Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Hillbilly Hen]

Cute kids and ducklings Stacy.
Chickenstock won't be happening for me either. No time for anything but work and chores. DH in surgery again getting 2 more plates in his leg along with artificial bone graphs. Tomorrow is 8 months since the accident, and this surgery will set him back nearly that long. Sigh ....

I am so sorry you won't be able to make it. I hope everything will go well for your husband

I will keep y'all in my prayers.

 

[Scifisarah]

Totally not chicken related, but I got all my sweaters for Chickadee & Me photographed, numbered and uploaded today. I am feeling quite proud of myself and plan on celebrating with a big bowl of mint chocolate chip icecream and a few episodes of Merlin (gotta love corny Brit shows). Check out my stash http://www.flickr.com/photos/chickadeeandme/sets/72157621740254700/

 

[NovaAman]

Sarah....

I wonder if there is a medication for what ails you in the sweater department! Holy cow, that is alot of sweaters! Such beautiful colors though. I like some of the pattens too.

 

[MrsLahman]

does anyone have or know of anyone in Northern (LP) MI.. near Alpena.. with BUFF ORPHINGTON HENS for sale?? I dont want chicks, I want full grown hens and they seem to be sparse in my neck of the woods.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Oh my, Sarah, I had no idea there were so many shades of black! Amazing!!!!

 

[ladyrsanti]

Found one of my barn cats dead in my garden today. I usually do a count during the morning feed and three were missing today. It's odd, just lying there in the corner, on her side, eyes open. The cats are the only ones who can get into the fence by climbing it and can usually climb back out but why she didn't or couldn't, I don't know. I didn't see her in there yesterday so it's not like she starved or dehydrated overnight. Seriously hoping no one is setting out poison. Not that I'm attached to the barn cats or expect them to last for 20 years but I did spend a lot of money getting them TNR'ed last year and they're only a year and half old.

The neighborhood doesn't know that though and I get the impression many of the homeowners feel that I run a cat brothel.

Just gonna keep my eyes peeled for more issues.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote: There were some pretty strawberry pink roses at the cedar springs meijers, that were priced at $10 a couple weeks ago! Though mine eat those too.... but the fence will protect for the most part. Bushes in general as a base around and in the run, if you are worried about the roots do the buried chicken wire thing. (And you could double duty the need for grit and spread it around the base too. ( Is hummingbird vine or cup-and saucer on the list of no-no's? some grape vines? Climbing green beans? (but you'd have to protect at the bottom of the chicken's side, they love grape leaves too. Mine don't like any part of the green beans.

 

[SillyChicken]

You guys laughed about how I would get in trouble for the MAEAP sign. Well, my sign was just for the photo op. This guy is the farmer who won his RTFA case in December.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shady-Grove-Farm-UP/438740466142896

I actually wasn't laughing... I read Gcity's sign ordnance requirements...I think you need to have a permit to have it in your yard. Next thing you'll need is a permit to wipe your.. ...

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Last year I planted peas. But they didn't last long.

 

[SillyChicken]

My husband who has been annoying me by being underfoot for the past three months has redeemed himself in a big way. We are coming to Chickenstock next week. We weren't planning on it because our vehicles are gas guzzlers and would have to rent a car which costs. He took a carload of scrap wire in today. He came home to tell me for our anniversary next week he is taking me to chickenstock.

Sooo, I haven't even let myself look at the thread so I wouldn't be sad. Silly is the thread you started the main thread to help me find everything?

The one I started was to help divy up stuff so we could get more people participating rather than stick one person doing the lion share.

What do you need to know? Check Raz sig for food sign up, Nigellas for who's coming, Theron has the buy sell swap thread...
google the address for directions! Glad you're going to make it!