Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[bigmrg74]

Chicken didn't make it, dead as the proverbial door knob. We have had one that's been laying really big eggs. wonder if it was her and she was the one doing that. Getting eggbound could killed her right??

 

[MarcyR1011]

I have 18 hens that are 9 months and 11 that are 6-1/2 months and am getting 18-24 eggs a day. I am keeping a light on in the coop during the day but not supplementing heat. I'm not getting any eggs from my 3 bantams right now and 1 of my 2 Talbout Polish haven't started laying eggs yet. I look forward to coming home everyday to see how many I get. I worry about them freezing but haven't had a problem yet.

 

[snowflake]

My tomatoes produced like CRAZY last year. I think we picked 4-5 bushels. It was all canned into a basic marinara/spaghetti sauce and a few pints of salsa, but now that we are using it......it's absolutely flavorless. I am thinking it was because it cooled off so quickly in the fall that the flavor didn't set? Anyhow, if anyone has any suggestions for something I could add to it when we use it to make it TASTE like something I would appreciate it. As is stands I have 40-some quarts of sauce that I don't really want to use.

perhaps some tomato paste. better then tossing all that hard work

Well dang... there were over 10k posts since the last time I logged into BYC in 2014!

Who is still here??

Nova, Hi

do you still have chickens. doing chicken stock in Lansing, June 11, hope you can come.


about 37 birds here, just getting one egg a day, not sure from which hen, have had NO eggs for so long I hadn't been looking went out to clean last week and found a little nest of 6 eggs. most of course were cracked and frozen but nice to see.

I have the heated waterers and they are doing well but it hasn't been as cold as it has for those of you that are farther north. like the flower pot with the bubble wrap idea,

 

[MarcyR1011]

How much does everyone sell eggs for here in Michigan? I've been charging $2.50 a dozen. Wondering if that's too low or too high?

 

[aart]

How much does everyone sell eggs for here in Michigan? I've been charging $2.50 a dozen. Wondering if that's too low or too high?

Depends on your customers and/or your local area.
I sell for 3.50 to a half dozen customers.
They're happy, my feed and bedding costs are covered and I have all the eggs I can eat.

 

[MarcyR1011]

How much does everyone sell eggs for here in Michigan? I've been charging $2.50 a dozen. Wondering if that's too low or too high?

Depends on your customers and/or your local area.
I sell for 3.50 to a half dozen customers.
They're happy, my feed and bedding costs are covered and I have all the eggs I can eat.

Where are you located Aart? I'm just west of Saginaw. I was going to sell for $3 but I know a couple people that sell for $2 and a couple for $2.50 and didn't want to overprice them where I'd get stuck with all of them.

 

[aart]

Quote: Where are you located Aart? I'm just west of Saginaw. I was going to sell for $3 but I know a couple people that sell for $2 and a couple for $2.50 and didn't want to overprice them where I'd get stuck with all of them.
Some people around here sell for less than I do, some sell for about the same.... or more if they're organic.
I set my price to cover my costs and got it.......but I am not selling to the general public, only to a half dozen friends and acquaintances.

 

[MarcyR1011]

 

 

How much does everyone sell eggs for here in Michigan? I've been charging $2.50 a dozen. Wondering if that's too low or too high?

Depends on your customers and/or your local area.

I sell for 3.50 to a half dozen customers.

They're happy, my feed and bedding costs are covered and I have all the eggs I can eat.

Where are you located Aart? I'm just west of Saginaw. I was going to sell for $3 but I know a couple people that sell for $2 and a couple for $2.50 and didn't want to overprice them where I'd get stuck with all of them.

Some people around here sell for less than I do, some sell for about the same.... or more if they're organic.
I set my price to cover my costs and got it.......but I am not selling to the general public, only to a half dozen friends and acquaintances. 

Ok, thank you for responding! I'm only selling to friends and acquaintances too!

 

[1muttsfan]

$2.50 up here

 

[chickflick]

Hi Nova!! I'm still here! Stick around and stay awhile.