Michigan

[RBahmer]

Good morning Michigan, cool and overcast here with a brisk south breeze.

Only 26 days left to the Easter hatch setting, are you all getting your eggs in a row? Because you could have some of THESE




Welsummer

I want it LOL I need a couple of Wellsummer's

 

[NovaAman]

Olive, that's ok that you like fudge better than Mr. Fluffers... His feelings aren't hurt. Lol

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Alright, I guess I better go to bed. Its going on 10, and I have to get up at 3:30 AM and go to work... and that brat of mine wants the computer till his bed time...

Have a nice night all.

Have a nice visit CR. And Fudge is really beautiful. Jace, my kid, the brat, says he is prettier than mine. Little traitor.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Thanks and here is a link to the "smiley's" BestSmileys.com and another http--www.myemoticons.com-emoticons-images-msn-new-emoticons-watching.gif and with this new BYC they are so easy to use.

 

[taprock]

I'm with Opa on under the weather today. Hubby had a cold last week and as much as I avoided him

he gave me his cold, only I have it worse. I didn't do any reading yesterday afternoon and had 12 pages today.

Farmerboy - I really hope your pea has an infection resulting from his adventure not MG. How long do you have to wait for results?

Quote: I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to. I have two places I want eggs from . The first will ship on the 28th. The second couldn't give me a date, when they have them they ship them, so I didn't order them yet. Depending on when I get the eggs and when they hatch I will miss the 17th by a day or so.

My broody seems to be doing a good job. I have been taking her scrambled egg and cottage cheese to eat. I have also been offering her water throughout the day. I really haven't seen her leave the nest box at all.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

We should have an "ugly chicken" contest. I'm sure my Uggos would win something.

BTW, does anyone know how many folks we had at Chickenstock last year? I saw a few queries on the sign up threads and got wondering myself.

I have seen "Ugliest" chicken contests on BYC.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote: Originally Posted by NovaAman This is Mr. Fluffers. Love this guy.

I still love fluffers. He has "gold leakage", but that saddle really is something else! And the beard... So fuzzy he has to peek through! Mabe some day in the future i'll have to get some hatching eggs from you.... I'm imagining fluffy-faced fluffy-butt ee/fav crosses with those gigantic odd feet with the extra toes.....The big guy i got has even more gold, and his saddle is a bit long, but not so long as fluffer's. They would be furbies on legs!

Quote: Originally Posted by teeville5 I don't know what I'm going to do about him and Newton or how I'm going to re-integrate him.
I second whoever said to take the offender out and put him back in. That will temporarily put him at the top of the pecking order... But they will likely have a showdown when the other one gets back. Depending on breed and individual temperment, most roosters won't share space. Sometimes you get lucky, usually if the one rooster was little when you brought him in, or they grew up together. Usually though when they hit puberty "all is fair in love or war". Especially in the spring. I just put my roos in seperate lockdowns, to protect them from each other and the hens from being loved too much. A large dog crate works great, and you can stack them. I still let them be together when they are ranging, but then i let everyone have a break. Also lets the roos know those are MY hens.... don't like being spurred....

Quote: Originally Posted by SillyChicken I've been slowly losing my hens.
You do have solid doors on all entrances to your coop?! just having a fenced run will not protect the girls, because the worst offenders can dig and climb.... If your coop has a dirt floor some wire should be tacked to the wall and buried in a u shape in a ditch around the coop as well.
If it's coons that's not good because in the late spring when their babies are ready to learn how to survive, the coons band together and bring the babies on a hunt. With this screwy weather, who knows when that will be, early or late. That is how i lost my first flock, in only 2 days. DH and friend killed 10-12 all together in one night. Adult took 1 the first night, then brought in the pack the next. So basically your coop is now on the "easy food" list, and will be the first place they come. You gotta make that coop animal proof, and kill what you can before they show the rest of the neighborhood their new hangout!

 

[RaZ]

I have seen "Ugliest" chicken contests on BYC.

I saw one last season but they were looking for moulting birds. I guess I could do some more surfing but I really need to focus on this blasted homework.
I keep going back and forth between stats and this forum. I can justify it because so many BYCers are sending me data.

 

[Farmerboy16]

With all of the new hatch-lings, bunnies, lambs, etc., I suggest we name Farmerboy as the Official Nursery Rhyme Poet Laureate.

Why me?

I'm with Opa on under the weather today. Hubby had a cold last week and as much as I avoided him

he gave me his cold, only I have it worse. I didn't do any reading yesterday afternoon and had 12 pages today.

Farmerboy - I really hope your pea has an infection resulting from his adventure not MG. How long do you have to wait for results?

I had noticed that the pea's eye was like that a day or two before his adventure, was going to look at it, but forgot. I will not hear the results for a week or so.

 

[taprock]

muttsfan - it just occurred to me I could do some of my button quail for the hatch along. They only take 16 days. Or I'd even have time to order some fancy quail that I wouldn't need to keep in the house.