Michigan

[Stacykins]

No... sorry.

I am picking up all my chickens this weekend though.

And I will, officially, NOT be going to CS. I have a wedding party to go to.
I wish I could meet you all in person, but you will just have to deal with my crazy chicken lady posts for now.

The teacher that hatched out my one chick said he is really imprinted on humans... I might have a house chicken or a new shadow. Hehe.

Here is the breakdown of my chickens:
1- 2week old RIR/Black copper maran (we think) chick FRIDAY
2- Under 1week Araucana chicks FRIDAY
2- 2month old? Uggos courtesy of Mom2 SUNDAY

A purebred Araucana (like with tufts and rumpless booty)? What breeder did it come from?

 

[Opa]

I think Uggos would be extremely difficult to age. When one sees baldness you automatically start thinking old.

 

[RIRJen]

Okay, okay, okay...lets just skip over all the "im not gonna do it's.." IF YOU WERE to have one of your older youngsters...like from your March/April hatches that was a showgirl and was indeed a GIRL available..I would want it. If you were to have a Splash anything that was a GIRL...I would want it, too.
That said,
Dont be offended when I avoid walking by your set up at CS...come talk to me in a neutral zone..like by the playground.

THAT'S IT! you asked for it!!! I'm going to chase you around CS with chicks HAHAHAHA! Meet you in the playground...that sounds like a challenge! How many chicks can I get you to hold before you run away screaming LOL

are you going to the swap in Charlotte? We are going and hope to see some other BYCers there as well.

Theron, I'll be there!! Maybe we should try to wear something like name badges with our BYC handles on it! I'll stick one on my shirt and I'll be set up. Hoping to be there set up by 6am.

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

FREE CHICKS in SE Michigan. A teacher I work with has eggs hatching this week: one dozen each of Leghorns, Isa Browns, and Araucana (easter eggers) that she needs to find homes for. Please email me [email protected] The school is in Detroit, but I live in Oakland county and can meet someone if not too far.

A purebred Araucana (like with tufts and rumpless booty)? What breeder did it come from?

I don't know... I am getting them from Keliejc on Friday. I feel bad, I just changed my order from 2 EE chicks to 5 EE chicks and 3 IB's
My neighbor wanted a few too.
Email her... she is very responsive and nice.

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I think Uggos would be extremely difficult to age. When one sees baldness you automatically start thinking old.

Or abused... If I had never seen a turken or showgirl... I would call Animal Cops on you

 

[RIRJen]

Mom2emAll....this little girl says "TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU!!!"

Cute little chickies are fun to play with

 

[Opa]

Looks like something done gnawed a bunch of feathers off that bird

 

[RIRJen]

Looks like something done gnawed a bunch of feathers off that bird

Had to get the feathers for my fishin' lures somewhere

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

My MIL swears by this and I got this as an email from someone else... So have any of you tried it?? With horses/ in a barn? Might be worth a try...


ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!

We went with friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast and sat in the patio section beside the house. We happened to notice zip lock baggies pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water, each contained 4 pennies, and they were zipped shut. Naturally we were curious! Ms. Sweety told us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally we were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in the open window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out again. And there were no flies in the eating area! This morning I checked this out on Google. Below are comments on this fly control idea. I'm now a believer!


Zip-lock water bags

Ann Says:
I tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend.. I have a horse trailer. The flies were bad while I was camping. I put the baggie with pennies above the door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer. The horse trailer part had many. Not sure why it works but it does!


Danielle Martin Says:

Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight passage way for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and wasps away. Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag for some other insect nest and are threatened.

Maggie Says:


I swear by the plastic bag of water trick. I have them on porch and basement. We saw these in Northeast Mo. at an Amish grocery store & have used them since. They say it works because a fly sees a reflection & won't come around.

DJ Says:

Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure that flies are prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around long.

 

[Opa]

Next time try and remember that feather shuckin' a bird isn't done while the thing is still breathing.