Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

We sell our large to XL eggs, not organic as we do not use organic feed, in clean re-used cartons, for $2.50 a dozen

 

[fuzzybutt love]

He keeps loosing his balance. He eating and drinking. He lives inside my house. So please help.

Can't help without info. I can't see him so i have to know as much detail as possible. Also if you haven't i strongly recommend posting this on the emergency part of the forum.ok so here goes:
How old? What is his diet? How long has this been going on? Can he hit an individual pellet with his beak? Does it seem like he is walking funny or just dizzy? What kind of heater is in the house? Is his crop swollen when he wakes up? Put your ear to his back: is his breathing conjested? Are his eye pupils normal? Temperature? Pale comb? How do his poops look? Any diarrhea or off colors?

Look at all these things carefully and write back as many of the answers as you can. It will help me narrow down my ideas. If you treat the wrong thing you could lise your chance to fix it so it is very important to give him this exam for me. I am not a dr so that is why i recomment the emergency section in case someone else is more skilled.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Taprock is that *the* pelt that got you the beer lable?

 

[RaZ]

None of that white stuff down here. Just cold rain and very windy. Small skims of ice on shallow puddles this morning.

But I have a miniature sunflower that is unfazed.




Plus there is a tomato plant still blooming and producing grape tomatoes and a habanaro with new peppers on it. Not too shabby.
The only bad news is that my coffee maker quit working today.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Everyone was terrified of the leaf pile. Bonnie just wanted in the camera

Turkey and Luna, avoiding the treacherous leaf pile.

 

[tntchix]

@Zvacman I sold 3 dozen to one of my besties for $2/dzn. She insisted on paying me for them. That's what they go for out here. Good luck.

 

[aart]

I sell a 26-27oz 'dozen' (I call them a pullets dozen cause alot are less than 2oz and it takes u to 18 to weigh up) for $3.50.
A dozen large 'cagefree' eggs at stores around here are $3.99.

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Ok winter snuck up before I got help last year so I did this:

Tore that off today. Put up a level 2x4 at top and tacked the repurposed screen/glass door up. Put up scrap pieces of osb to close off top rafter and a piece at each side of the new "monitor window". Tied it at bottom with cord to keep it from swinging out in wind until I get it framed right.

Here is my new monitor window that will swing out for ventilation. Later it will be framed over and under and will have a hardware screen on the inside to prevent predator entry when it is swung out for "exhaust".

Consider I am NOT supposed to lift over a gallon of milk or climb. I feel pretty good about getting this done. Proud of myself even if I am paying the price with my back. I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!!!!

 

[Opa]

The sense of accomplishment one gets when completing a project is one of life's joys.

 

[aart]

Ok winter snuck up before I got help last year so I did this:



Tore that off today. Put up a level 2x4 at top and tacked the repurposed screen/glass door up. Put up scrap pieces of osb to close off top rafter and a piece at each side of the new "monitor window". Tied it at bottom with cord to keep it from swinging out in wind until I get it framed right.

Here is my new monitor window that will swing out for ventilation. Later it will be framed over and under and will have a hardware screen on the inside to prevent predator entry when it is swung out for "exhaust".

Consider I am NOT supposed to lift over a gallon of milk or climb. I feel pretty good about getting this done. Proud of myself even if I am paying the price with my back. I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!!!!

Ohhh I was going to say those eaves way up there are great to leave open(covered with HC) for winter ventilation......but I see your windows open. How do the windows operate?