Michigan

[fifelakelooper]

Good morning all!

Keyt....congratulations!! I am envious...I have NO grandchildren...as of yet anyway.

Opa...thanks for the info and what chicken produces the speckled egg??

Chickengrandma....hope you find your new babies a home. Panic attacks are no fun!!

I think the rain will be north of us today.....hope hope! I had composted cow manure dropped in our back yard (free from a very nice neighbor) and then bought a load of top soil . Planted grass prior to our vacation, covered with the soil and our housesitters watered it daily. We now have GRASS in our back yard instead of tuffs of grass with sand in between. Happy am I !! I have mourned the fact that up here we have sand instead of the rich soil we had on our farm in Eaton county...but I guess I should feel lucky we don't have clay. Good luck all you grass growers!

Raz....I would have weighed my huge egg from 3 days ago to see how it compared....but I ate it and just two days ago I sold all my red comet and ameracauna mixed egg layers. They were fantastic egg layers and I would get one HUGE brown egg and one HUGE green egg per week. The egg buying ladies LOVED getting them. I worried about the hens producing them ....kept thinking they would die of prolapse. Anyway...I now have only 5 English Orps and 6 Jersey Giants for the winter. They should start laying within the next few weeks. Combs are much redder but no submissive like squats yet from the girls indicating that anything is about to happen. My English roo is so big and fluffy(his name is Max but I call him Fat Boy) I'm not sure he CAN mate. I have not seen any 1 legged hopping to even show an interest. My younger Jersey roo hasn't even crowed yet!

 

[Opa]

If you knew how difficult it is for me to find a pair of gloves that are large enough you could really appreciate how big a 4 ounce egg is. My big old paw tends to make them look smaller. The speckled egg is from a Welsummer and is a jumbo.

 

[babigyrl22]

:: waiting to see Raz's egg ::

 

[NovaAman]

Congrats Key!

Opa, I am hungry here!

Chciken Grandma... Just out of curiousity, have you talked to your doc about medications for the anxiety? Sometimes hormone imbalances will cause you to have them more often over very simple things... IE- baby chicks. I'd hate you to have to give up your babies... I do understand it though. Anxiety attacks are a witch. I get them on occassion too. Has one so bad I was sure I was having a heart attack and ended up in a ambulance... So not nice.

As for my coop, No, I don't need help. I already planned on the door for the wintering months. We have WAY to many wilds that come out in the winter that seem perfectly happy to stay in the woods during the spring and summer and most the fall. Real simple plan on it too. It just sits in place in its grove and wahlah. I am planning to put the food and water block on top of it so it can't get pushed up if some little jerk of a critter decides to dig. The only thing that gets in the coop run now are the moles.. They don't stick around. I don't need help, cuz I built this thing with out a man to help. God gave me skills. LOL. And dad left me enough tools to figure things out... And I had Lowes cut nearly all the wood! LOL. I built my first coop out of a dog house... So all I really needed to do was put it on stand, or what ever to bring it up off the ground and the chickies could have the area underneath for a run till they got big enough to be out in the yard. I built that whole thing with a rotozip. Thats it. Just guessed on lengths and a rotozip to cut. LOL. Its solid too. LOL.

I was walking around with loud mouth Roger last night, and took him over to my neighbors, while they were out doing nite rounds on the rabbits and chickens, and Earlene showed me the newest additions. Baby Rabbits. SO cute. I am so allergic. Well anyway, I am carrying Rog, and he see's this baby bunny and starts to make aggessive noises at it and bobbing his head at it. I think that little stinker would have tried to eat it! Anyone who thinks all silkies are sweeties has never met Roger! He'd be a bunny serial killer! I know... Its a baby rabbit, kinda looks like a mouse or mole at that size... SO, I understand that chicken will eat them up... BUT ITS A BUNNY! Roger Roger Roger....

Well another rain day! boo hoo..

 

[chicken grandma]

Hi Nova,

No I have not taken any medications. A lot of sedatives were offered to me as my husband had a long illness and brain tumors are particularly stressful for the family because the patient changes to much.
But I do take a hormone progesterone and that does help unless.................CHICKS!
Who would have thought chicks???????

I believe I have a place with Jamie for the chicks.
Can anyone help me out with my d'uccle hen? I don't have anxiety in caring for her, but she is lonely.
I either need a calm companion for her that is free of all parasites or I need a quiet home for her. She is like a Silkie, very much a people hen and not a very tough chicken.

 

[NovaAman]

I have a super tiny silkie roo... But you want a hen... LOL. He's litterally only a pound and a half tops. I also have a 1 pound silkie hen... But I think Jace might clobber me if I gave away Minnie Cuke.. She's 5 months... She is so little that I am afraid that she's going to end up getting hurt by Mr. Fluffers if he gets it in his head to mount her! She'll probably end up in her own coop with Bighead... He's the 1.5 pnd roo.. I'd say about one of my neighbors milles might work, but they have been completely free ranged and are not handled at all, so, don't think that'd work, though they are going to be taking them up t ravenna... Maybe you should check out the auction up there... You may get lucky and fiind a nice young Serema or Silkie thats a few weeks old, or a month or two... Maybe a little duck buddie? My sis in law had a chick and a duck come up together as pets, and they seemed quite happy together...

I don't think so much a sedative... I can't remember what it was that my dad was on... I'd remember if he were still with us, but he was on something for panic attacks. It did't make him "duuuuuuuu" but it did really help keep them more manageable... If thats the right word...

 

[taprock]

1muttsfan - that sounds fun. I was just just up your way on Sunday - Went to the quilt show in the Soo.

Opa - You said the speckled egg was the Welsummers. Is that what color they all lay?

Last week I was a bit worried. I went from getting 18 eggs daily to 3. I wasn't sure what to think. Well.......


























Here's Star. She is our only Cornish and wins this weeks prize in our coop for worst dressed. This is our chickens first molt and I can't believe how many feathers are floating around! At least I'm not worried anymore.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Now that is a serious molt. poor baby.

 

[hickchick55]

Congrats Keyt! The biggest downside that I can see of having no kids is no grandkids.
Opa - Writing down the details of the hunt is a great idea.
I need to go through my freezer this week and see what is left of the venison and use it up before he gets more.
Raz- How was the double yolker?
Oh, and I hope you are feeling better chicken grandma- sometimes anxiety can come at unexpected times.

 

[Living the Simple Life]

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Grandma - I sent you a pm with some info that may be helpful.

Cheryl