Michigan

[hillbillycitygirl]

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I have three, not super duper friendly but they have been getting better...they are 1yr olds but you are welcome to them if you want. 5$ each

 

[ChicwannaB]

for those of you who love eggnog, here's a recipe with the same exact ingredients, only a different ratio. It's a great dessert and good way to use up those excess eggs you're getting. I love it myself:

Vanilla Custard
1 dozen eggs
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
5 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
nutmeg

Mix eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla together, after fully blended, pour into an 8" x 13" baking dish. Lightly sprinkle with nutmeg. Place in a preheated 350 oven for 60 minutes, until nothing sticks to a knife when inserted into the custard, remove from oven when custard has fully set. After fully chilled, cut and serve as 3x3" squares. Keep refrigerated.

This was printed on a local egg-carton years ago and I cut it off and saved it, I make it all the time.
I hope you love it like I do. Have a great day.

 

[uchytil]

Very sad. Having been there for a year I can tell you it's a crapshoot at best. Anyone thinking war is the answer is wrong IMO and we need to end our occupation and start focusing on how we can help those in need inconus. We are a country deep in debt to other countries, we are losing our credit, and yet we spend like there's no tomorrow. We need to regroup. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of all lost at war and those yet to send their sons and daughters in harms way.

 

[babigyrl22]

Picked 7lbs of blueberrries this morning before it rained.

(I picked 4 lbs last weekend) Now how many things can I make

Oh! We jumped in and started a very modest mealworm farm. Should be a very very interesting experiment...tee.heee

 

[RaZ]

I seem to remember some folks were asking about getting grass to grow in their runs. I had an area in my backyard where grass would never grow, no matter what I tried. I tried some seed I found at Tractor Supply. It is Groundwork - Pature Seed - Horse Mix. (Made by Ferry-Morse)

I spread this seed in July before I went up for school. Even in all that heat and not much rain, it sprouted. Even with 3 dogs constantly tearing around. I think that this would work in chicken runs as well as long as the birds don't eat all of the fresh seed.

 

[chicken grandma]

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I've been freezing blueberries for Winter smoothies and baking!

 

[crayon]

Where in MI are you finding blueberriers? I live in the lower northeast and this year I have had none!

 

[chicken grandma]

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Rockford Farmers Market today had blueberries.

 

[deekay04]

Thank you everyone for the warm greeting.
Another question... I just got a true araucana pullet. She is older. The breeder couldn't remember exactly how old. But, she and some other pullets there are missing the feathers right before their tail on their back, but has small growing shoots or broken off pieces, I can't tell the difference. Should I be concerned, or is part of their last molt before they start laying, or just a molt somewhere in the middle. My australorps are much bigger in size and have not gone through such molt yet. I hope she's ok, as the other chickens are kinda pecking at her. Well she just got introduced today

I also got my barnevelder pullet, yay! Along with 2 silkies, that I figured out are actually sizzles, one smooth and one frizzled. The smooth is mostly orange/gold head, neck and chest, then gold laced black along the back and rump. The frizzled sizzle is partridge. Super duper cute! I don't care they're not really silkies, they're adorable anyway!

 

[Stacykins]

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Congrats on the new araucana! I don't have much experience with when and what molting birds look like (first year w/chickens), but hopefully she is OK. Maybe she was with a tenacious roo who scratched up her back feathers?