Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

farmer, the calves are a delight, hope they all survive

 

[Opa]

I try to remind myself daily that the Lord will put no more on our plates than we can handle, though some days my plate seems like a platter. It is the love of family and the support and well wishes of friends that take me through each day. The thoughts and prayers of the friends I have on this thread are part of the riches I have been blessed with. Thank you all.

 

[1muttsfan]

Somehow Opa's birthday on January 25th slipped by without my notice -

Happy belated birthday Sam, and I hope to say it many more times

 

[Stacykins]

What a surprise to find at work this morning, to find a cow #6 had given birth to TRIPLETS! All are heifers! Very rare for that to happen, and my boss never had triplets born on his farm before in all of his 67 years of his life! Glad to be part of that.

A normal holstein single birth calf, average weighs about 80 to 100 lbs, these triplets were about 40 lbs each! They are so tiny!

That is awesome! And with all being heifers, that is even better! No worries about them being freemartins!

 

[flufssilkies]

what breed would this be? I think its Americana

 

[chickflick]

Congrats, Daron!! That's so amazing to have triplets! Hope they do well. We miss you on here! Nice to see you sharing again.

 

[1muttsfan]

Easter egger more likely

 

[gladahmae]

Does anyone know what hatcheries TSC supplies from? I know they use Townline for some stuff, but I know that they use another one too.....According to their webpage, the TSC in Cadillac is getting chicks a week before the ones that are closest to me.....but if you look at the "what's hatching" page on townline, they only have TURKEYS listed for hatching the week Cadillac gets chicks. (I also know that breed variety was SEVERELY down at the tractor supplies near us last year and one of the employees said something about one the the source hatcheries failing a salmonella test or something.....who knows if that's true, but I also know that basically all either of the stores by us had last year were rocks, reds, and cornish X) I'm also seeing that townline doesn't list welsummers on their website this year.

 

[aart]

Does anyone know what hatcheries TSC supplies from? I know they use Townline for some stuff, but I know that they use another one too.....According to their webpage, the TSC in Cadillac is getting chicks a week before the ones that are closest to me.....but if you look at the "what's hatching" page on townline, they only have TURKEYS listed for hatching the week Cadillac gets chicks. (I also know that breed variety was SEVERELY down at the tractor supplies near us last year and one of the employees said something about one the the source hatcheries failing a salmonella test or something.....who knows if that's true, but I also know that basically all either of the stores by us had last year were rocks, reds, and cornish X) I'm also seeing that townline doesn't list welsummers on their website this year.

Townline might not be listing chicks that go to stores...only those available to ship or pick up.
Best bet is to call the TSC you're interested in buying from and ask where they are getting their chicks....
.....and maybe what they are getting.
Tho I tried asking in the store last year and 'corporate' seems to be in control and the (very frustrated) employees at the stores are as much in the dark as we are.

 

[chyna]

I'm sprouting wheat for my 30 chickens. I've been guessing at how much per day to soak. Anyone know how many cups or pounds to start with.