good morning all! Happy Sunday!

 

[chicken grandma]

I have taken in 5 finches. Four are white and one is brown. I have put them in new cages and even had them vet checked (I know - that was unnecessary, they are fine).

It turns out that my son is allergic to them. Would anyone like a new cage with 2 or 3 finches? They can go to a private home, elderly persons retirement home or classroom.

They are very low maintenance just a little seed and water each day and they are lovely company.

Please p.m. me right away if you are interested. I plan to turn them over to a bird rescue group later this week.

 

[lvchicken]

I wish I could take them... I don't live in MI anymore

 

[Chickmate]

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At what age do they go broody? She just started laying 2 almost 3 wks. ago and is only 20 wk.old.

Any age they want. Every chicken is different. I've got a light brahma who has been broody since the day she hatched. Okay, slight exaggeration there, but you get the picture. Some just really, really want to be moms. And they usually make the best ones.

So if you have a hen who goes broody is it best for her "emotional and psychological health" to let her hatch some eggs? I would love to hatch some chicks the natural way if the opportunity arises. Is it damaging to her psyche to deny her that, or am I putting human emotions on a bird?

Welcome eggluvr! You'll love it here! Glad to have you.

 

[Olive Hill]

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My daughter would LOVE them. She was just asking for finches yesterday. Unfortunately for her, her mom says ummmm... NO!

Seriously, though I hope you're able to place them.

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I'd say it's definitely anthropomorphizing. That said, if you're planning to raise more chickens breaking them of the broodiness is a terrible waste, imo. Chicks are so much easier (and happier and healthier, imo) when they're hen raised. So if you have a broody and you want more chickens I would say definitely take advantage of her instincts and let her do the work for you. As a bonus you both get what you want -- she gets to raise chicks, you get more chickens. They don't have to be chicks from eggs she hatches either. You can unpack chicks from a hatchery right in front of her and she'll be happy as can be with them. I've got three broody hens raising more than 100 chicks right now. Happy as clams every one of them. And I never once had to run a heat lamp, worry about acclimating them to free-ranging and the weather, etc. The hens do it all. These particular chicks were 1 week old when that storm cluster rolled through here recently. I was gone. On the other side of the state. Hubby was gone. Kids were gone. Those hens had the chicks out free ranging. They didn't lose one to the storm. Took them into shelter while it down poured and then right back out once it quit. It's an incredible thing to watch -- and remember they have almost 40 chicks EACH.