Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

I have been planting bulbs here for 10 years and many of them have naturalized, especially the Crocuses and the Glory of the Snows. I was looking for some that you will never find for sale at a big box store. And I found plenty.

 

[Folly's place]

What catalog are you using? Very tempting!
Mary

 

[1muttsfan]

I was surprised to find how many bulbs were sold out already. I did find some of the ones I was looking for at Bluestone farm, and Brent and Becky's.

Haven't seen Dreamz on for a while, hope she's ok, anyone heard from her?

 

[Dreamzchaser]

I was surprised to find how many bulbs were sold out already. I did find some of the ones I was looking for at Bluestone farm, and Brent and Becky's.

Haven't seen Dreamz on for a while, hope she's ok, anyone heard from her?

Funny, I just popped in. Lol

Got a lot to read but not feeling well. Stress is working on me dearly. Headaches and jaw pain for compressing my teeth. Hub has a para-umbilical hernia. He needs surgery yesterday but nothing yet. Can't get rid of him for the love of Christ. Anyways, I have a small problem that will begin to cost me some pretty pennies. The darned leghorn got into the habit of just pulling the feed out with her beak and is all over the dirt. This can bring me rodents, I think. What can I do?
Rachel is still pretrified about Pitbull and then the sebrights and him gang up on the wyndottes,lol they deserve it but I want them to just stay peaceful. They all come out and have to keep them separated all over the yard. Kids are so mischievous,lol

 

[1muttsfan]

They will sort it out between them given time, and the rooster maturing a little.

Are you using pellets or crumble? Are you mixing anything in? I find they "bill out" (scoop out) pellets less than crumble. And if you mix anything else into the feeder that they like better, they will scoop out feed to get to the good stuff.

You could put a wide pan under your feeder to catch the feed, they will eat it from there as well.

 

[Sally PB]

If every possible opening is covered in 1/2" hardware cloth, you "should" be able to keep rodents out. I know they do tunnel, but I don't know how eager they'd be to tunnel into a coop/run.

As far as I know, only one mouse ever went into my run. It was a small one, not full grown. It was out in the grass near the run, and I tried to shoo it away. It went into the run instead of away. Poor thing was in pieces within seconds.

News on the broody front: Widget was broody for 5 days, and 4 days ago, she broke. Then last night, I had to take her out of the nest box and close them up. Dang. This morning, she ran outside, got a drink and a bite to eat, then ran for the nest box. Double dang. On the off chance she needed to lay, I left her there. I went out 3 hours later and...

...found she'd laid an egg. Thank you, Widget, thank you.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

I will find one. They get pellets but there is always crumbs somehow,lol Not mixed with anything. They never liked the pellets but during winter, they had no choice. Unless they see outside now and know winter is over and are being turds,lol
When I get them some wet, they do not do that, why?


They are all separated. After a year, the wyndottes do not behave. And roo and sebrights have thier own space after they beat up a wyndotte. The have their own gang,lol Better check them for hidden tattoos,lol


They are all separated

 

[Sally PB]

When I get them some wet, they do not do that, why?

Do you mean wet their food, so it's like a mash? I do that with all the dusty stuff that falls to the bottom of the feed bowl. I dump it into a special container, and use that stuff when I make their mash snack. Very little feed gets wasted here.

Mine LOVE mash snack, by the way. You'd think I'd made them something really special. It's also a way to get them some electrolytes when it's really hot or cold. Sprinkle that powder on, mix in the water, and I know everyone will get some.

 

[cece_chickens]

I just figured out why asparagus should be transplanted when it is one year old. that I didn't figure it out sooner.

The seeds I planted last year did well. This spring, on one of the oh-so-transient warm days, we saw the very tops of the first spears just barely peeking through. Every one-year-old plant had at least one or two. Some had three. Not a single spear for any of the asparagus plants I transplanted two years ago.

So, when it froze and snowed again, it froze that spear. If I had transplanted it properly (deeper than the seedlings grow), it would still be safely underground.

Now I have to decide whether to try transplanting them while they are not dormant or to try transplanting them as older, bigger plants. I don't like these choices.

How do I save the MI thread? Do I just bookmark it?

 

[Sally PB]

You can click "watch" (top bar, along with "sort by" tags) and you'll get an alert whenever anyone posts here. That's what I did.