Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[RTFchickens]

Thank you guys for input on chickens! Wow, in 18 hours there is a lot to catch up on with the Michigan Thread!
RAZ, I'm sorry to hear of more harassment! It's crazy what extent they are going through to give you a hard time. I think their time would be better spent volunteering for a good cause!
Opa, I love drinking coffee with you in the morning! Speaking of which, I'm ready for a refill.
Lady, that is beautiful art!
Gladahmae,
I wish I could do that with making a hat. I have taken books out from library to try to learn, but after one row, its all down hill for me :-( the hat looks awesome!

 

[1muttsfan]

TC, good luck. Not sure I would get eggs/chicks from the same source next time just to be safe.

Raz, just....

When we go down to southern Florida in the winter we see huge flocks of vultures enjoying the warm weather - hundreds at a time will circle over the keys where we are fishing, an awesome sight.

 

[mara1]

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Yea tried pea gravel and mulch for the dog run. Not a good long term solution just got muddy after awhile. Figured I would try sand for them too.

 

[mara1]

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Whats wrong with the truck?

 

[mara1]

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Thanks I'm not far. I also work with auto's so let me know about your truck.

 

[Jake Levi]

Five of the Iowa Blues that I had available went to a new home yesterday, and I have the best rio left, literally, two beautiful Birchen Pullets and a big Birchen cockeral who is developing a beautiful white laced neck and back. They are also quiet and sweet .

The Icelandic flock now has 14 hens and pullets so come spring I'll be hatching out a lot of Icelandics here.

I am also going to go for the certification on the flock.

 

[NovaAman]

Opa, you are right. Watching the vultures was mesmerizing. I went to the Audubon society & saw the "V" description. At one point I had 10 circling overhead, cool, but almost "Stephen King-like" creepy at the same time! Birds decided they would just hang out under the deck! Yellow jackets. I got stung for the FIRST time in my life last week at work. 5 times by one. It crawled up my leg inside my jeans at work while I was outside, got back to my desk, sat down, thought I was going nuts as I felt like bugs were crawling on me. Well, one was. Of course, I scratched at my jeans & the yellow jacket wasn't amused. Hurt like heck...luckily I have an office & was able to slam the door, whip my jeans off & dispatch the culprit. But not until it had gotten me 5x. I did not know yellow jackets were actually from the wasp family & usually do not lose their stingers when they use them. Ah, we learn something everyday ...even though it is sometimes painful

I have a pair of scars from a yellow jacket that managed to end up down my shirt front, and in between the girls. I thought I was going to die! Rotten buggers.

This is a print I pulled back in college, intaglio, aquatint on zinc, printed on german etch. Buzzards have long been one of my favorite birds. I watched them as a child and they "haunted" both my conscious and subconscious. Art has always been the outlet for my bird obsession. I went to art college in Columbus, OH and having no social life, I would drive out to the countryside in the Hocking region, alone, on the weekends and watch the buzzards out there. Southern Ohio has A LOT of buzzards.

and another, drypoint intaglio on copper - printed on german etch.

Shameless plug: http://ladyrsanti.deviantart.com/gallery/

Very much reminds me of Hawthorne for some reason, a bit more than King, though surely fits with King.

Thanks I'm not far. I also work with auto's so let me know about your truck.

Trade services!

 

[Lisa and girls]

I have a few mechanics who figured this out the hard way. I put 1 out of business. Told me I had a blown head gasket, would cost 800. I said, no, I only paid 400 to buy the car; I was not paying 800 to keep it running. #@%`#) had the nerve to tell me I should talk it over with my H first.

I said loudly, in front of his PACKED lobby, I have been your customer fir over a year. In that tome, I have handled all calls, payments, arrangements, drop offs, pickups... You #%@(@)#% have never even spoken to my husband, let alone met him. Yet you have the NERVE to tell me that I need to talk it over with him! Give me my keys, now.

3 people grabbed their keys and left right after me, and the business was clised in less than a month.

Karma is fun.

And I won't even start my political input. I tend to speak graphically. Lol.

It's funny. Some people are stuck in the dark ages. I love when I know more about a power tool then the dude selling it to me. It's that look that they know they bit off more then they can chew that makes being a girl who owns more power tools then they ever will worth it

 

[mara1]

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[HollyDuckFarmer]

Yea tried pea gravel and mulch for the dog run. Not a good long term solution just got muddy after awhile. Figured I would try sand for them too.

Next load of gravel or sand, my plan is to 1st lay the black landscape fabric... Although I imagine something like burlap would work too, but would deteriorate over time. Miss Lydia over on The Duck Side gave me that advice. And I discussed that here before, like RaZ said then, there are positives and negatives to that tactic.

So I decided today that my flock is way too spoiled. I've got these 2 gals running up begging for food nonstop and literally hollering at me while I'm inside my house, doing people related chores. So today I decided (after much coffee) that we were going to talk a long walk out back to pasture, where the bugs literally swarm me each and every time I go there. So the 1st time, these spoiled ducks ran right back up, honking their guts out... Finally the 3rd time, they decided they might like to be normal ducks and forage a bit. Here's a pic of one of my Fall Hatch KCs (or KC x Rouen) & also my super pretty Runner pair. I love Fall. Except for the allergies!