These little guys are so cute when they grow up too.
My second favorite bantams were my lavender Ameraucanas. They were such beautiful birds. I gave Raz two of my pullets and they were some of his favorites as well.
I've looked for them for years now and not found any who has them.
Well I got quite a bit done yesterday, as the rain did not set in until during the night (raining ever since).
Pulled the snowblower and attached the brush hog/mower to the tractor. I had several stands of mustard that I wanted to cut down before it went to seed. While turning an old hay pile...
I've used those Victor traps successfully as well. I hose them out really good every time, as poop and pee can make them sticky inside and malfunction. I usually use sunflower seed or peanuts
Dreamz, it's not a very good idea to use mouse baits around your chickens. Baits make the mice sick before they die, and the chickens can more easily catch them and eat them. Birds can get exposed to poison that way.
That is how many owls are killed, by catching and eating rodents that are sick...
I'm not sure you can kill oregano. It spread out of my garden a few years back and now most of the lawn in that area consists of Oregano - it makes a great lawn, mows well, soft underfoot, and drought tolerant.
"All exhibitions or expositions of poultry are prohibited until such time that
there are no new cases of HPAI in domestic poultry in the State of Michigan
for at least 30 consecutive days"
So, no gatherings of poultry from different sources. It does not prohibit private sales or movement of...
Here is a link to an MDARD page which lists multiple HPAI website links: https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/animals/diseases/avian/avian-influenza?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#current-status
And a quote from this page:
"Please Note: HPAI is NOT evidenced by one dead bird...
Hi Yorkchick, Nice to see you back. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Love your little minis.
If you are thinking about getting birds, I'm not sure if you read he post a few previous from this one about someone with pullets that need a home
While I hatched at least one Arkansas blue - speckled Sussex bantam mix last year, none of the blue eggs had any development. 13 of 15 for the bantam eggs though at 10 days.