Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Candy442]

Any ideas would be welcome since I will most likely be having foot surgury this winter and will be off my feet for at least 8 weeks!

We put our flock inside the pole barn and it has electricity. We use those large heated dog water bowls and put a gallon jug in the middle full of water to help keep the wattles out of the water (so they don't freeze). Also elevate the dog bowls on cement blocks.

If you have an extension cord, the heated water bowls are real nice to use for us.

 

[aart]

Got these pullets eggs yesterday (2 on the right)....makes me wonder what the other 3 were (on the left from 10 days ago) could have been small eggs from other birds.
I don't know who is laying what, but things are *much* calmer in the coop with the 3 amigas gone...thinks they might have been bullying the pullets from the nests.
Found a softshell on roost board this morning, the next few days will be interesting.



ETA: ooops, had wrong pic.

 

[chickflick]

Adorable pics, Raz

 

[iamfivewire]

this little guy is so amazingly calm (almost 3 month)

 

[Folly's place]

Having electric buried to your coop might compare in price to solar? I have no idea, but carrying water in winter is no fun! Do you have a all-weather hydrant out there? I hope to by next winter. Repeat; carrying water in winter is NO FUN! Mary

 

[OldMissionChick]

I started finding duck eggs last week but not sure who is laying. We have 1 Peking & 2 Rouens that are now 18 weeks old. Can someone help me possibly identify our layer?

 

[ToniTalley]

we have a line that is semi-buried out to the coop (it's mostly inside plastic conduit) so we can have an outlet in the coop. We use a heated waterer and a heat lamp in the winter, and the water never froze at all. The lamp is up in the ceiling so it just helps keep the edge off the freezing temps when it got down near zero and was so windy, and the waterer is like a radiator which helps out with the temps. Currently we have a small clip on fan hanging from a drawer handle attached to the ceiling, for those unbearably hot days. I heartily agree that it is good to have electricity out there.

 

[Stacykins]

All of the sweet summer children have no idea of what is on the horizon!

 

[thechickenflock]

I started finding duck eggs last week but not sure who is laying. We have 1 Peking & 2 Rouens that are now 18 weeks old. Can someone help me possibly identify our layer?

Those are almost defenetly the pekins work. I have (had) both breeds and my rouen, in her 2 years (She was taken by a predator last week) only laid 1 egg and it looked like a pullet egg. Also rouen eggs in my experience with other flocks is that they nearly always have a slight tint. Plus those are relatively large eggs.

 

[wannahomestead]

I've been busy and just took some time to get caught up on this thread.

Also, today was a good day. I got my first egg! :-D




The pic makes it look a bit bigger than it really is. I'm hoping for another tomorrow so I can make breakfast, lol.

One of my pekin ducks has made a near full recovery from the leg ailments. Sadly the other has had additional complications and is now mostly gimp. It bums me out because I'm certain she is a female and I think the other is a male.

I think I have one Khaki Campbell that is female, and 3 males. I'm going by voice so that could change.

Starting my chicken run tomorrow come hell or high water. I've had too many derailments in getting that done.

We pulled the carpet out of he living room yesterday and found original oak hardwood and halfway decent shape, yay!