Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[ChickenLady2014]

I would add "me too" but then I wouldn't get out til summer.

Lol, my sister-in-law posted this on FB yesterday. Too cute, but I wouldn't get outside until late spring if that was the case.

 

[A2Kzoo2]

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My Bernard thinks it the temp should be under his age before going outside. He was lounging in 6 degree weather in NY the other day.

 

[RaZ]

First egg in over a month.

The first egg is always a treat, especially after a dry spell.

 

[bigmrg74]

actually got most of the flock out of the coop today. totally loving this balmy upper 20's weather right now.

And scrapped off the poop off of everything in the coop. Was nice that it almost just slipped right off instead of being totally frozen to whatever it was on.

Oh, and out in the barn, we're getting kind of pelted with ice in there. It was so cold out there that frost had built up on the roof nails there and now they're melting and falling off of the nails.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

actually got most of the flock out of the coop today.  totally loving this balmy upper 20's weather right now.  

And scrapped off the poop off of everything in the coop.  Was nice that it almost just slipped right off instead of being totally frozen to whatever it was on.  

Oh, and out in the barn, we're getting kind of pelted with ice in there.  It was so cold out there that frost had built up on the roof nails there and now they're melting and falling off of the nails. 

LOL, same here! Chickens all came out of coop today, even free ranged a bit. Was able to get all the poop-sickles scraped off the face of nest boxes and such. I use a drywall trowel to clean the poop board and any other area that needs it. There were spots in the coop that I couldn't even chisel it off this week. Thank you God for the weather break today

 

[JackieandChicks]

Mine got a little brave to come out...but only some of them.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Mine saw the sunlight and ran to the door.... that was it. Lol! After the other day i invested in a small hanging feeder, so they can free feed again in addition to the morning mash. Yesterday my pullet (i think) presented me with the bluest egg i've yet to see an ee lay. Now if only my roo would actually fertilize them!!! All duds so far and he is over a year old.

 

[bigmrg74]

LOL, same here! Chickens all came out of coop today, even free ranged a bit. Was able to get all the poop-sickles scraped off the face of nest boxes and such. I use a drywall trowel to clean the poop board and any other area that needs it. There were spots in the coop that I couldn't even chisel it off this week. Thank you God for the weather break today

Yeah, I've got a putty knife that my brother had been using as a scraper to scrape off the lawnmower deck whenever the grass got too built up on it. Works pretty good to just pop the poops right off of anything. I probably should go get a cheap dustpan or something to scrape up some of the wire floor buildup I get in that and and getting rid of that instead of just tossing it back into the run.

 

[Trefoil]

If you need a rooster,Fuzzy I've got 6 hanging out in the bachelor pad. Ones a Columbian wyandotte, ones an ee and the others are cochin or chocin brahma mixed. They are all nice, not tame right now because I haven't been cuddliing them, my other wyandotte rooster went to a child care place where he's well loved. I've also got a polish cross that's with hens right now that's not nasty.
Does anyone have bantam partridge wyandottes? I would like to trade roosters to get some outside blood in.
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[ChickenLady2014]

Yeah, I've got a putty knife that my brother had been using as a scraper to scrape off the lawnmower deck whenever the grass got too built up on it.  Works pretty good to just pop the poops right off of anything.  I probably should go get a cheap dustpan or something to scrape up some of the wire floor buildup I get in that and and getting rid of that instead of just tossing it back into the run.  

I use a kitty litter scooper on my poop board. It is covered with the construction sand, I use the scraper to loosen it off the board, then scoop it up with the scooper into a bucket. This I dump on my compost pile. Was able to top dress my large garden before we tilled it this past spring, really helps building the soil. The best fertilizer ever as long as it has time to compost or otherwise it will burn everything.