Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[preciouskitty]

I GET TO GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW!!!

(though I could've used ONE more day to finish off those apples! Still have about 1/4 bushel..after doing the apple butter yesterday & ~9 qts of pie filling today).

 

[naglady]

my friend wanted to get rid of all his chickens and gave me his flock.. this is a silkie roo.. so many colors.. what would you call this ..



top hat hen

what is this white one

 

[naglady]

what breed is this hen

different pictures of my new roo

 

[naglady]

what is this hen also.. she is a huge girl

shes one of the new girls.. kinda camera shy..

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

RaZ- porch looks nice. I love the screen. Lots of work but looks great.

Nag- what's with the Runner? She/He looks like apricot colored. Very pretty.

Tap- Dry Out quick. It's mud city here too, but I don't think we got nearly as much.

PK- enjoy work.

And about water, I haul it in 2- 5gal buckets on my Honda Recon. It's a pain but the Honda at least makes it a little fun for me.

 

[naglady]

holly i offered them a few days ago.. they came with the flock..i got from my friend..
morrisonmanor is going to take them..
the runner bent over she was yelling at me like that for taking her pictures.. she normally is upright.


from my research i think the silkie roo is a partridge color..

 

[chickwhispers]

Precious Kitty,

Yeah! A little victory dance for you!

 

[chickwhispers]

Naglady, nice flock.

 

[1muttsfan]

Yes, underground water pipes have to go in below the frost line - they are down around 4" here. The soil here is so rocky (nasty jagged dolomite packed in solid) that in addition to a backhoe I needed a jackhammer. Put sand in the bottom, then a layer of hay, then the water and electric, then more hay, then sheets of insulation board, then filled it back in. A big job, but so much labor saved - hoses in the winter are really tricky. Even a heated hose, if allowed to freeze, can split open in very cold weather. We used to run 200' of hose out to fill the horses' 150 gallon water trough, then reel it all back in and store it in the garage. Now we are down to a 25' hose from the hydrant to the trough every 3-4 days, and the chicken waterers can be filled from the hydrant (it does look like a pump handle, but you don't actually have to pump it, just raise the handle).

My plumber neighbor hooked the water line (2") up to the water line from the well just before it runs into the pressure tank. The first time I turned it on the water came out like from a fire hose - the hose took off spraying all over, chickens ran squawking, horses bolted for the back field, I got soaked catching it. Great pressure from the well! Takes about 10 minutes to fill a 150 gallon tank (took about 40 with the hose).

 

[chickwhispers]

And about water, I haul it in 2- 5gal buckets on my Honda Recon. It's a pain but the Honda at least makes it a little fun for me.

We used to have a Kawasaki Mule but it got stolen from our pole barn in Michigan Insurance didn't cover much of cost to replace, so we haven't yet.