Michigan

[EeyoreD]

Thanks all for the smell ideas! The orange worked a bit last night but she's still kind of rank. i'll try the peroxide/baking soda/Dawn paste.

And I don't particularly care if it bleaches her fur, serves her right.

 

[teeville5]

Morning, all. I'm so tired I'm contemplating making coffee for me instead of DH who is the true coffee drinker here. Not sure what I did to feel this blah, but oh well, the day must go on.

Daron- cute cow. I'm not much with naming animals, but I like Daisy Mae.
I saw a new person pop on so hello to you.

Well, off to make breakfast and tons of coffee. Enjoy your day everyone despite the cold and white stuff.

 

[NovaAman]

I got my bonus a week early! WAAAAHOOO!!!

Now, I can get my wood. I can finish my coop project! WOOOOT WOOOOT!

I have to go to hell now.

I mean work. Its snowing off and on here in Tulip City.

 

[M.sue]

It will bleach the fur!!!

I am a groomer.
Try ... this is going to sound weird but stay with me...

Womans Douch. You can buy it scented. It is easy to keep out of the dogs eyes too.
Or you can use Dawn dish soap and baking soda. Make a watery paste. Let it sit on the dog for 15 minutes.

If that doesn't work I don't know what will

What strength do you guys use? I'm a hair dresser and I have a Schnauzer. I have treated her successfully with this formula a couple of times. It has never bleached her dark hair. It has whitened the white. We only use hydrogen peroxide (3% strength stabilized). Mixing the peroxide with the shampoo & water cuts the volume strength down even further. By applying it to the wet hair (which cuticle is full of water ) helps to prevent bleaching action to take place. The peroxide opens the cuticle which allows the baking soda to neutralize the odor and the shampoo allows it be released & washed away. I'm not saying you're wrong just saying that if you use the proper strength peroxide it want do a thing to the dark hair.

If you Google the formula ......Skunk Odor or something like that....it will tell you exactly which amount to use.

 

[M.sue]

I got my bonus a week early! WAAAAHOOO!!!

Now, I can get my wood. I can finish my coop project! WOOOOT WOOOOT!

I have to go to hell now.

I mean work. Its snowing off and on here in Tulip City.

Congrats to you!! Bummed because I didn't get a bonus and I have to go to work too!

Good Day All!!

 

[kimmie6067]

Nova, to keep MG out of your home flock you only have a certain pair of shoes you were around the flock? Makes sense. Also you have a butcher you take your chickens to? Where do I find one of those? I live near Clare.
Kimmie

I don't sell my chickens. My eggs are for eating unless I let my girls hatch. My roosters above and beyond my limit for keeping will be for eating as well. If someone wishes to buy live roosters for eating, thats fine too. Saves me the time to take it to the butcher. I am not so worried about MG as I have an in only flock. These are not for profit birds as much as they are for sustainability on my part. THAT over all is my goal. Pets with benifits. Self sufficiency. That is what I am aiming for here. I will gladly sell my excess eggs for eating. I will not sell for hatching unless some one really wants them. I wanted to go into breeding faverolles for profit, but I don't think I would be able to. Its just me. I some days feel overwhelmed with what I have going on now, and I haven't even started planting outside yet. So, I will not go in that direction. I am going to do the silkies though for the roosters that will hatch out. There are several Asian families here that would like them for eating. I know, alot of people are going WHAT!??? But they ate them in Asia/Orient. Can not find them for eating to much here. And I am not object to them eating them either. MINE are not for eating though. Mine are my fuzzy little pets that people stop to take pictures of! As long as I show no signs, and continue to show no signs, then I am not going to test either. I will however learn from Farmerboy and Wicki's experience and make it my own so I do not have this happen to my flock of beauties. I WILL ask about MG and Cocci vacs from anyone I buy birds from from now on. If it ever shows up in my flock, then I will close it, not let anything in, and not let anything out and cull as needed. It'll kill me, but I figure, I didn't cry when I took my roosters last November to the butcher, I can do it again. And If I have too, I will build covered runs to keep wild birds out. But in the mean time, the only precaution I am going to take are asking questions, and not wearing my chicken shoes to the store...

 

[Chickmate]

I like Schwarz! How is that pronounced? I have a lot of German in me, and know a few German words.

Well, when I was in high school in Frankenmuth many of the kids had nicknames that were, of course, German. Most of the parents spoke German at home and the kids grew up speaking it as well. Actually the language was called Byrish which is a localized German slang language, not high German. One of the kids who had black hair was called 'Schwatza', which was how we all pronounced the German word for black. The 'w' is prounounced as a 'v', so it's pronounced SH-VAHT-ZA with long 'a's'.

Welcome sweetpea and BackyardFarmMom! Glad to have you on the thread!

 

[Brethren49619]

Ok, I made one attempt at hatching shipped eggs with a homemade incubator and it was not successful.
Maybe attempting shipped eggs as my first hatch was pushing it a little.

I researched more, made adjustments, bought more/different thermometers....and I have had it running for more than a week and all seems good so far. I think I am ready to try hatching again.

I want to try local eggs this time, just anything I can get my hands on for free/cheap, to see if the bator is good.

I am in NW Michigan, have a trip to Muskegon this coming Saturday, and occassionally get up to Traverse. If anyone has some eggs they are willing to share to get me started, I would appreciate your help. If anyone knows of someone with extras, please let me know.

 

[chicken grandma]

Welcome Sweetpea, Brethren and BackyardFarmMom!

 

[RaZ]

I'm one of those odd people that doesn't really like tomatoes. One plant gives me way more than I can stand.
But I did can a bushel of tomatoes last year and I still have several pints and quarts left. A few jars I added a garlic clove to and a few more a half of a habanero pepper. A couple I added both to. I'm sure someone will tell me that I shouldn't do that.

I've also frozen tomatoes whole just after picking. When you thaw them later, the skin peels right off. A lazy man's way to do it.

I do want to try the roasting and blender sauce recipes. They both sound good. (Just have to backtrack through the thread to the post).