Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[kimmie6067]

My littlest hatchlings - 3 Basques, a Basque- Speckled Sussex cross, and 2 little bantam cochins

Awwwwwwwww what little cutie pies

 

[SillyChicken]

This was a great weekend.... the weather was perfect and we got a lot done!

The bees came Saturday morning so we got them set in their new hive... was quite an experience standing around all those bees with no protective gear!


They seem to be doing well so far!

We got the last of the 6x6 posts and T posts in for the goat pastures. All that's left is the vertical 6x6 for the H braces, gates and fencing.. Will be great to get that project done.

We had a huge pile of scrap wood and old logs that took me all day, but I managed to get it all burned..... looks so much nicer having that gone.

Broke out the challenger for a nice ride Saturday, and the bikes are all cleaned up and ready to go as well.

Got a little too much sun, and slept really well........ had to come back to work just to rest up!

 

[19sarah90]

Wow! I am jealous! I'd love to have a few beehives when I get my own property! I buy local natural honey and it is so much tastier and helps my mom with her allergies too!

 

[kimmie6067]

Hi folks. Just dropping in to say

Do ya mind if I hang out here for a while??

Of course not

Hello everyone! I'm new here from just south of Battle Creek in Southern MI. Our very first flock is about 11 weeks old now. We have 12 hens....at least they are all supposed to be hens

I hate the wait finding out what they are

Excellent. I have you down for the porterhouse steaks.
Now who is bringing the lobster?

I am with you Raz I would love some lobster

Got to see some awesome BYC folks today at the show!

Theron did AWESOME!!! I won't spill the beans on his wins, but he did great!

Here's how we did!
Best of Variety white


Best of Variety Blue and Reserve variety blue!



Best of Variety splash


Best of Variety black and Reserve of variety black...and then these two blacks went on to win Best of Breed and Reserve of Breed!!! Makes all that bathing and drying worth it!

Congradulations!!!!

CHad a great day at the show! So cool to run into all of my BYC friends.

RIRJen, you did AMAZING as well! You weren't as insane as I was and only brought a handful of birds. Anyway here is the show awards I recieved.

-First place for Frizzle White Serama cockerel
-Reserve of Breed for Speckled Sussex hen
-Reserve Variety for Black Runner drake
-Best of Breed for young White Sebastopol gander
-Reserve Variety for Silver Call drake
-Best Variety for Chocolate Pied Call hen
-Best Variety for Black Bibbed Call drake
-Reserve Variety for Frizzle White Serama pullet
-Best Variety for Frizzle White Serama pullet
-Best Variety for Bantam Lavender Ameraucana hen
-Best Variety for Bantam Barred Cochin hen
-Reserve Variety for Bantam Lavender Ameraucana hen
-Best Variety for Bantam Black Mottled Cochin hen
-Reserve Variety for Bantam Black Mottled Cochin hen
-Reserve Variety for Bantam Barred Cochin rooster
-2nd for White Runner hen
-3rd for Speckled Sussex hen
-Reserve Variety for Bantam Blue Cochin hen
-Reserve Variety for Bantam Splash Modern Game hen
-Best Variety and Best of Breed for White Serama pullet (I just LOVE this girl!)
-Best Variety for Bantam Splash Cochin hen
-Champion Frizzle Serama for Table Top competition
-Reserve Champion Frizzle Serama for Table Top competition
-Champion Serama pullet for Table Top competition
-Reserve Champion Serama pullet for Table Top competiton

And the best for last...

-Best Modern Game with Best Variety and Best of Breed with my Birchen Modern Game hen
-Reserve Modern Game with Best Variety and Reserve Best of Breed with my Splash Modern Game hen

It was a fun day, but once all the excitement was over, I became physically drained and slept for 3 hours as soon as I got home.

Nice to see one of our own won so many times goodness it wears me out reading it, hahahaha

Great job Theron and RirJen! Your hard work paid off!

I have a moms and chicks picture for you!
Cotton sitting on Moppit sitting on 6 chicks. The two moms are still sharing in chick care with no fights. They have moved into a corner of the small coop on their own. It is not as busy of a spot as beneath the nest boxes.


Yesterday I worked on my new small coop but was interrupted by opening day for little league. It was beautiful weather. Looks like more of the same today so maybe I will get it finished.

That is sooooooo funny and sweet

Pre-wash the lining material so that it is shrunk.
I mostly use my serger when I have to use a liner. It keeps the 2 dis-similar materials secured together pretty well. I still get some wrinkling of the liner. Come to think of it, I use my serger for most of my joining as well.

Raz is there anything you don't know how to do?

This was a great weekend.... the weather was perfect and we got a lot done!

The bees came Saturday morning so we got them set in their new hive... was quite an experience standing around all those bees with no protective gear!


They seem to be doing well so far!

We got the last of the 6x6 posts and T posts in for the goat pastures. All that's left is the vertical 6x6 for the H braces, gates and fencing.. Will be great to get that project done.

We had a huge pile of scrap wood and old logs that took me all day, but I managed to get it all burned..... looks so much nicer having that gone.

Broke out the challenger for a nice ride Saturday, and the bikes are all cleaned up and ready to go as well.

Got a little too much sun, and slept really well........ had to come back to work just to rest up!

I love honey but I hate bee's you are so brave to do this.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by RaZ

Well, no one is in jail. Yet!

Good news on the goat.

A trailer like a coop? Or a trailer like a mobile home that you live in?

Mobile home, and the chickens have the camper. So we are technically both in a trailer now LOL.

I wanted an apartment but no one lets renters have pets anymore around here. But i've been told that since a trailer is technically a "home" and I own it, the lot rent boosts credit for home buying quickly. So between that and paying on my student loan (?) , I'm hoping for a "real" house in a few years. I dream of the day when i can get a cup of coffee and walk out to watch my birds on my own front lawn.

I'm also wondering if these old cheap trailers might be a diamond in the rough a few years from now, like old cars are since the "cash for clunkers" drove those car prices up?????????? The new ones start at $700 for a rent to own, vs. $300- $450 monthly lot rent for one you can buy outright. Perhaps it's sale might get me a couple thousand to put on a house later on?

I'm waffling between putting the laminate down vs some decent sheet vinyl, MANY updates needed to make it worthy of a decent sale.

For now i'm just super glad i don't have to cough up my birds, was dying inside thinking about it. I hope you are able to accomplish everything in your city, no one should be denied their pets if they are clean and well kept.

 

[NovaAman]

These are all phoenis here
No, that chick aint purple. Just a light glare. LOL the little yellow one popping in the bottom left is a white jap bantam, The one egg up at the top that is zipped, a black one popped out of that one. THAT egg I had marked as a possible quitter on day 18, but since I was not sure, I just marked it and set it.
This one is a WC polish just popped out.
Another veiw of the jap bant popping up top and the polish on the bottom

Currently 9 out and 3 more are pipped and zipping.

 

[jrsckn]

I'm waffling between putting the laminate down vs some decent sheet vinyl,

Have you considered the vinyl plank? Thats what I'm saving up for. Looks like quality hardwood with the durability of vinyl. I have a 100+ year old house with uneven floors so at $2/sqft its much cheaper than my alternatives since carpet is NOT welcome in my house.


As for being a crazy chicken lady, I started a year ago with 12 barred rocks. Before winter I had processed 25 broilers 3 cockerels and was up to 22 hens. This year I've added 5 pekins, 2 cayugas, 4 bb-bronze turkeys, and 10 more chicks(they were homeless so I had to take them lol). There are still more breeds I want to get and can't wait to move somewhere that I can bred my own since I can't have roosters.

 

[RaZ]

Raz is there anything you don't know how to do?
I love honey but I hate bee's you are so brave to do this.

Apparently I don't know how to obey.

I usually work the bees without suiting up, unless I'm ready to harvest.

 

[Scifisarah]

on a side note, when you build a tractor for your meat chickens that you can stand up in, cover it with 1/2in hardware cloth and then tarp it, AND have a slam latch on the door.....put an idiot string on the latch that goes inside the tractor.

Just sayin.

Reminds me of when my husband and I were building our coop (double walls with insulation, built sturdier than our house) and the door slammed shut on us without any way to get out from the inside. Luckily we had a rake on the inside that we could stick out the chicken door and open the latch. I would have been mad if we'd had to break a window on our new coop right away. Lesson learned.

 

[SillyChicken]

These are all phoenis here
No, that chick aint purple. Just a light glare. LOL the little yellow one popping in the bottom left is a white jap bantam, The one egg up at the top that is zipped, a black one popped out of that one. THAT egg I had marked as a possible quitter on day 18, but since I was not sure, I just marked it and set it.
This one is a WC polish just popped out.
Another veiw of the jap bant popping up top and the polish on the bottom

Currently 9 out and 3 more are pipped and zipping.

It's so exciting when you can catch them hatching!! good luck!!