Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Opa]

Thanksgiving truly was a day to be thankful. It was Granny's 88th birthday, and two of my brothers were here to celebrate the occasion. My dinner table was surrounded by 1 son, 1 stepson, 2 daughter in laws, 2 brothers, 2 sisters in law, 1 nephew, 3 granddaughters, and my old farmer. So with Hope, Granny and I we had quite a house full. I fried a turkey and Hope made all the traditional Thanksgiving fare with the addition of a ham, so no one went away from the table hungry.

Yesterday morning David and I again shared a deer blind and he took a nice doe while I culled an inferior buck that we both felt would never add to the quality of the deer herd. Today was a bust hunting but still a pleasurable day in the woods. However, getting from the woods was quite a problem. The farmer who leases the property had plowed the field and planted winter wheat. Unfortunately he plowed over our access road so with today's warmer temperatures the ground had become a soupy mess. With tonight's climbing temperatures and threat of rain we decided that driving in and out tomorrow may be nearly impossible. So rather than hunt the final day I will stay home and process the two we have.

 

[snowflake]

@snowflake Do your waterers stay unfrozen even in the 00 temps with the 40 watt. Mine were starting to freeze last year and my water was inside.

This year I put a 3 gal outside in the run

yes mine have been good I do go up to 60 if needed I only use a 1 gallon on the cookie tin. the 3 gallon ones are heated base,I hang them from a chain. I do keep them close to the coop so they don't get tipped to much. I also put vaseline around the rim as it will stick if it rusts

I guess that is why the thread has been so slow for the last few days.
I have been so bored. Even the animals seem to be bored.

most likely, plus big shopping days,

 

[mindylee]

The deep litter method....

Well I tried it. And its not for me or my birds.

I skipped 2 regular cleanings and all the extra litter is nasty. Not wet but so dirty and dusty. Seems like my birds are sneezing their heads off and they never did before. It might not work for me due to the amount of birds vrs someone else's coop. But I'm taking advantage of today's warm weather and doing a strip down total clean out of my coop.

But at least I tried to see if it would work.

 

[1muttsfan]

Opa, how lucky you are too have your family so close. I can just imagine the dessert treats that Hope and Granny concocted.

 

[Opa]

The dessert selection was rather limited. We only had pumpkin pie, apple pie, coconut cake, pecan divinity, ice cream, and a pumpkin cheese cake.

 

[newtnn]

The early morning yard chores were almost delightful in this heatwave! The other day I snapped a few pictures of my Orloff pullets and compared them to the same birds two weeks prior. They sure are growing fast for being slow growers!




The picture-group on the top is them two weeks ago, and on the bottom is the same pullets yesterday! Not quite to egg-laying size yet, but they're getting there.
I might need to get in contact with the breeder I purchased them from about getting a cockerel sometime, not yet, but eventually I'd like to start an Orloff breeding project.

How are you spending your heat-wave?

 

[thechickenflock]

The early morning yard chores were almost delightful in this heatwave! The other day I snapped a few pictures of my Orloff pullets and compared them to the same birds two weeks prior. They sure are growing fast for being slow growers!




The picture-group on the top is them two weeks ago, and on the bottom is the same pullets yesterday! Not quite to egg-laying size yet, but they're getting there.
I might need to get in contact with the breeder I purchased them from about getting a cockerel sometime, not yet, but eventually I'd like to start an Orloff breeding project.

How are you spending your heat-wave?

Where did you get your orloffs?

 

[newtnn]

Where did you get your orloffs?

There's a guy up in Muskegon that was selling them and several other breeds on craigslist. He had Wyandottes, Marans, Blue Iza's, Orloffs, and White Leghorns. Friendly guy and has a very impressive setup!

 

[PDPercherons]

I can't say for Penedesencas, but so far the Andalusians are doing fine.

 

[JackieandChicks]

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Be *very* careful with this breeder. He is not always selling purebreds,or giving you chicks of what you ordered. I am one of three that I know of that got taken by this guy. His birds are also *not* healthy...all of us only had one or two survive and we do know what we are doing. I've seen his CL add showing his "purebred" BLRW with feathered legs! I was not happy with him...I drove all the way up there to get Salmon Favorelles which he promised me he had, and funny thing he did not have any when I got there. Sold me a bunch of cochin chicks as BC Marans. I did not know the difference at that time. Plus SLW as BLRW. Saw me coming a mile away.