Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[ceyoung77]

What is Chicken Stock?

 

[SillyChicken]

Morning guys!

Glad to see ya'll are still here! Welcome to the noobs!

I read through the threads I was behind on but can't comment on all that I'd like too. So I'll just say I hope everyone who's having health problems get better and those who don't, I hope it stays that way!

My job has me so busy I had to start creating boundaries and follow a quitting time... there is just not enough time in a day to do all that needs done and it was eating up home time. The nice thing is that I can work from home or office (mostly home) as I see fit. Have to head to Florida in the next week or so (darn!) And I'm getting lots of travel points! lol!

The hens stopped laying for a bit, but with the light changes, I've been getting a few more eggs. I may have to stop with chickens and the sheep because of work travel. DH doesn't want to be bothered with their care when I have to be gone and he also has to travel for his job. Just getting harder to manage it all. We can at least drop the dogs off with a friend of ours and know they'll be cared for.

Angus has been growing up. He's a little hellion and gets into everything and a true, stubborn, bully.

Thanks for reserving the pavilion! I will try to come to CS 20, 2020!

On top of work and home work. We got the shop built and the upstairs space that is mine for an art studio is insulated, ele ran, and barn siding is up! And I have a heater up there that keeps it very comfortable! I have one wall left to seal and then the dry wall will go up on the ceiling. The only thing left to decide is if I want to do a wall to close off the entry or keep the current trap door. I like the trap door, but it's too heavy to lift and lower as it is now and it's not safe to stand on. So I am debating on a wall, but don't want to lose the window at the end. The other option is to put up the wall down stairs. Decisions, decisions!

Curtains will come back down, it was a test fit. My plan is to make it a cozy place to hang out with my friends and to have an isolated place to create stuff.

Well.. Y'all take care!

 

[aart]

What is Chicken Stock?

Real Life picnic gathering in Lansing each June.

 

[RaZ]

Yup!

We've been over this not gonna happen.

Your Uber driver has been booked

 

[RaZ]

And some of us don't do Facebook!
Mary

I understand. It can be a huge waste of time. At least I can use swear words there.

 

[RaZ]

What is Chicken Stock?

It's a bring-a-dish picnic with an animal swap, plant swap, crafty thing, loose chicken chase (usually) and a great opportunity to meet the people on this thread.

It will be June 20 from 10 ~3 at Delta Mills Park.

I'll have to put together a formal notice and get a sign up thread started. I'll try to get it done tonight after doc appt.

 

[aart]

At least I can use swear words there.

 

[1muttsfan]

Angus is a handsome lad! And I wish I had some project space, not anyplace to spread out here.

BF is back home, supposed to spend most of his time lying down for 2 weeks (this is unlikely to happen). He is a bit grumpy - understandably so, but still...

Frostbite can be seen even in relatively warm (around freezing) temps if there is excessive moisture and inadequate airflow. It can be a job to reduce moisture in the coop, it comes from poop, heated waterers if kept inside, and exhaled by the chickens. Most people, at least in the beginning, close their coops up too tightly, so the ventilation which removes that moisture is inadequate. Moving the waterer to an outside location, if possible, will help (not possibly here). Removing droppings by using poop boards and cleaning out under roost spots, as well as adding a little dry bedding on a regular basis, also helps.

Welcome to the new folks! This is a great place to chat, exchange information and commiserate with each other. This is a social thread, so all that is encouraged. Don't be shy, we were all new here at some time. Chickenstock is a big picnic get-together of us chicken lovers, held in the Lansing area each year. A good place to swap chickens, and put faces to the names.

 

[aart]

Frostbite can be seen even in relatively warm (around freezing) temps if there is excessive moisture and inadequate airflow. It can be a job to reduce moisture in the coop, it comes from poop, heated waterers if kept inside, and exhaled by the chickens.

...and in the fact that it's already pretty darn humid in MI most the time.

 

[RaZ]

The only thing left to decide is if I want to do a wall to close off the entry or keep the current trap door. I like the trap door, but it's too heavy to lift and lower as it is now and it's not safe to stand on.

How about a couple of gas-assisted lift cylinders? They are used on everything from autos to tool boxes. Not too terribly expensive. You could even beef up the trap door to stand on and still be easy to raise and lower.