Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[ladyrsanti]

FINALLY finished the foundation for the new coop (I installed the sill plate today). Now on to framing.

 

[taprock]

Taprock, sounds GREAT - good luck and have fun!

What quilt show?!

At the high school. They have it every year.

A net is a great idea and I have been trying to find one locally for the past three months with no luck. All the birds going I can catch when they are free ranging or they come to me, so hopefully they are ok.

Chicks this time of year .... And farther north than me! Very envious but I'm still trying to get rid of a few more before the s word.

 

[Opa]

Hey Opa, what was the oil you spray your fruit trees called again? My honeycrisp flowered this year, and it's got a companion tree nearby now, so I'm thinking I may get one or 2 apples off it next year (will be its 4th year in the yard). I'd like to take better care of my trees in general since I also planted a peach and a pear 2 weeks ago, and I know nothing about caring for fruit trees except about removing dead branches, thinning peaches, and removing fallen fruit.

I would recommend that you obtain a Ortho orchard book as it goes into great detail about the various method of training fruit trees and the necessity for pruning. You really will get more quality apples from less. Fruit trees need to be spray with Volck oil spray in late winter to kill insect eggs, larvae, and over wintering adults. Your next spraying won't be until the blossoms start falling and this should a an spray recommended for fruit trees. You will want to spray several times over the course of the summer.

 

[Lisa and girls]

One of my jerseys smacked me in the face with her wing at bedtime. Holy crap those birds are strong! She gave me a bloody nose! I'll be checking for a shiner in the morning. It'd be fun explaining that to people... What happened to you? Oh, my chicken b****ed slapped me. LOL

 

[Opa]

One of my jerseys smacked me in the face with her wing at bedtime. Holy crap those birds are strong! She gave me a bloody nose! I'll be checking for a shiner in the morning. It'd be fun explaining that to people... What happened to you? Oh, my chicken b****ed slapped me. LOL

You're lucky it wasn't a swan. They;ve been known to break bones.

 

[Lisa and girls]

You're lucky it wasn't a swan.  They;ve been known to break bones.

Swans... I have a very health respect for those birds. I once saw two dnr guys trying to wrangle a hissing swan and they looked absolutely terrified.

 

[Candy442]

Lol, if I asked my hubby, he would say no, too. I just come home with chicks and he has to deal with it! He sure doesn't ask me permission for everything he gets.

somehow my DH is managing to resist the chicken math. he won't let me get any more birds yet, and probably not next year either

even though we lost 3 of the chicks we bought this year and now 4 are going to be going to live with a friend and thus we have plenty of space for another bunch in the spring. he isn't convinced yet, but i do plan on continuing to try. i want some marans and i don't know what else to add to the variety in my egg basket

lol, that works too. i think he's mostly afraid that i'm going to want another coop soon (which of course i do, but that isn't the point). on the other hand, i get to buy some more rabbits next year instead, so it sort of works out.

now, if we were to end up with a roo, it might be different. i might just have to try out my broodies as mothers when they happen. but he is right, we don't need more birds right now. i just want.

LOL,

well my DH is pretty understanding. He really doesn't like to see me so sad...plus he really likes the chickens and I am sure I may need to be the one to put my foot down in the future because what goes around comes around

I am sure he likes certain breeds and will want those...then I will hear..."remember when I let you get those Delawares? ok, MY turn LOL....just as long as we have the coops.
The worst of it was my mother came to visit and she wants ME to get some silkies!! geesh!! I tried to convince her to get some as she lives in North Carolina and they would do much better down there, but her argument was that I already had the chickens and coop. She saw the "teddy bear" appearance and fell in love

 

[Candy442]

I am so cracking up. I was gonna get 4 hens. Now have 11 + 3 Roos. Opa built me a run extension & built an enclosure within it so that I am already set with a section that can be sectioned off for the pullets I already plan on getting in the spring!!!

Here is my "rainbow" that was in the nest after work yesterday. Gotta have those Marans! They really add some beauty to the eggs I sell at work...I am getting more orders than I can handle!



In progress extension (I have to finish painting). Has a 4'x8' section inside where I just have to shut a door & can easily add new birds during their "intro to flock phase "

LOL, Precious! we were going to have six hens...yup. Six...Well then! we ended up with eight, lost one...added two...lost another and now looking to add another two! I love the purty colors on your eggs! we will be you soon, although I only have TwoTone as a Roo and he doesn't seem to be doing much "roo" stuff other than crowing...I would love to see some babies in the spring

 

[Folly's place]

I've got to rehome a nice black Ameracauna cockrel; he's odd man out here and needs a flock of his own. Mary

 

[Folly's place]

I've got to rehome a nice black Ameracauna cockrel; he's odd man out here and needs a flock of his own. Mary