Surviving Minnesota!

lilbear412 said:

I actually went to the St. Francis Marties and got the organic grower mash. Because i have 6 pullets that are 11 weeks old i still have starter..plenty of it... but i am not sure about fermenting the mash. i am not crazy about the idea..i might just give them fermented feed (seed form) a couple times a week but stick with the mash i bought. thanks for the info...

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I did not know Martie's had Organic feed. Is that from Falco?




Wow, I am a little surprised Hoover's did that switcheroo!

It really should not matter, if you wanted barred rock you should have gotten barred rock or at the least they could say they are short, Would you like to wait a week or have another breed..

Just curious, did you buy them from the feed mill or Hoover's directly. I went through the Feed mill in Clear Lake the first time, and there was some fast stuff pulled, by the Mill and not Hoover's I think.

I went through the mill but about 3 weeks before ship date I called hoover of ensure I could get paperwork and they had my correct order and had phone number for contact. So I was surprised as well.but last check everyone was healthy, eating drinking and posing in daughters hand.

Well the Tarentaise cow Annadale had a BEAUTIFUL heifer calf today. My moms Angus is contracting everyonce in awhile so she'll probably calf this evening or after everyone goes to bed!

lilbear412 said:

OK i know this has nothing to do with mushrooms as the conversation is going in that direction...lol but i am paniced as i am getting a dozen or so broilers next week and have forgotten what i should feed them. I am going to start them out on the organic starter/grower.... should i just feed them that throughout their short life or until i do some finisher the last couple weeks? Or should i order grains? I have heard if you do grains and ferment them that is better for the birds...fills them up...is better for their constant pooping...etc.... what do you all feed your broilers and where do you buy your feed? I live in Central mn smack dab in the middle of st. cloud and msp. thanks for your help...

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Aitken Feed store has some good feed if you want to go that far.

jerryse said:

Chicken of the woods is easy to identify . Easy to find up north in the fall . I find them every fall at the lake . There is also a white coral looking one that is edible . Narrowed it down to 2 species both edible . Hen of the woods is good but I have never seen one up there . They are rare here . I finally seeded some here . They grow on the same oak stumps every year . I got gifted some and put some of it around some stumps . I have some frozen . I may seed a stump up north .

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Is there a difference between Chicken of the woods and Hen of the woods? I tried google and they look the same, even had one picture that was the same.

Used to morel hunt every spring but haven't for the last 3 or 4, might have to go again this year. Our season is usually late April to mid May.

For hen of the woods look up by species name Grifolia frondosa . Other common names sheephead and Japanese call it Maitaki .

Chicken of the woods I have found only on oak up north . Here in Illinois the best tree is honeylocust stumps or logs . The long 4 inch thorny kind . They will come back every year until the wood is gone 20 + years in some cases . I have found them on elm , willow and silver maple . They seldom return on these .

jerryse said:

Chicken of the woods I have found only on oak up north . Here in Illinois the best tree is honeylocust stumps or logs . The long 4 inch thorny kind . They will come back every year until the wood is gone 20 + years in some cases . I have found them on elm , willow and silver maple . They seldom return on these .

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Here in Illinois? FOREIGNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding!

Hi my sister is a new member to BYC and I got ahold of here account ( with her permission of course ). LOL and was reading you collect morels and always wanted to collect morels. But every time I go out looking for them I seem to have missed the season. I live in battle lake MN near Fargo ND and was wandering if you had any tips.

Also we are heading to the spring tri county exotic animal and bird auction in Fergus falls MN and was wandering if any fellow minnesotian's was heading that way for the auction.

shannon1994 said:

Hi my sister is a new member to BYC and I got ahold of here account ( with her permission of course ). LOL and was reading you collect morels and always wanted to collect morels. But every time I go out looking for them I seem to have missed the season. I live in battle lake MN near Fargo ND and was wandering if you had any tips.

Also we are heading to the spring tri county exotic animal and bird auction in Fergus falls MN and was wandering if any fellow minnesotian's was heading that way for the auction.

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By the time the forest canopy closes in the morel season is about over . You need warm days and warm nights are a plus . Rain is important . There are several species of Morel . The black are the earliest and like burned over areas . Then come the grays small ones first then larger ones . Finally the large yellow ones . Plus the half free or pecker heads . I mostly wait for the large gray and yellows . Easier for me to see . Dead or dying trees are good spots . Elm with the bark peeling off . You can often pick the same general areas for years . The spots seem to travel a little to a lot . Other times a spot is a one time thing . They do grow so do not listen to the people who say they pop up overnight and full grown .