Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[SillyChicken]

Happy Birthday Granny!!

 

[1muttsfan]

Opa, tell Granny Happy Birthday!

You can also melt Andes mints, dip Ritz crackers, and let them harden - they taste like the girl scout Thin Mints

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I don't know which one, but one of my EE's laid an egg today/ yesterday evening! My last bunch never layed at all once it got cold; the orpington though gave me an egg nearly every day! I never supplement light, but i have a bay window with a perch in it that they often sit in?

I haven't gotten an egg for at least a month, so definitely curious as to who laid it!

 

[kimmie6067]

I have 21 hens and get only 12 eggs a day is this normal?

Kimmie

 

[kimmie6067]

This is one of the funniest chicken books I have ever read, Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance



Owning chickens is fast becoming the latest in metropolitan chic. If you can't own them, you'll still want to read about them-witness the recent success of books such as Extraordinary Chickens and Living With Chickens. Another book is soon to hit the poultry bestseller list: This hilarious account of a rookie poultry-owner's experience raising birds in his backyard. Move over Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt (both rumored to raise chickens), Martin Gurdon has written the first "chicken memoir" of its kind. Bound to be a classic, Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance follows the Gurdon family through the ups and downs of this wonderful hobby. In addition to providing eggs, the hens offer distractions from everyday life-BB has terrific telephone etiquette, the spirited but weak Yvette requires Gurdon to act as a personal trainer, and Wimpy is soon renamed Psycho when she's allowed to brood three of her eggs. The book chronicles the daily life of a chicken, including dust baths, brutal pecking-order rituals, gender-bending encounters, and, for its owner, the possibility of huge vet bills. The relationship between bird and human is by turns heartwarming and bewildering, but always entertaining. In fact, readers might even learn a thing or two about raising chickens in this lively book.

 

[RaZ]

Happy birthday Granny.

 

[RaZ]

Hello, Michigan peeps. Newbie here. I was wondering if there were many here living in or near southeastern Michigan. I suspect just a few would since it's generally pretty urban, but though I'd chime in and see.

Welcome Bio,
There are a few of us SE chicken keepers here. Most tend to keep a low profile since it seems to be a criminal activity in some communities.

I've been "outed" already so I don't mind letting folks know that I have hens here in the yard.

Welcome and join in often. We will have the Chickenstock event next year after details become available in January.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Does anyone know whether a heated base can be used with a rubber water dish? (The base of the water dish is around the same size i think as the heated base?)

Thanks!

 

[teeville5]

Today is Granny's 86th birthday. Often she has mentioned different things she has done over her lifetime. One oft told story is about her working for the National Bisquit Company during WWII and how, during breaks, her and the other women would take fresh crackers from one line and go to a line that held molten chocolate. She said she could still remember how good those tasted.
A few weeks ago I saw a special Ritz cracker promotion of chocolate covered crackers. Of course I bought them and put them away until Thanksgiving when I gave them to my brother to give to her today. She has gone to his house for a week or two and called me this morning to tell me how surprised she was. She then told by brother why I gave her crackers for her birthday. Sometimes it's the little things that make people the happiest.

That is so awesome how you thought to do that when you saw those.
Happy Birthday to a much loved Granny.

 

[Newchickiemomx2]

Hi everyone Nice to see others in my 'area' with chickens! Everyone I know thinks Im nuts! Lol. I have a RIR, an easter egger, and 3 silkies. The silkies are still babies, but the other two are about 6 months old and laying every day at noon like clockwork. My daughter loves getting the eggs, and I'm pretty fond of them myself. Very friendly too, I was surprised actually because I've always been terrified of chickens!

I do have a problem though.. Our little white silkie "Snow White" has turned out to be a "Prince Charming" and now needs a home! Any takers? I was just outside and heard a very loud cock-a-doodle for the first time. *Sigh*. He's only about 3 months old, I thought it would still be a while until the crowing started