Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[TheDandyLion]

They will freeze. A tiny bit of water seems to get stuck between the nipple and the red plastic part outside and it will freeze once it gets really frigid. It doesn't take much to thaw that one ice drop and have it working again though.

I've never really had them freeze up much more than that, but I do swap buckets throughout the day when it's really cold. And I use a 2 gallon bucket inside a 5 gallon with insulating foam between them to keep the water from freezing as quickly.

 

[fuzzi]

I use the Rent-a-Coop cups on a 5 gallon bucket, never tried the nipples. We don't get really cold weather, but when we do I have a tire and rubber tub I use for watering. It's easy to break the ice on top of the tub when it does freeze.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

I use the Rent-a-Coop cups on a 5 gallon bucket, never tried the nipples. We don't get really cold weather, but when we do I have a tire and rubber tub I use for watering. It's easy to break the ice on top of the tub when it does freeze.

My boys have very big wattles, so if they dip their wattles in anything, they're bound to get frostbite, so I wanted something different than a dip. I do currently have the cups on a 5 gallon bucket and I love them for the summer.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

Anyone catch the northern lights on the 14th? This is just south of Coloma/Watervliet.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Just beautiful!!

 

[BoundlessLove]

I've only had one aggressive roo, and he's gone . He attacked his own chicks.

Recently my chicken sitter said that Silas pecked his legs, hard, when he entered the coop, but it didn't hurt. Silas was serving notice that he would be protecting his hens and chicks. He doesn't peck me, nor does Zaccheus.

When they were feisty cockerels I just stood and watched their efforts. They gave up. I don't cuddle them, but I tell them what good boys they are, and offer them treats, occasionally. Silas eats his, Zack always tidbits them to his hens.
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Zaccheus and Silas before I split the flock. No fights, Zack was Boss.

If you ever sell (and mail) bantam speckled Sussex hatching eggs, please let me know. I’d be very interested.

 

[fuzzi]

If you ever sell (and mail) bantam speckled Sussex hatching eggs, please let me know. I’d be very interested.

Maybe in the Spring.