Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[bigmrg74]

Girls are earning their keep lately. Sold off a dozen eggs tuesday to a coworker and then today I sold off another dozen of the pullet eggs to another coworker. He had originally just wanted a half dozen, but after talking to him about what he was wanting them for, more of a stir fry and not for baking, I talked him into taking the pullets. His wife is Vegan and he and his daughter tend to be vegetarian, so I'm believe his wife will be ok with having eggs from some spoiled rotten hens in the fridge for a while. Who knows, maybe she might even endulge an egg as well.

 

[wcbpolish]

The turkeys have started mating.

I hope mine have. I have a single turkey hen who has been laying an egg a day for over a month now. A contact wants to try hatching the eggs. I told her that there are NO GUARANTEES on fertility- and I even think they are probably not fertile... but it's her call.

Oddly enough, one of my young geese laid 2 eggs during the warm spell (Feb 1 & 2). One was frozen and ruined, the other is going with the turkey eggs. Maybe it'll be fertile... but again, I doubt it.

Girls are earning their keep lately. Sold off a dozen eggs tuesday to a coworker and then today I sold off another dozen of the pullet eggs to another coworker. He had originally just wanted a half dozen, but after talking to him about what he was wanting them for, more of a stir fry and not for baking, I talked him into taking the pullets. His wife is Vegan and he and his daughter tend to be vegetarian, so I'm believe his wife will be ok with having eggs from some spoiled rotten hens in the fridge for a while. Who knows, maybe she might even endulge an egg as well.

I went from 4 eggs a day during that January Cold to up to around 20+ eggs a day with the warmer weather... and now the numbers are declining again. Spring is coming!

 

[RaZ]

I had this forum open all day yesterday after the cable guys left. It was a good 6 months with very little BYC for me. Back this morning and there was only a page of posts from noon until now.
Remember when we were so chatty? If you were away for a couple of days you came back to a dozen or more pages of posts. We sure did burn up the band width. I miss those days.

So many folks here are have medical issues or their relatives are. I hope all are recovering well and quickly. @SillyChicken you should do fine for your DH surgery. Afterall, you got to practice Waiting Room 101 when you took me last summer.
Another BYC Wendy took me for my January surgery. She also took me in for the heart surgery 2 years ago. This is how our internet friendships spill over into real life.

I hope we pick up the pace of chats and gets lots of people fired up for Chickenstock 2018.
Let's play a game...one post from everyone for every dozen eggs you get in February. That should work until Chick Days hits your local feed store.

I got my dozen. Working on the second.

 

[ToniTalley]

I will be lucky to have one post in Feb. My 5 layers have managed only 4 eggs since Feb.1. One was today, it had been stepped on and broken, but since it's so cold, it had frozen stiff enough to just pick it out in one chunk. On a lighter note, discovered leg mites on the rooster and his main hen...was quite amusing to see us try to wrangle them so I could lather vaseline on the affected feet. But we managed. Hopefully tomorrow will go better.

 

[Candy442]

We are getting about 8 a day now after 3 or 4 a day last month. We don't do any supplemental light. The two I cracked open for breakfast yesterday were fertile. Guess the weather isn't dampening the Iowa boys

 

[WhatAboutBob?]

I am getting 5 to 6 a day now! My youngest pullet Wyandotte was on the the nest when I walked into the coop this morning to feed, and left me her first egg! So all are laying now, and I am flush with eggs. Over 5 dozen in the fridge and 10 on the counter....I am gonna have to step up my egg selling game!

 

[1muttsfan]

Anywhere from 2 to 6 here, often frozen unfortunately. At least the sun is pretty on the days we get to see it, like today. Young birds are starting to come along nicely, but the older hens are holding out for warmer weather, and I don't blame them.

 

[RaZ]

Anywhere from 2 to 6 here, often frozen unfortunately. At least the sun is pretty on the days we get to see it, like today. Young birds are starting to come along nicely, but the older hens are holding out for warmer weather, and I don't blame them.

My old girls are coasting as well. The 2 EEs are nearly 5 years old now. Lucy hasn't laid an egg in over a year and Ethel went broody last summer and adopted 8 RIRs. But she did lay a nice green/blue egg last month.
Turkeys are doing the mating thing but so far no eggs or nesting behaviour from the hens.

Sure do like the sunny days after a big snow.

 

[bigmrg74]

We are getting about 8 a day now after 3 or 4 a day last month. We don't do any supplemental light. The two I cracked open for breakfast yesterday were fertile. Guess the weather isn't dampening the Iowa boys

They gotta stay warm somehow.

Almost plowed the farm out today. had a couple of little snows here that each themselves wasn't enough to bother with but with them all stacking up on them it was getting a little thick. Then a bunch of different trucks were in yesterday and knocked down most of the snow on the driveway. Including a propane delivery truck twice. Guess the guy only had enough for the 100 gallon tank for the barn and had to go refill his truck before filling the big one up by the house. Figure with what we're getting tomorrow we'll just have to clean it all out then anyways, and I can probably stick my brother on that detail.

 

[Folly's place]

Every time I look at the forecast it changes!!! 6"! 8"! 3"! It's making me even crazier than usual. I called off work tomorrow, and now I feel like it's going to be a fizzle.
Mary