Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Folly's place]

We had light snow, then rain, and then maybe an inch of snow. Schools closed today, probably icy roads the morning, thanks to that rain.
Friday and Saturday more snow, maybe rain, coming.
Mary

 

[troyer]

We have snow, but it's not covering everything. The areas where the wind can't get to and the sun shines on ( when it does) those areas are free of snow. What Mary described is about what we got.

 

[CedarLane]

We have nice snow cover over here. My daughter was hoping for snow for her birthday, and she was very pleased this morning. (With as much rain as we got overnight, I was surprised to see the nice cover of snow we had this morning.)

 

[1muttsfan]

We got maybe 3 in up here, lots of wind. The school here was closed today for some unknown reason, certainly not because of the trivial amount of precipitation? If we get a regular winter, they'll be closed from January 1st to March 1st

 

[Chickin Fairy]

I'm about 10 minutes inland from Lake Michigan, and we get the quite a bit of lake effect. We had a couple of inches of that heavy wet snow, but our main course will be Friday, when we're predicted to get 11"! I don't love the snow, but I really want to do some cross country skiing this year and this wet heavy stuff is no good for it. It needs to be between powdery and wet to make good trails.

Schools *might* be closed Friday if the accumulation is bad enough.

I'm only getting 1 egg a day and hubby keeps buying eggs from the store

 

[Chickin Fairy]

We got maybe 3 in up here, lots of wind. The school here was closed today for some unknown reason, certainly not because of the trivial amount of precipitation? If we get a regular winter, they'll be closed from January 1st to March 1st

Maybe power?

 

[Chickin Fairy]

We have nice snow cover over here. My daughter was hoping for snow for her birthday, and she was very pleased this morning. (With as much rain as we got overnight, I was surprised to see the nice cover of snow we had this morning.)

Aww. Happy birthday to your daughter!

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I'm hoping all goes well. The last winter freeze was worrying but I think this is worse. Cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds mixed with their food. I'll probably have to go out every few hours to check and refresh water. I'd rather have snow than rain though. Our run becomes some slip and slide with rain. I might have to consider closing the coop up at night again.

Everyone have their handy dandy shovels ready? lol

 

[Sally PB]

The gas tank on the generator is full. The 5 gallon gas can is full. I added another bale of shavings to the coop. We're as ready as we'll ever be, I think.

The birthday lunch out tomorrow for hubby is cancelled. We'll do it another Friday. I'll make him a birthday pie instead.

 

[Sammster]

Hello! I was reccomended to try this thread. I am from the south-east area of Michigan, south of Flint. I am currently trying to rehome now three roosters! They are all mixed breeds but very pretty birds. They were all hatched on 7/12 this year.
In order of their photos we have a beautiful black Silkie mix, no clue what other breed, but Silkie for sure as he has the extra toe, but he has a gorgeous green sheen to his feathers.
Second is a Barred Rock who I believe is mixed with Silkie as he has some funny hair.
And our last and most recent contender is my beloved Foghorn Leghorn, he's a Leghorn and Barred Rock mix and has very pretty and subtle "ghost barring". We originally planned on keeping him but he has started to bully the same hen the other two did, she's old and no longer laying so she has zero interest but he chases her relentlessly to where she completely seperates herself from the rest of the flock. He has proven to be very nice to our other girls though and is fantastic at watching over them.
All three boys do fairly well when free ranging together if anyone wishes to take more than one.
I want all my boys to go to good homes where they can live out their days. I am willing to deliver if you are willing to pay for gas.

Late to the party, but, Welcome! Hope you were able to find homes for your boys