Michigan

[M.sue]

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sweet, an outlaw with a heart. That was nice of you. Pat on the back...

 

[RaZ]

Yep. I'm an outlaw for sure.

 

[Jenerva]

Raz, any tips where to get some nice laying pullets in Wayne Co.? We want to expand-- our neighbor only gets 1/2dozen at a time

 

[NovaAman]

GO Raz...

Ok, so I just decided that he's going to have to learn to get along. I put him in the cat carrier and put him in the big coop. Will do it like that for a few days. If it doesn't work out, he'll go back in the dog coop with the girls and see what happens then. I just don't want him by himself, so...

Cross fingers.

OH, and Buffy started to lay in her nest box again. Its either that or my leggern started. What color do white leghorns lay?

 

[M.sue]

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I believe white.

 

[RaZ]

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Sorry Jenerva, I'm a newbie here. It took six days to get half a dozen eggs. I have 5 hens but only 1 is laying. But Broil is an egg Machine! One a day just like clockwork.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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mine are totally wierd birds. I have 12 nest boxes in three different areas, 6 birds laid an egg in the same box yesterday, and today it was 5 eggs, in the same box all the time. They sure like that one box,

 

[1muttsfan]

Chic, try putting a few wooden or plastic eggs in the other boxes, sometimes that will help


good morning Michiganders, very rainy here today. Got a huge pile of brush and wood burned last night, got slightly singed but it was fun.

 

[fifelakelooper]

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Rainy here too!

Hey...how about those Tigers! And Lions! And....ok....won't go to the U of M vs. Spartan game going up....but nice to see Michigan having some GOOD things happening!!

 

[sj3364]

I have the slowest chickens. The 3 big girls are now 28 weeks and only one is laying. The other 2 show no signs of ever wanting to lay an egg. My 18 week old rooster has not crowed, not one time. He honks like a goose but not in an attempt to crow, he's just talking. He sees me coming outside and runs to me, honk, honk. Gets chased by one of the big girls, honk, honk. Flock of geese fly overhead, honk, honk. He also had no interest in the opposite sex. I would expect him to show some interest in the hen who is laying, at least. Nope. He is a big pretty boy, though. He's already bigger than all the hens.

I'm trying to decide if I want to take the coop divider down that is separating the big girls from the 2 younger ones. I think the little girl will be okay. She is very submissive to the big girls and they mostly leave her alone. They do like to bully the poor rooster though. Maybe I'll leave it up a couple more weeks to see if he starts to act like the big beautiful rooster that he is and hopefully the big girls will start giving him some respect.