Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Chickin Fairy]

Is everyone okay following this storm?
There was a tornado touchdown east of Colon, a small town about 12 miles east of us.
I don't know the extent of damage if any.

We're just south of Watervliet and we were out of town Sunday and Monday. When we got back, there were two trees down in the ravine behind our house. Thankfully, they didn't fall on any structures. The coop is good and everything else is still here.

 

[1muttsfan]

Congratulations, Rose

 

[TheDandyLion]

Starting to see several buff feathers piling in corners of the run with a sprinkling of red... assuming the orp is starting her molt, and the RIR who was broody too, but you'd never know that orp has lost any with all that fluff. LOL. Does this seem early?

Canned my first 16 qt tomatoes yesterday.

 

[aart]

Does this seem early?

Kinda, yes.
My birds are older 3-7 years, and laying slowed down a month or so ago and I've seen some feather drops.
I've also read about others who seem to be molting earlier than usual.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Here also a few started molting like the brown leghorns which are new. Baby mama was without a tail for a while but she now finally has a tail to cover her dark black fuzzy butt.

 

[TheDandyLion]

This will be their first molt.

Everything has been early this year, my blueberries started ripening mid June, instead of mid-jury, the elderberries started way early and were done a while ago. Weird year.

 

[Sally PB]

My 3 Black Australorps (4 yo) have pin feathers on their necks. I think they might have laid an egg (each) in the past week. I've seen them in nests and gotten eggs that sort of look like the ones they've laid historically.

One of them, Little, quit laying back in June. I'm pretty sure one of the eggs were hers.

 

[Folly's place]

Here egg production is down a bit, and some early molting too.
Mary

 

[chickflick]

I thought it very weird that I haven't had a broody this year.

 

[Sally PB]

I thought it very weird that I haven't had a broody this year.

Interesting! Widget has gone broody twice. I'm thankful that she is easy to break. 3 nights in the breaker crate and she gets over herself.