Michigan

[sj3364]

They both look like Toto. Auntie Em, Auntie Em!

 

[chickflick]

My, you all are chatty tonight! Love all the pics!

 

[chicken grandma]

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I'd prefer if you refrained from kissing my nose.

Diana -- Nice dog. I approve of the name.

I love all the dogs, the broody with adorable chicks. When I was having kids, I was never struck with baby fever. We were pretty logical about when and how many children we would have. But, chicks! That is another story all together. They are so darn cute I want some more but I already have the perfect number of chickens. It's not logical. Why do I have these feelings?!

BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SO CUTE!
What is cuter than a chick?

 

[yorkchick]

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"The Mitten Chronicles"?

Except wait, that's awfully downstate/troll-centric of me, I realize. We certainly have treasured Yooper members, and while I have seen people try to portray where they are from in the U.P. on their hand with some of the fingers curled backwards, it's not exactly a mitten, is it?

Put this into some fancy Latin and we have a thread motto: "If you seek a pleasant thread, look about you." (Lame, yes. But as I'm sure every schoolchild knows, the state motto is, in fancy Latin, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.") (I had some memory that it was changed several years back to the plural, "pleasant peninsulas," to acknowledge there are two, but can't confirm that). (Besides, it works in the singular for whichever peninsula you happen to be in at the time you are quoting it). (What, you never found the need to quote it in either peninsula? That's strange...)

Very nice introduction to the group and the range of topics, by the way.

 

[9chickens]

New to this thread, I didn't realize Michigan had it's own thread until today. It will be good to have people dealing with the same geographical challenges to talk with.
The quick background is that several years ago my wife and I were adopted by 3 chickens , 2 of which only had 1 leg. They were named Ilean, Irean, and Pattie. We absolutely loved having the girls around but unfortunately lost them to a coon and her 2 babies. Needless to say the coons were promptly fed a desert of lead.
We were without chickens for about 5 years when we got a call that someone had abandoned their dogs cats and 24 chickens. We thought we could take 6 chickens and found homes for the other18. When we went to get the chickens we found out there were actually 39. Everyone took a few extras so they all ended up in good homes. We now have nine girls and three weeks into it 6 are laying daily.
Thanks to the info here our new girls are off to a good start.

 

[chicken grandma]

Welcome 9chickens!
I have 3 chickens! Two young Isa Browns and an older bantam.(Pictured being held up by my daughter at left). I am in the Grand Rapids area.
What kind of chickens do you have and what part of the state are you in? p.s. how do chickens end up with one leg? And two of them had one leg?

 

[RaZ]

While fleshing out this final project, I made slides (like example above) of where backyard flocks are legal or not. Data was kind of skimpy but it shows that more research can be done to identify those communities that are chicken friendly.
It's not sexy work but it's a start. It did give me a methodology for in-depth research about ordinances. Now all I need is a grant to go county by county so us chicken people can find a safe place to live.

 

[RaZ]

And welcome to the new people.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Good Morning everyone!

Sixteen years ago today, I gave birth to my wonderful little Princess.

Everyone have a wonderful day. I have so much to do today, when I get back on here, I am sure there will be ten pages to read to catch up.

 

[LEEHAHA]

Mornin yall....i have a newbie ?...how do u load a pic to the thread .....thx for help....and thx for welcomes enjoying all ur pics and chicken chat ...peace