Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[troyer]

Ok, here goes!
We went o to town today and picked up ten Rhode Island Red baby chicks! They are all set up and doing well. I'm like a kid in a candy shop, just giddy, lol
A little back story:
I grew up on a small family farm in Arizona. My hubby grew up in Flint. When we met and married he told me he didn't want to be a farmer. Well, he's a homesteader, lol. He loves it too. So slowly over the last eleven years he has gone from doing the wood, helping build our home and helping me flower garden. This year will be his/our third vegetable garden and his first chickens. So, a little later in life, but what a journey!View attachment 3005396View attachment 3005397View attachment 3005398 I'm so happy!

That's exciting! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Sally PB]

Oh, how neat is that! Please post pictures as those little fluff balls get bigger. And if you have any questions, just ask. Keep in mind, though, that it's just "the regulars" who watch this thread. So if you have a chicken health question, for example, you can post it here AND on a separate thread in the appropriate forum (Emergencies/diseases is where those go).

 

[GardeningWithMyChickens]

Oh, how neat is that! Please post pictures as those little fluff balls get bigger. And if you have any questions, just ask. Keep in mind, though, that it's just "the regulars" who watch this thread. So if you have a chicken health question, for example, you can post it here AND on a separate thread in the appropriate forum (Emergencies/diseases is where those go).

SallyPB.
Thank you for the advice. I appreciate the info

 

[RaZ]

Be careful

Exactly why I didn't bring in any firewood today.

 

[GardeningWithMyChickens]

Exactly why I didn't bring in any firewood today.

When we went to town there was still quite a bit of ice and snow

 

[RaZ]

Hello fellow Michiganders,
I'm not trying to be a butinsky. I have a question..
Is there a specific way to start a conversation in our thread without it being a reply to someone else's ongoing conversation?
I haven't figured it out.
All I have been able to do so far is on this document and then it has, Post Reply.
Could someone help me?
Thank you

At the bottom of the posted replies/comments, there is a blank spot to post a new reply of anything you'd like. Just below the post counter banner. Try scrolling down to find it. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

 

[RaZ]

When we went to town there was still quite a bit of ice and snow

I went to town this afternoon and the main road was clear. We have the best county road commission drivers here. They often have a tough job with lake effect snow and snow blowing across the many farm fields here. I have to give them kudos. Even though I am the only house on a dead end dirt road, I have never waited more than 24 hours before the plow truck or grader has cleared the road.

 

[1muttsfan]

If you would like to open a new thread that tells about your chickens and your stories, you can do that here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/pictures-stories-of-my-chickens.39/

You can always post here, though, it is a pretty sociable group that we have

 

[RaZ]

You can always post here, though, it is a pretty sociable group that we have

Yes indeed. We are pretty darn friendly and we would love to see you at our annual picnic that we call Chicken Stock (CS22). A good time to meet other chicken nuts. Buy, sell, trade eggs, chicks, adult birds, plants, crafts and a slew of other things. Heck, we have even had goats there and there is usually a loose chicken round up activity.

See the link for more info and sign up. We are only 4 months away.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ned-for-2022-sign-in-sign-up-show-up.1508395/

 

[saysfaa]

... and there is usually a loose chicken round up activity. ...

Lol. If I come, I'll bring a couple of pool noodles for herding (flocking?), uh, rounding up loose chickens.