Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Frankiegirl]

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This is Freya! (Norse fertility goddess, picked by DH.) She is a mix, and we think she's about 8 months old. She's a bit timid, but she's moved around a lot in the last month. She is definitely a lover! And a keeper.

Congrats!! She’s gorgeous!

 

[Frankiegirl]

Hope everyone has been doing their best to stay cool. Looks like after today we are getting a break! Thank goodness.

went to the market yesterday. I figured today is a good day to get some canning done!

Stay cool today…or at least try

 

[aart]

Hope everyone has been doing their best to stay cool. Looks like after today we are getting a break! Thank goodness.

 

[snowflake]

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This is Freya! (Norse fertility goddess, picked by DH.) She is a mix, and we think she's about 8 months old. She's a bit timid, but she's moved around a lot in the last month. She is definitely a lover! And a keeper.

Fraya, must be a popular dog name right now. My niece has a golden named Fraya. Black lab, very sweet puppy

 

[aart]

So @Sally PB ...how goes the chicken and dog integrations?

 

[riss]

Got the bottom part of the tree house cleared out. Going to put some sand in parts of it to level it out then we are pouring cement on it and finishing up the walls. The first couple pics is what it first looked like when the ducks where there. The last few is what it looks like now, it’ll be a nice view of the lake and going to put a window there so you still get a breeze

 

[aart]

The last few is what it looks like now, it’ll be a nice view of the lake and going to put a window there so you still get a breeze

Will the living quarters be above?
Got pics of the whole thing?

 

[riss]

Will the living quarters be above?
Got pics of the whole thing?

I'll have to take some. The bottom is one room and the upstairs is another. The we are having a bridge to connect that structure to the house I'm building by it

 

[aart]

the house I'm building by it

Have you started the tiny house?
Seems I remember you working on the foundation?

 

[Sally PB]

So @Sally PB ...how goes the chicken and dog integrations?

First, the dog stuff, because that's all fun.

Freya is adjusting very well. That was not her name at the foster care, but I think she's learning it pretty quickly.

We're learning about walksies! We like walksies! She is also doing fine in the outside to potty department. No accidents at all.

On to chickens...

Last night I got the fence down in the run. Gee, I love my headlamp! I got the new stuff in. Yup, they have a cluttered run! I got Lark (low hen who pecks chicks) in the small crate in the coop. The red light on the headlamp makes getting birds off the roost easy.

This morning, I went out about 20 minutes early and adjusted where I put some stuff, and filled waterers and the feeders in the run. One thing I kept in the same spot is the chicks HN waterer. They could find food, but I didn't want them to search for water.

When everything was in a good spot, I sprinkled a lot of feed on the ground in random places in the run. Then I opened the pop door for the littles, and the people door for the adults, since the coop was still divided.

Then I sat in the chair and waited. The chicks came out first, then Darl, my roo. Then my head hen, then second hen. Everything went pretty smoothly.

After they'd all been out for a bit, I set up the big crate (2.5x4, so 10 sf) for Lark. It was quite a struggle to get her into it, and she is not happy. Right now she is upset because she can't get to a nest box to lay.

Just before lunch, I took down the divider in the coop. Lock up might be interesting...