Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[lbrykowski2011]

Wow! What a gorgeous coop! Raz - could you please build me one of those, lol?

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. I've got 2 chickens with clear runny noses right now and a bit of sneezing. All else is fine - great appetites, lively, poop looks fine. I'm hoping it's just the weather and nothing major . . . I've added ACV to their plastic waterers, added vitamins and electrolytes to their fermented feed, along with alfalfa cubes and BOSS. Sometimes they get Quinoa and Safflower added, too. They get a bit of Calf Manna added to their feed on occassion. There are days I'm pretty sure they eat better than I do . . .

Isn't that the truth. DH couldn't believe I was taking beef stew out to them the other day. Told him, you don't want to see what all I feed them while your at work. But we kinda get all that good food back the way I see it.

Eggs!!!!!!

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Garden plants all pulled out and last harvest done. Might have enough for 1 batch salsa and cowboy candy and done canning from the garden for the yr. Whew!!! Feels like winter is coming in fast and not looking forward to it. Going to miss being out all day with the chickens and playing.

 

[Trefoil]

Anyone else get hail last night? About 10:30pm it dumped hail stones here. POURED hail. Pretty crazy.

Anyway, the coop got a partial roof yesterday. Unfortunately our help (BIL) lives an hour away and can't be here everyday to get this thing finished. So it will probably stand half-roofed for another week or so until we can get him or someone else out to help (I can't see my husband getting much accomplished on his own).

While I have little trouble with heights or ladders, my back isn't so good and those boards are HEAVY. My doctor once told me not to lift anything heavier than a sack of flour. I've ignored his advice pretty much ever since (oh, about 12 years now) and suffered on occasion. I already snapped something just from working on the rafters so I'm done with the heavy stuff. I'm working on the windows and trim currently.




So here's the roof. The north side is almost done. The south
side is going to be the hardest, even though it's smaller. It's
seven feet off the ground at the roof line. I had them put some
more cleats in, don't worry. They were giving me a heart attack
working like that.




And just ignore what my husband calls "the carpenter's repose"'
for he is neither a carpenter nor reposing. He's laying down on
the job.

No, see my windows? They're all installed now,
just getting them sealed and then, hopefully soon, hardware
cloth and then trim over that. The windows came from our
house. One of the first things we did when we moved in was
get half the windows on the second story replaced. I had the
guys leave the old ones just for this purpose; although, they
contain lead-based paint and are in terrible condition. I've had
to be very careful with them, painting over the old stuff and
re-glazing here and there. BUT SEE ALL THE SUN THIS COOP
GETS?!!! I'm so excited!

Beautiful

Garden plants all pulled out and last harvest done. Might have enough for 1 batch salsa and cowboy candy and done canning from the garden for the yr. Whew!!! Feels like winter is coming in fast and not looking forward to it. Going to miss being out all day with the chickens and playing.

You all have got to stop talking about winter coming. Maybe if we ignore it it'll go away.

 

[Opa]

Sure ignoring it will work!!! and I'm going to be 29 on my next birthday.

 

[RTFchickens]

Opa, me too! 29 AGAIN ;-)

 

[preciouskitty]

Opa, me too! 29 AGAIN ;-)

WOW!
I didn't realize just how many of us were the same age

 

[RaZ]

Sure ignoring it will work!!! and I'm going to be 29 on my next birthday.

Opa, me too! 29 AGAIN ;-)

WOW!
I didn't realize just how many of us were the same age

So many old geezers here. I have to wait another 4 years to get as old as you guys.

 

[naglady]

wow she should all have a 29 birthday party.. lol

 

[iamfivewire]

thanx for the Bday post naglady . . . . . & btw, ill turn 29 next birthday . . . . . ( maybe in my dreams - L O L)

 

[iamfivewire]

Heres a picture of the new kids (as promised a few posts ago) - my DW has some better pictures to post later :

No names yet tho . . . . .