Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

And here we are up here wishing for more!

 

[Folly's place]

We are getting more! Staying home was good today!
Mary

 

[chickflick]

For the last two days, I've been sitting for my "sick" granddaughter, Anika. Son said she had a fever and coughing. I go there and was greeted with that sweet smile of hers. We played games and read books and watched movies. No fever, no coughing. Get a text at midnight, asking if I could babysit again. Fever spiked and is coughing. OK. Go there and was greeted with the sweetest smile. Son said she was up all night coughing. Repeat yesterday. No fever, and no coughing. Even during her 2 hr nap.
Now, today, I spent two hours outside catching up with cleaning chicken coop and rabbit hutch. Fresh water, etc, etc. Lots of shoveling snow. Lots. But, I didn't go hunting for the dog droppings. Too buried.
And the snow keeps on coming. So, will be going out soon to do some more shoveling.
I remember how chatty we use to be, RaZ. We had a lot of fun with the uggos. I sure do miss those days. Got to know folks with our chatter and the best part was meeting them at chickenstock. Miss a lot of folks that have go to the wayside. Mom2emall. Man, she was a blast. Hillbilly Hen, Opa . So many. Too many to name.
Hopefully we can make new friends with all the newbies.....

 

[chickflick]

I only have 11 birds. Big drop from when we lived in Davison. I haven't gotten any eggs in the last 3-4 days. Was getting two every other day. Most of the hens are old. Had a memory come up on FB with a pic of my blue orp. 6 yrs ago! Didn't realize they were that old. So, my lavender orps are older. Wonder why they haven't laid in forever! Have a silkie that's nine yrs old. She did lay once in awhile last summer. Time to get some more younguns

 

[RaZ]

We got nuthin' for snow. Half-inch perhaps. Hardly worth plowing the driveway but it slopes and I have to keep the letter carrier happy. None of the neighbors will want me to plow so no beer money today.

One more week and the cast comes off. Yay.

 

[aart]

We are getting dumped on, been pouring down all day 6-8" so far, supposed to continue until around 7pm.

 

[troyer]

Think spring! Bantam Cubalaya project.

 

[rachelsflock]

Dear Shnow.
Please shtap.
Sincerely, all the ducks and geese who are up to their bellies and can't walk around, on behalf of the chickens who are too offended to come outside.

PS: Getting 3 eggs a day out of 11 hens. I light the coop for 10 hours a day currently because chickens refuse to come outside if snow is on the ground or it's windy. They have food and a heated horizontal nipple waterer with a catch pan and a plastic sheet to prevent water damage. Could totally light for longer and more eggs, but my goal is to keep the birds fat and healthy, not thin, sleeping, and starving in the dark because they won't come out.

 

[chickflick]

We were dumped on, too! Shoveled 3 times. Back hurts and I'm tired.

 

[RaZ]

We were dumped on, too! Shoveled 3 times. Back hurts and I'm tired.

I feel your pain. I could barely plow the half-inch we got.