Michigan

[Opa]

Can't believe I omitted the oven temperature from the rice pudding recipe. It's 325

 

[fifelakelooper]

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Hi Yooper Chicks- I just posted here too and saw yours. We lived in MQT while in college. I do miss it; I remember I cried all the way back downstate when we moved. There's nothing like Lake Superior in the summer, or the winter for that matter. My sister would like to see us move back up there! She has several friends with chickens in the city, btw. The famer's market usually opens up in May. Maybe someone selling eggs could give you some advice, or go in on a chick order? Seeds and Spores farm keep chickens- maybe they could help you out. Nice folks. Good luck!

Welcome from a Congressional Yooper! (We're in the same US congress district)

You may also want to look into Wayndottes or something with a rose comb. Wyandottes were developed in the Great Lakes region.

I didn't know that Wyandottes were developed in the Great Lakes...geez...now I'm going to have to hatch some of those!!

 

[fifelakelooper]

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Obviously it hasn't held up anybody making it! Thanks for the temp ....I am not a Paula Dean where I can just guess at recipes...I need to follow directions.

 

[DaughterOfEve]

I need raisens so I can try that rice pudding recipe, It's gotta be good with all the eggs!

HH: I bet those chicks are growing fast. I am adding wyandotte(silver laced) this year to my easter eggers, the older brown eggers are slowing down and will soon be going to the retirement home here. Yeah really, my daughter has a friend who's mom takes in older hens that are past prime and lets them live out the course of their lives in her barn on her farm. She has lots of pens and room. We are limited for space, so she takes my older girls and I know they will be taken good care of until their time is up.

I haven't checked in for a couple days and 4 pages of posts were already added. This is a busy thread.

WELCOME to the newbies!

 

[Farmer Andy]

sevenchickens very sorry for you and your daughters loss. I'm a firefighter over here on the S.W. side of the state. The chief of Milford was the deputy chief over here in a neighboring community before moving over there. I'm glad they were good to you. Everybody should take notice of your advice. I will try not to preach but here are a couple other tips for everybody. When at all possible plug your heat lamps directly into a wall outlet. Extension cords cause more fires than you can possibly imagine. If you're not able to plug directly into an outlet, you should really use a surge protector with a circuit breaker built in. That way if something should short circuit hopefully the surge protector and breaker will shut things down before a fire can start. Sevenchickens, please don't think I'm coming down on you, just wanted to share some related info to your post.

Yooper Chicks, You might try mypetchicken.com. Their minimum order is three. You will probably end up paying $10 for your chicks and $40 for shipping. My buddy and I travel thru your area every year to go hunting over by Wakefield. Good luck to you.

 

[wishtofish]

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Any help out there? Looking for some suggestions....

 

[fifelakelooper]

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Any help out there? Looking for some suggestions....

I can't think of anything practical...other than borrowing someones "camcorder"...the type hunters put outside to see what comes to their feeder. That way you'd get it on camera and know who the naughty hen is. I know you can make "trap" nests also...a door closes on the hen when they are on nest...they are used for breeding purposes but could be used to find out if the layer is doing it to her own egg. Another option is to get "roll out" nests...the egg rolls out to a area where they stay clean and unpecked. The best Idea is to borrow a camcorder....I guess. Sorry I can't help more.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

& welcome to the new members!

wishtofish, do you have any wooden or ceramic eggs that you could put in the nestboxes?

 

[Olive Hill]

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Any help out there? Looking for some suggestions....

What feed are you feeding? What scratch are you using? In what amounts? What are you diluting the buttermilk with? In what ratio?

You said you added it to their feed to keep them from pecking at each other. Has pecking been a problem? What size is your run? What size is your coop? How many chickens do you have (and what type)?

You don't have to bake and grind the egg shells; just rinse them off, crush them up and give them back to them.

There are probably as many reasons for egg eating/breaking as there are chickens doing it -- or at least close. It can be learned -- I've had hens learn to eat eggs after watching me feed them to the hogs and getting a taste of them there. It can be as a result of boredom -- if they are penned and lack environmental stimulus eggs can become the only interesting thing to peck at. It can be a result of nutritional deficiencies -- such as if a fortified diet is cut with too many treats that result in an imbalance.

 

[chickflick]

Is it a soft shell egg? One of my hens lays a soft shell egg sometimes and when when a hen steps on it, the egg breaks and the chicken goes at it.