Recent content by fifelakelooper

How's it going in da U.P Mutt?

Hi everyone! I know I haven't been on very much....we have been back in Michigan about 4 weeks now but with getting the 3 coops cleaned and rototilling gardens and planting seeds and bulbs...staining decks, etc (you all go through it every spring I know)...just have been too busy to chat. We...

Just wanted to say thanks for the welcome back....makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Jen...I sent you a email (I think) with rabbit hutch photo. I posted a picture of the RV coop here...but it is gone now. Don't know if I broke a rule or just do something wrong. Anyway...both the RV and the...

New $100 pond liner was put on during the remodeling phase....there was a slight leak prior and we couldn't find it. Now it is dry and snug and my flock did wonderfully this winter in it. I covered the windows with hardware cloth inside. We put in two perches over the back area with a poop...

3 nesting boxes in the RV coop.

Thanks for the welcomes everyone! I see the topic is fruit trees. We do have some blossoms on one of our Apple trees but haven't seen any bees. Last year was the first year we got apples. I have changed my email address for home....I notified BYC so guess they will fix it?? I got a email...

Good Morning Michigan! DH and I have been back in Michigan for about 1 week and guess we brought the cool weather with us?? We kept hearing how warm it was here and so we leave Florida one week early and we are created with cool temps. Ah well....Michigan weather! I was anxious to clean...

Hi Michigan! I have been absent for quite a spell...been in Florida and also spent 10 days on a tour with my daughter of England,Wales and Scotland. Saw some chickens from the tour bus as we whizzed by but no close ups! I check with my chicken sitter each weekend and other than getting a...

Hi Michiganders! We left last Wed. for sunny Florida...once we got an hour south or so of Fife Lake...we saw NO more snow!! We could not believe that we had snow while the rest of the state was snow free! Anyway....it is nice to be here visiting dad (age 98), daughter and friends. I hope you...

Thanks Yeti...nice to know others have the same issue! Mom2...I have the Octagon also by Brinsea...with auto turner and auto humidity. It is just great!! I bought it last spring and hatched out my jersey giants and English Orps with it. I plan on hatching out some of their eggs when I return...

How do you remove poop from poop boards when it is FROZEN solid onto the boards. ? I would need a chisel and hammer! I have to wait until days of 32 or higher come and then scrape. This is the first year I've used "poop boards".....just wondering. I dropped off my RV coop and flock to my...

Hey...how do you scrape your poop boards when the poop is frozen solid??? I can only scrape mine when temps get over 32! I dropped my RV coop and flock off at my friends on Friday and hated to give her a coop with poop frozen onto boards. I have a hoe to scrape them off when not frozen but...

Mornin Opa and Michigan. It makes sense...are you going to try to hatch some?? We haven't left yet...wanted to leave early but a friend we are stopping to see on the way in N.C. isn't available until the original date...so we will leave on next Wed. Since I moved the flock to the RV...