Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

Wow many double posts today

I noticed that too.....probably some glitch, looks like they fixed it.

I'm getting a few more eggs now too. I have had a light on a timer from 4am to 8am every morning all winter, and really thought I'd get more eggs in December and January.
Last week Dr. Fulton said that for good winter egg production, sixteen hours of light per day is needed, not the fourteen hours that I thought were enough. Maybe next winter...
Mary

Getting more here too, snow and eggs.
Most of Jan was pretty abysmal for eggs here, but the weather was rough, being confined to coop didn't help, Cabin Fever Stress is real, get more eggs when they can go outside.
I didn't keep too close an eye on light timer either...between 13-15 hours....but some pullets stopped laying, couple adults molted late. Wish I had a timer that could be changed in less than 30 minute increments. I leave light on from 3:30am to about 2pm...some days are so cloudy that...well, we all want more light! Soon.

Does Dr. Fulton suggest how to manage that light, ei: when to start/increase/stop?
Did you hear him speak last week or.....?

 

[Folly's place]

He prefers morning lighting so the birds roost normally. Heard him last weekend, and always learn something! Mary

 

[aart]

He prefers morning lighting so the birds roost normally. Heard him last weekend, and always learn something! Mary

Does he do regular classes or...?

Does Dr. Fulton suggest how to manage that light, ei: when to start/increase/stop?

I meant time of year.

 

[RaZ]

Well my beard is coming back nicely. But it still isn't as long as it was before the heart surgery. Besides, I look more like a biker than a wizard.
Cable supervisor approved me for connection but I'm still waiting for the appointment time. Things move at a different pace up here. I hope to get it this week as the library just told me that I can't use them any more. Apparently the township I live in doesn't have an agreement with them. The librarian confiscated my card.

Big snow yesterday so I got to plow all day and I still have 2 more houses to do.
I'll be looking for pheasant eggs or hatchlings soon. And maybe a couple of peafowl. Taprock is correct, chickens are the gateway birds.

Still have the cast on. Two more weeks then another post-op visit. I want this thing gone!

Time is up here. Have to leave the library. Don't know when I'll post again.

 

[1muttsfan]

Wow, library's kind of Grinchy. Most libraries let you buy a subscription if you are outside their funded area.

 

[chickflick]

Kicked out of the library! Wow! Hope you get your cable soon.
Would of loved to seen you w/o your beard.
Just got an inch or so of snow yesterday, but hear there's a lot more coming. Well, it's winter in Michigan.. Need to say no more.

 

[chickflick]

Oh, need to get someone to get a page up for Chickenstock. No, not me. I know not what I'm doing on a computer.

 

[1muttsfan]

Here you go - Michigan Chickenstock 2018 thread

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/michigan-chickenstock-2018.1220286/

 

[chickflick]

That was fast! Thank You!

 

[uchytil]

Now we just need to get people to actually show up. Like around 200, or so. With lots of animals. I should ask Farmerboy again. He lives really close to me now and has a big farm these days. Then there's Nova and Maah who live close also. Even SillyChicken should make it. It would be very nice if HillbillyHen could ride with me again but that's just crazy talk. I'll be letting Kat know too. Who else? Spread the word!