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  1. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    This comment is too relatable. I never thought hardware cloth was going to have such a main character position in my life, and I also never thought it was going to require so much blood loss 😅
  2. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    Newbie question here from the peanut gallery... What are the patties y'all are making right now? Is this to help them through the gap between slightly warmer temps with no flowers, yet?
  3. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    I think they are talking about a ventilated jacket bee suit (the one you wear when working with the bees).
  4. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    Well then, I will see you there because I DID THE SAME THING EARLIER TODAY!!!!!!!!
  5. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    None of my hobbies seem to be inexpensive 😂 I'm so glad hubby plays along.
  6. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    Is it a huge issue if I start with one hive? I would love to start with two hives, but I don't have another hive and I'm not willing to buy a new one.
  7. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    So far, I've been immune to chicken math. We shall see with bee math 😅
  8. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    There is a huge bee conference coming up the end of this month at MSU. I will definitely be looking into it.
  9. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    Absolutely! I went to the local Bee School this weekend with HABA and met several vendors. Don Lam Bees was one of them and they mentioned they sell out of nucs by the end of February, so I've been sitting on their checkout page but haven't pulled the trigger. I really felt very welcomed by the...
  10. Chickin Fairy

    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    Hello!! New here from Southwest Michigan 🫶🏼 Ordering my nuc very soon and wondering if anyone else is in the area who may be open to mentoring me? I'm becoming more involved in the HABA (Holland Area Beekeepers Association).
  11. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    This is the county where Grand Haven and Holland are (I thought it was further north). HPAI detected in Ottawa County.
  12. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I'm pretty sure my ventilation is not as good as it should be in the old coop, but none of my other birds (even ones with larger combs/waddles) have issues with frostbite. This guy just has ridiculously large waddles and a large comb, especially for here in the cold. I rescued him from the UP so...
  13. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I have the 125 W heat plate, and it crapped out too! My poor boy with big waddles has frostbite on them. I know we arent supposed to, but I'm definitely putting some heat in the new coop, just behind the roosts and those supplemental heat plates, no heat lamps or anything. Only to be used when...
  14. Chickin Fairy

    What's the temperature where you are???

    Here's a couple of shots from a local drone photographer of the lake freezing over. The lighthouse and South Pier Beacon are completely covered with ice from the massive waves that come in this time of year. Ice "pancakes" are forming, which means the lake is starting to freeze over. Oh, and...
  15. Chickin Fairy

    What's the temperature where you are???

    You and I seem to have similar weathers. It's going to be 9°F here tomorrow OF COURSE with wind chills. I'm right next to Lake Michigan, so lots of Lake Effect snow, about 2" every night and our lake is freezing up but not super fast. But we don't have hurricanes 😅 My drive to work the other day
  16. Chickin Fairy

    What's the temperature where you are???

    Did I just find the random thread where we are all hanging out talking about exploding trees and Polar Vortexes? I think I did.
  17. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Well, now that we're speaking of fitness trackers... Hubby got me an Oura ring for Christmas, so I've been learning it and I'm really amazed at how well it tracks my sleep and stress (and my cycle)! It'll take about a month to fully calibrate, but it is really fascinating. I use FitBit to track...
  18. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Loki is doing so much better today. His eye is nearly perfect. One last round of goop on his eye and some Vaseline on his comb (I'm not touching those waddles, tho). Do y'all think he'd be good to rejoin his ladies tomorrow or should I wait for all the scabbing to heal more?
  19. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    My word, that a lot of extras happening over there. Here's to hoping your 2026 slows down a bit soon!
  20. Chickin Fairy

    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    So, speaking of mid-winter thaws... My two roosters must've been all in their feels thanks to the fresh spring-ish air. My dominant roo (Clint) beat the snot out of the less dominant one (Loki). Clint went for a ride today to the rooster sanctuary where he was happily greeted by some other nice...
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