Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[SillyChicken]

That is what we decided too... sent them a letter in hopes of some kind of exception, but doesn't look like they care.

I'm interested in a couple doe, but I can't take the whole herd.

 

[ladyrsanti]

To answer Opa's question about the climate, NO, you can't detect any changes from the earthquake in Japan or any other earthquake for that matter. While NASA was able to detect minute changes to the earth with their ultra-sensitive equipment, there are far greater changes that happen due to other natural phenomenon than still cannot be detected by human observation alone. But it should be noted that while an ant's sneeze doesn't seem to affect the weather, we can't trace any changes in weather to an ant's sneeze. We just don't have the capability at this point.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, I can respect that but still... Swill? Come on. I LOVE coffee and used to drink a lot of it but after an ER visit a couple years ago with an extremely elevated heart rate, I was told to stay away from caffeine. Now, even decaf gives me palpitations and racing heart because it still has caffeine in it, just not as much. I can't drink green or black tea or eat much chocolate. I've become sensitive to caffeine and decaf is all I have. It's been a very hard transition to make. Even still, I have to limit my intake to ONE cup of organic decaf (or "WHY BOTHER") a day and only drink it in the winter now, when I must have something warm. Coffee is the vehicle for an addictive substance that has plenty of sometimes harmful side effects. So rather than get offended by coffee addicts, I choose to inform people of the health risks and let them know that there is life after coffee.

Farmerboy, I wish I could take some of your keets (goodness knows I have enough bugs in my yard for them to eat) but my neighbors are too close to be subjected to what I would describe as the world's loudest squeaky mattress, multiplied by the number of birds owned.

Story time. The things we do for our chickens part XIII (copied from my FB post)


The things we do for our chickens part XIII. I jinxed myself today. My sister was out visiting with a co-worker (delighted they did!), doing some fieldwork in the area, and we were out looking at the chickens and sheep, and I had just said that it was nice that most of them stayed in the pasture all day - even though a few would come out to explore. Well, just after they left I started cleaning the kitchen for the day's canning and opened the window. There was a chicken singing the egg song but it didn't sound like it was coming from the barn like it should be. No it was definitely coming from the corn field. They never go in there so what the heck?! It must be someone else's chicken got loose, heheh... heh. *sigh* No. I went out 'cause I knew it was mine, lost somewhere in that highly organized jungle. But just a couple of days ago we heard a blood curdling cat or rabbit scream out there, sure a fox got something (not one of the barn cats thankfully - all six accounted for).

Didn't wanna do it but I worked my way into the field (farmers plant corn a lot closer together than they did when we were kids; either that or I'm getting fat). Found her quickly, stupid WHYandotte, not far from the yard. Yeah, that's the new spelling. So I shooed her in. Thinking it was just her, I went about my business making a batch of salsa. Took a break this afternoon to go out and collect eggs and heard the call again, but from much farther back in the field, near the far corner. Ugh. Should've known she wasn't alone. So I squeezed into the paper cut corn, ducked down and traveled along the rows all the way to the back and found three, a BAD Rock and the other two WHYandottes, lost and confused. Have you ever tried to corral three chickens in the same direction, in an open field? Try it in the corn!!! Actually don't. I should have left them as fox bait. Darwin awards 'n all. Anyway, still sneezing from the corn pollen, back hurts from running hunched over and my face burns from the sharp leaves but I have all four chickens intact who will probably go right back in tomorrow. Not going after them again. Not happening.

The good news? I found two golf balls out there in the corn. They make nice dummy eggs for the nest boxes. SCORE!


Edited for snark... more of it.

 

[Lisa and girls]

If you look at the extended weather forecast, there can be no other conclusion but summer is done. Over, ended. A 35 degree difference between tomorrow's high and Friday's. This has been an unusual summer. The second one in row where it seems our growing season started sooner and ended earlier. I may have to consider altering my planting dates to reflect this earlier growing trend. The planting schedule I've used for over 60 years has served me well but perhaps it is time for an old dog to learn new tricks. I had read that the earth was shifted on its axis due to the devastating earthquake in Japan two years ago. I wonder if perhaps that altered our climate enough to affect our growing season. Has anyone else noticed a change that would call for earlier planting? When I was a child it was illegal to sell margarine that was yellow. It came with a capsule of dye that allowed the consumer to color it themselves. The purpose was to prevent people for misrepresenting it as butter. I wonder why something similar wasn't put in place to prevent people from serving a decaffeinated swill and calling it coffee? Drinking that brown stained water always leaves me thinking why bother. Now on to my crosswords to insure that my brain is still functioning. Although maybe it might be better if I were to do that first before posting here. A pot of dark roast fully caffeinated, honest to God, real coffee is on the counter. Grab a cup and lets sit here watching the eastern sky awaiting the dawn.

Some of us high strung people have to drink decaf otherwise we'd vibrate ourselves to death! I love love love coffee, but man, I can't handle it.

 

[Lisa and girls]

To answer Opa's question about the climate, NO, you can't detect any changes from the earthquake in Japan or any other earthquake for that matter. While NASA was able to detect minute changes to the earth with their ultra-sensitive equipment, there are far greater changes that happen due to other natural phenomenon than still cannot be detected by human observation alone. But it should be noted that while an ant's sneeze doesn't seem to affect the weather, we can't trace any changes in weather to an ant's sneeze. We just don't have the capability at this point. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, I can respect that but still... Swill? Come on. I LOVE coffee and used to drink a lot of it but after an ER visit a couple years ago with an extremely elevated heart rate, I was told to stay away from caffeine. Now, even decaf gives me palpitations and racing heart because it still has caffeine in it, just not as much. I can't drink green or black tea or eat much chocolate. I've become sensitive to caffeine and [COLOR=FF0000]decaf is all I have[/COLOR]. It's been a very hard transition to make. Even still, I have to limit my intake to ONE cup of organic decaf (or "WHY BOTHER") a day and only drink it in the winter now, when I must have something warm. Coffee is the vehicle for an addictive substance that has plenty of sometimes harmful side effects. So rather than get offended by coffee addicts, I choose to inform people of the health risks and let them know that there is life after coffee. Farmerboy, I wish I could take some of your keets (goodness knows I have enough bugs in my yard for them to eat) but my neighbors are too close to be subjected to what I would describe as the world's loudest squeaky mattress, multiplied by the number of birds owned. Story time. The things we do for our chickens part XIII (copied from my FB post)


The things we do for our chickens part XIII. I jinxed myself today. My sister was out visiting with a co-worker (delighted they did!), doing some fieldwork in the area, and we were out looking at the chickens and sheep, and I had just said that it was nice that most of them stayed in the pasture all day - even though a few would come out to explore. Well, just after they left I started cleaning the kitchen for the day's canning and opened the window. There was a chicken singing the egg song but it didn't sound like it was coming from the barn like it should be. No it was definitely coming from the corn field. They never go in there so what the heck?! It must be someone else's chicken got loose, heheh... heh. *sigh* No. I went out 'cause I knew it was mine, lost somewhere in that highly organized jungle. But just a couple of days ago we heard a blood curdling cat or rabbit scream out there, sure a fox got something (not one of the barn cats thankfully - all six accounted for). Didn't wanna do it but I worked my way into the field (farmers plant corn a lot closer together than they did when we were kids; either that or I'm getting fat). Found her quickly, stupid WHYandotte, not far from the yard. Yeah, that's the new spelling. So I shooed her in. Thinking it was just her, I went about my business making a batch of salsa. Took a break this afternoon to go out and collect eggs and heard the call again, but from much farther back in the field, near the far corner. Ugh. Should've known she wasn't alone. So I squeezed into the paper cut corn, ducked down and traveled along the rows all the way to the back and found three, a BAD Rock and the other two WHYandottes, lost and confused. Have you ever tried to corral three chickens in the same direction, in an open field? Try it in the corn!!! Actually don't. I should have left them as fox bait. Darwin awards 'n all. Anyway, still sneezing from the corn pollen, back hurts from running hunched over and my face burns from the sharp leaves but I have all four chickens intact who will probably go right back in tomorrow. Not going after them again. Not happening. The good news? I found two golf balls out there in the corn. They make nice dummy eggs for the nest boxes. SCORE!

Edited for snark... more of it.

Love the story. And the new spellings. It suits mine as well why is something I ask my four WHYondottes a lot!

 

[preciouskitty]

Some of us high strung people have to drink decaf otherwise we'd vibrate ourselves to death! I love love love coffee, but man, I can't handle it.

Ok. I will stand in solidarity with some of you decaffers. If I drink more than 2-3cups of regular coffee for a week straight...yep, totally addicted & wake up with the headache from heck til I get my first "fix" of the morning.

So, I, too love the taste of a STRONG, BOLD coffee, but must switch to 1/2 caff after my 1st cup or so
BUT, the only decaf I will use is Starbucks Verona or Sumatra (that whole BOLD flavor thing...)

(I also get the whole shaky, palpitation thingies with too much caffeine. Thank GOODNESS chocolate does not seem to be a prob....phew....)

 

[snowflake]

Tap, dual purpose cockerels usually have little meat until around 16-20 weeks, depending on the breed. I usually pen them all together so that they do not run with the hens, they usually do pretty well in a bachelor group if there are not girls around to incite any violence.

how far apart do they have to be, mine are 3 months and are starting to crow not fighting seriously, I can easaly put them in separate pens but the hens will be in sight,just separated by a fence

I don't drink coffee, but you do realize it is now good for you, fights prostrate cancer helps prevent re-accurance of cancer and a few other things I can't remember yet, Maybe it helps the memory and that is my problem as I don't drink it

nice meat birds, look like cornish x,?
congrats on the egg and hen ribbons

 

[snowflake]

Almost forgot the reason I came on tonight,

HH I made some of your jam today, turned out perfect,

got A+ from every one,,,Had to stop cooking and scope out fruit and put it in the blender cause I remembered grand kids won't eat with lumps, didn't hurt anything though it is wonderful!!

 

[Totalcolour]

EVERYTHING IS BAD FOR YOU, OR GOOD FOR YOU, DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY IT IS AND WHO SAYS IT! (I'M GOING TO GIVE UP OXYGEN, there's bacteria in it, and water.)

 

[bluebirdnanny]

I am sooooooo excited!!!!!! Someone from this forum is coming with hubby in tow (bless him) to help at least get the roof over my coop I was working on. Found out the hard way it is a little too much for me. So after two black eyes, a broken nose, broken toe and a whack on the head from a rafter coming off I got some intermitant help which petered out after two times.

So on Thursday I will welcome "Grammi" and her hubby to my mess of a house to help get on the roof decking boards. They are going to help my dream come true. I am so glad I searched for information before planning to get the chickens. But then it isn't next spring and I ended up with 3 chickens! Which were needing rehoming.

I am sooooo excited!!! Now will this keep me awake until Thursday despite being on meds to make me sleep???? Maybe it will help me relax and fall asleep easier. Missing sleep doesn't help with the Fibromyalgia or the Spine issues. With a little (well it is actually a lot) of help from my online Chicken friends I will prove to others I can handle chickens and do something to help myself and feel better because I am not giving up with my hand out to the Government to take care of me.

THANKYOU GRAMMI and hubby! I can't wait to meet you! I may have only spent a few years of life out of suburban of the city but my make up from inside out has always been a country at heart. My best friend downstate compared me moving back up here to the old show.... "Green Acres"

I think I am more an outdoors and woodsy type. Always wanted a farm. So it isn't a formal one and I call it Wineinger Wetlands because it used to be Grandpas hunting property, then my last two years of High School. I never want to go back to the city...... Love my wildnerness area..... going to fill it with chickens!!! Hunt, raise food, barter and trade.

And I think the last egg I collected WAS fertile!!!!! My first time there was a pale ring around the white spot.... I think.

 

[1muttsfan]

Grammi, how nice of you

Not a coffee drinker myself, but Opa I love your morning coffee time