Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Lisa and girls]

Picked up some flowers from a local farmer. I'm my opinion more beautiful than anything you could buy in a store. And got sweet corn too, but that's not really picture worthy. I love getting stuff locally. I'd love to buy 100% locally if I could.

 

[Lisa and girls]

Which one of you genetic engineers tried crossing a silkie with a pony????

Funny!!

 

[Amastacia]

Picked up some flowers from a local farmer. I'm my opinion more beautiful than anything you could buy in a store. And got sweet corn too, but that's not really picture worthy. I love getting stuff locally. I'd love to buy 100% locally if I could.

beautiful flowers. and i am the same way, i would much rather buy local. i actively search out American made (or at least not Chinese made) when possible, and was very excited last night when everything i had for dinner was local (mostly out of my garden). unfortunately, too many things aren't made/grow around here.

i was encouraged the other day, though. i found cheap plastic funnels at Meijer that made in the US. apparently we have started manufacturing cheap stuff again, rather than getting it all from over seas. now, if only we would start making socks and dog toys

(anyone know a good place to get dog toys that aren't made in China?)

 

[Wolkeana]

Hi fellow Michiganders! Are there any crazy goose people out there who would like a 2 month old Embden (Embden mix?) goose? Free to good home! A companion for your lonely single goose? Oberon (Shakespeare, not Bell's) is diaper-trained and very well-behaved, and I am very attached, but I never planned to have a pet goose, and really don't have the time or a good set-up for him (her?). I've posted on a couple of other threads, but didn't realize there was a Michigan thread (new to website) so all the offers have been out of state, and considerably far away. If I had the time or a house with a yard, I'd keep him in a second (and get him a companion! I guess I'm a convert), but I don't, and I really want what's best for him. He's friendly and likes meeting new people (including well-behaved children) and travels well. I'd love to find him a new home fairly close to me so I could help him make the transition and occasionally visit.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Hi fellow Michiganders! Are there any crazy goose people out there who would like a 2 month old Embden (Embden mix?) goose? Free to good home! A companion for your lonely single goose? Oberon (Shakespeare, not Bell's) is diaper-trained and very well-behaved, and I am very attached, but I never planned to have a pet goose, and really don't have the time or a good set-up for him (her?). I've posted on a couple of other threads, but didn't realize there was a Michigan thread (new to website) so all the offers have been out of state, and considerably far away. If I had the time or a house with a yard, I'd keep him in a second (and get him a companion! I guess I'm a convert), but I don't, and I really want what's best for him. He's friendly and likes meeting new people (including well-behaved children) and travels well. I'd love to find him a new home fairly close to me so I could help him make the transition and occasionally visit.

Sorry, but any goose that would live here would be on my table by the solstice. Hopefully someone will take him. And welcome to the MI thread

 

[Wolkeana]

Well ladyrsanti, thanks for being honest and for the welcome. But

!!! He's way too cute to eat!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Picked up some flowers from a local farmer. I'm my opinion more beautiful than anything you could buy in a store. And got sweet corn too, but that's not really picture worthy. I love getting stuff locally. I'd love to buy 100% locally if I could.

Beautiful! I did not plant a garden this year, instead I have been going to a local farm stand, Magicland, and getting fresh produce. Today I got red potatoes, muskmelon, sun sugar tomatoes, slicing tomatoes, a green tomato, pickles and a bushel of day old corn. I think I spent $30 for all of that. I had the green tomato for lunch

Hi fellow Michiganders! Are there any crazy goose people out there who would like a 2 month old Embden (Embden mix?) goose? Free to good home! A companion for your lonely single goose? .

Welcome!

RaZ, that picture was too funny!

Today's lunch, and yes that is a 10 inch skillet. That tomato was huge!

 

[gladahmae]

I'm quite surprised at how well the pullets are doing in with the hens. I snuck the pullets into the coop late last night and when I went out to open the door to the run this morning I was very pleased to see my rooster break up all of the squabbles between the older girls and the new girls. He didn't even put up with any chasing of the new girls, unless it was by HIM, in which case it involved some quick-stepping and wing-scraping.

My garden is still a bit funky. I got loads of green tomatoes, but a lot of branches are starting to yellow, as if they plant is getting ready to die off from all of the upper-40s we've had for nighttime temperatures! They're calling for upper 70s next week and I am hoping that everything ripens then so I can go crazy with making sauce and be done with it!

 

[Lisa and girls]

I am so happy!!!! My little ee hen laid her first beautiful green egg!!! She is currently telling me all about it.

 

[Living the Simple Life]

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Great question...actually the big door on the back opens and for total cleanout the bottom detaches and we can just lift up that end of the coop....odd, but true! My ultimate goal in building it was that the guineas would free range and this would be my grow-out coop....of course, that was before the guineas became DH's pampered babies...