Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[gladahmae]

Well I got off the phone with my mother and apparently she and my aunt each want meat chickens this year too, so my husband is going to pick up another 30 on his way home from work tonight. That means I'll have 66 chicks in my basement. It needs to WARM UP so I can get these stinky little poop machines out of my house! Put a 4th thermometer in my incubator today to try to figure out what the actual temperature in there is, and will be *hopefully* setting 42 eggs tonight. Chicken over-load here we come!!

No nasty weather here, unless you count that white stuff that is covering everything. Had a spot on my way home from picking up feed that had water over the road (county had already put out signs to warn people) which means that low areas are going to/already are flood(ing). Thank goodness we live on top of a hill!

 

[1muttsfan]

I cannot recommend too strongly a Brinsea spot check thermometer. You will not find a better or more accurate one, gives great peace of mind.

 

[Amy PT]

Sorry to those picking up after storm damage. What a blessing that no one got hurt.

@Maah, how is your younger bunch of chicks doing? I'm keeping a close eye on our d'uccle's comb. Fingers crossed.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

@raZ I'm sorry, but I know you will LOVE the hoop houses!

Here's what I found this am. I love duck poop! But is this early or what?!

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Yes at this rate (my yard has quite a bit of standing water and sump pump in crawl space has to be tired) I am glad I live ON the slope and not down the street where the swamp really begins! My level is where the springs come to surface and run down there.

Snowing out now (a bit) after all night rain. Chickens don't care. Am watching them out the window most of the time.... or a take a quick walk around out there with them just to check peremeters for hawk signs. So far only Turkey Vultures today besides the little juncos the chickens are occasionally chasing up into the apple trees!!

Creeks are over running banks into flood plains. Water running everywhere in my woods/bog area. Soil buckled up knee high in some spots. Lots of caverns like mini caves for critters. Yard is clay, woods is mucky black peat buckling around and between surface tree roots and fallen/broken branches/rootballs. Chickens all over woods edge getting the worms/etc being forced up by water table.

 

[bluebirdnanny]

You'd be surprised how much damage straight line winds can do to roofs and trees and rows of telelphone poles!!! Sometimes worse damage than tornados. I have lived through and been too close to both AND a hurricane or two. You'd have to examine the line and the trunk/libs for evidence of twisting around to confirm.

Whichever it was.... good to hear you are ok.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Phew. Glad everything was ok! I always worry about everyone and their critters when stuff happens. I still haven't had a reply back from myfriend in sparta about whether she can stay in her house so i'm assuming she's elsewhere and can't. I hope ins covers the tree damage and don't call it "act of God"

Yeah it pretty much was damage central in the Muskegon area.  Trees down everywhere, roofs off, houses crushed.  We got the one inch hail and winds but did not lose a tree.  We did get flooded pretty bad as most fields have.

Hopefully we'll dry out in a week, or so.  I have tree orders to plant next weekend.  Hope everyone is okay.

My FIL lives in muskegon, so he told us how bad the damage was! Put a hold on his and DH's fishing plans for the day-for a long while with the flooding! Got a mess of catfish the night before though. Glad your house and barns/sheds are intact.

My friend in sparta was not so lucky. They had just moved into a new house so thankfully not homeless but the old house is possibly a loss. So much for a sale; it will be interesting to see how the homeowners insurance plays out all over! We shall see which companies were worth the $$$ ?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Little guy and the feisty ladies. These girls belong on a farm free ranging! I tamed them but they still have wild hearts

Blue roo and the main group these are the huggers. This is my group that is guilty of leaping on whatever part of me looks free, poopy feet and all if i don't notice them...

My favorite little "old man"

 

[jerabu]

I know a few people who are fixing their roof after that storm- but not me. Did see some hail, but nothing damaging.

Supposed to get cold again tonight

 

[RaZ]

Well my insurance agent says that they will not cover my storm damage.
They said that because I had ordinance violations last year that they are not renewing my policy, therefore I can't make a claim.

I forget who had damage last year from a storm and their claim was denied because they had chickens even though the chicken were legal and the claim had nothing to do with chickens.

Insurance companies are worse than the politicians.

ETA
The radio people keep saying that we are supposed to get 3 inches of snow overnight. Who wished for that?