Michigan

[NovaAman]

Yup... can employ the 12 year old to pick produce.


Well anyway, I heard it on the radio today, and thought I'd mention how it is bs to the nth degree. I do hope that there is enough of a brooha with the farming community to put a kabosh on it. BUT if there isn't, I guess all those unemployed will not have a reason for being unable to find employment, as it will open up A LOT of positions that were previously filled by teens during the summer.

 

[ladyfeather]

Taprock, I like it. Are you going to be charging schools and things for it or will you look for grant money? An acquaintance does gardening for schools and camps for kids or adults new to it.

I looked over what is considered hazardous and I can't disagree with too many of them. I agree that those under 16 shouldn't be driving passengers around, handling explosives, dealing with ammonia, etc. I can't see why they can't use chemicals if given the proper equipment and there seems to be an exemption for machinery they are trained to use by a vocational program or 4-H.

 

[Olive Hill]

Eeyore -- The Student and Certificate exemptions are the key here. They're pretty much wiped out in the new regs. There are added provisions -- especially dealing with livestock -- and the change to 18+ for mills/elevators/feed yards, etc. is another biggie.

 

[NovaAman]

Tap, that is so cute! I read it to my boys, and they want to know whats happened next... and now all sorts of questions about it... OMG. How the heck would I know? I didn't write it! LOL

 

[Olive Hill]

Nova - I'd like to think it'll be enough, but farmers have been making a stink for months and very little has been altered. It doesn't look promising.

LadyFeather - There are exemptions in the old regs. Very few will be maintained in the new regs. Most are completely eliminated.

 

[boynechick]

Hi there!

Boyne City is allowing 4 hens in a region in which city chicks have been hotly contested (see Petoskey). So, I'm excited, and have 2 buff orpingtons and 2 australorps hanging out in their brooder in my garage. They are only 2 weeks old, but so far so good. When do folks in the north usually let their chicks out into the coop? Is it like plants, and you don't put them out until after frost danger is over? :/

 

[RBahmer]

Hi there!

Boyne City is allowing 4 hens in a region in which city chicks have been hotly contested (see Petoskey). So, I'm excited, and have 2 buff orpingtons and 2 australorps hanging out in their brooder in my garage. They are only 2 weeks old, but so far so good. When do folks in the north usually let their chicks out into the coop? Is it like plants, and you don't put them out until after frost danger is over? :/

 

[NovaAman]

Hi there!
Boyne City is allowing 4 hens in a region in which city chicks have been hotly contested (see Petoskey). So, I'm excited, and have 2 buff orpingtons and 2 australorps hanging out in their brooder in my garage. They are only 2 weeks old, but so far so good. When do folks in the north usually let their chicks out into the coop? Is it like plants, and you don't put them out until after frost danger is over?

LOL! Welcome to BYC. You start introducing them to the outdoors after they are feathered out. About 6 weeks, when you take off the heat. I put mine out in a coop at 6 weeks, still provided the heat lamp at that time too since it was February yet.

Nova - I'd like to think it'll be enough, but farmers have been making a stink for months and very little has been altered. It doesn't look promising.

LadyFeather - There are exemptions in the old regs. Very few will be maintained in the new regs. Most are completely eliminated.

I only just heard about it today. I guess the media isn't paid enough to report on these types of issues. They are more concerned with Romney's dog from the 80s...

 

[ladyfeather]

Welcome BoyneChick!

Congrats on getting to own chickens. I hope someone on here can give you an idea of when they should set them out. With the cool, windy, and wet weather I am waiting until they are six weeks old and the weather hits 70 consistently.

 

[Olive Hill]

Hi there!
Boyne City is allowing 4 hens in a region in which city chicks have been hotly contested (see Petoskey). So, I'm excited, and have 2 buff orpingtons and 2 australorps hanging out in their brooder in my garage. They are only 2 weeks old, but so far so good. When do folks in the north usually let their chicks out into the coop? Is it like plants, and you don't put them out until after frost danger is over?

Hehehehe. That's the best giggle I've had all week. Welcome, boynechick! You can start weaning them off the heat slowly now, 5-10 degrees per week depending on what they'll tolerate happily and you can put them out as soon as they're weaned off it. Or.. you can move the heat out with them and do it now.

I only just heard about it today. I guess the media isn't paid enough to report on these types of issues. They are more concerned with Romney's dog from the 80s...

Yeah, I don't know why the news picked back up on it just now. Some reporter must have had a slow news day and then it just went viral among consumer outlets from there.