Michigan

[chickflick]

Is it that every time you plan to clean the coops a storm comes, or... is it every time you know a storm is coming you plan to clean and that way you get out of it??????

What a weather change!! So nice this morning and a couple of hrs later.. wham. Windy and cold.

 

[keyt1969]

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Umm...do I have to be honest???

Today we totally planned on it. It's been so warm for a December and we were going to do it a Friday but my Arthritis kicked my arse so we decided to do it today. Go figure.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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She is beautiful!

 

[DaughterOfEve]

Hope its a grand feathery New Year for all you poultry crazed michiganders.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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& Welcome!


I hope y'all have a happy and healthy 2012!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27698_101_6190.jpg

Beautiful Roo.

Thanks

That is Soloman, my main Delaware roo.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Someone posted back a few pages ago about wanting a rooster. Sorry I cannot remember who it was but I have a Delawegger cockeral free to anyone that wants him.

 

[snowflake]

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Fever few is supposed to be good at repelling bugs. my chickens don't eat it but it is pretty and some people cut it ,dry it and through it in the coop to repel mites. smells real nice. Also sweet Annie. The chickens love tomatoes.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

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I haven't done it yet, but here's some sites that have good selection: Jeffers livestock, (cheap wormers) first state veterinary supply (bigger selection of vaccinations), smith poultry (poultrysupplies.com, cheap antibiotics) thomas labs (fish antibiotics), and
qc supply.com carries a med called denaguard, marketed for swine in the ad but if you google denaguard's home page they use it for poultry in the uk with zero egg withdrawal. it's pricy at $50 after shipping but is one of the best for CRD. Do your research before going for the big guns, as only certain antibiotics work for certain illnesses, and the wrong one could actually make it worse! Most of the ones that work are "off lable". I just get the usual ones at Tractor Supply and my local feed mill.

 

[chicken grandma]

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She is beautiful!

X2 That little hen reminds me of a beloved Silkie mix my children had for 4 years. I just melted when I saw your photo Stacykins!

 

[fuzzybutt love]

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Fever few is supposed to be good at repelling bugs. my chickens don't eat it but it is pretty and some people cut it ,dry it and through it in the coop to repel mites. smells real nice. Also sweet Annie. The chickens love tomatoes.

I am thinking about putting clover, wheatgrass, and dandelion in my run. Mabie some herbs? I couldn't tell you which exact flower it was, but they really liked one out of my "wildflower" mix i planted last year... They also eat my wild strawberries plants if they can get to them! (I use them as groundcover for my flower bed)