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Michigan Thread - all are welcome!
You have my sympathy regarding the flu –nasty business. I have found a heated dog watering bowl (similarly heated as a heated birdbath) that I hooked up in my coop. If you have power out there I would recommend it. I put it on a couple of boards to get it slightly off the ground to keep my...- Stouthens
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- Forum: Where am I? Where are you!
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what do you all do to keep your birds from being too bored all winter?what do you feed for treats?
This is our first year also but our situation is a bit different being in Michigan in the lake effect snow belt. We have over ten inches of snow on the ground and it has snowed every day for at least a week! Our girls don't approve of the snow but seem quite hardy. We leave a 40 watt light on in...- Stouthens
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Poultry contest!! **little prize**
Rusty the cat is scared of the chick, Mildred the 'Red doesn't worry a bit! Mildred is just looking for something to eat, But Rusty will soon beat a hasty retreat! Matilda, our Rhode Island Red, the "Top" chicken in our yard!- Stouthens
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- Forum: Online Poultry Show
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Comment by 'stouthens' in album 'Stouthens girls'
Our first six months with chickens has been fun - more pets! Lulu and Lucy are our Barred Rocks. Mildred and Matilda are Rhode Island Reds. They are laying nicely - 3 to 4 eggs a day usually even with snow on the ground. They keep each other warm in a small coop we purchased which is set up...- Stouthens
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The girls see snow for the first time and they are not sure they approve! November, 2013
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Lulu, Lucy, Mildred and Matilda on June 17, 2013- about 2 months old.
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Early days: Lulu & Lucy (Barred Rocks) and Mildred & Matilda (Rhode Island Reds) May, 6, 2013
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