Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Folly's place]

No way can these chicks go back to mama, some of them are almost three weeks old, and only one is one week old like mine. And we don't have a good way to have her in a less cold place with chicks anyway, that was the cause of those deaths.
Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio! They have a store on their property, and sell some chicks out of the store, in addition to allowing pickup of chicks ordered ahead of time. I called ahead and they held six chicks that were in the store chick bin, and it's going to be fun figuring out who they are!
I had planned to order chicks for spring, but not now...
Mary

 

[TheDandyLion]

Oh, now that sounds like a fun little road trip in the spring.... Oh honey... road trip time!

Did they have any hints on what was in the bin? Or any suspicions yet from you?

 

[Sally PB]

When are you going? Safe travels!!

 

[Chickin Fairy]

Hmmmm, Polk is right over there by Mansfield. The prison where they shot Shawshank Redemption is in Mansfield. I'd love to make it out that way someday, maybe a hatchery pickup is what I need.

 

[Sally PB]

The prison where they shot Shawshank Redemption is in Mansfield.

Shawshank Redemption is one of the BEST movies I've ever seen. It's in my top 5. I didn't know that it was based on a short story by Stephen King: "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is the title, I believe.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

Shawshank Redemption is one of the BEST movies I've ever seen. It's in my top 5. I didn't know that it was based on a short story by Stephen King: "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is the title, I believe.

I'm a Stephen King junkie. It's a really really good story. Some liberties were taken with the movie. Red was actually an Irishman in the book, and so named because of his fiery red hair. In the movie, at one point, Andy asks Red why they call him that, and he replies, "maybe it's because of my Irish heritage," which I think that is a brilliant line. King also wrote The Green Mile, much lengthier, but a beautiful piece of work. Both in story and in movie.

 

[Sally PB]

I've never read or seen The Green Mile.

I really like some Stephen King, some leaves me saying, eh. I like a LOT of his short stories.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

I've never read or seen The Green Mile.

I really like some Stephen King, some leaves me saying, eh. I like a LOT of his short stories.

His newer stuff is really good and has taken quite a turn from his older books. A few of my newer favorites are Fairy Tale, Billy Sommers (there's a nod to The Shining in there), 11/22/63 (about Kennedy's assassination), and Duma Key. Fairy Tale and Billy Sommers I would let my older teen read, they aren't gruesome or gory. I also love his Mr. Mercedes series and am absolutely loving his character Holly from the series.

 

[Sally PB]

I read a lot of Stephen King books in a row in college. They were big books, $5.95 (or whatever at the store), so lots of reading and therefore cheap entertainment. (So were Dickens novels.) I think I OD'd on King at one point, and decided I didn't like him any more.

I found his short stories a few years later, and really liked them. The collection "Night Shift" changed my mind, and I did like him again.

Fickle, fickle, fickle!

Did you ever read his book, On Writing? I enjoyed that too.