Michigan

[Hillbilly Hen]

I am still trying to decide if i am even going to plant a garden this year. I didn't last year for the first time in a long time.

 

[uchytil]

Hi Laura, Yes it's FFH in North Muskegon on Holton Road. I bought two BR's at Fremont TSC last year and they are my big boys now, Frick and Frack. My onlt roos and they have done fantastic.

 

[RaZ]

It must be the cool crisp morning air, the egg song was so loud I had to look to see if she was under my bedroom window. Sure sounded like it.

 

[RBahmer]

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[1muttsfan]

Good afternoon Michigan, snowing and cold here this morning, but the girls ran out the door as soon as they could.

Lavender, also called self-blue, is a separate gene from the regular blue (also called Andalusian blue)

Andalusian blue - a gene that acts on black (and red) to dilute them. If you have wild-type bl/bl, a black bird is black. Bl/bl is blue of various shades, the feathers usually have a pencilling of darker blue but not always. And Bl/Bl is splash ( I see some people are calling them white, but they are not). These are very light colored to white in appearance, usually with blue blotches (splashes) of color. Breeding Bl/Bl splash to Bl/Bl splash will leach out the color to almost pure white.

Lavender (self-blue) - a separate gene, Lav; the recessive form is lav, and a bird with 2 lav genes will be a light grey or blue shade, without any pencilling on the feathers. A bird is either lavender in color or not, Lav/Lav and Lav/lav are non-lavender.

Ask Mibirder about genetics books, he is a wiz.

Ha got to Taprock! Now how about the rest of you? You could have one to THESE (another cute-kid-falling-asleep-face-first-into-the food pic)

 

[swampducks]

Here's an interesting thread on how much to plant over on the sister site the Easy Garden:

http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32827&p=1

And since gardening was brought up yet again on the MI board dare I plug the MI thread over yonder again, too? I't still going since the revival a couple days ago but I know we can do better! Who gardens for their chickens?

I am still trying to decide if i am even going to plant a garden this year. I didn't last year for the first time in a long time.

 

[RaZ]

I don't eat vegetables or fruit very much so the chickens will be getting the majority of anything I plant. I bought some spinach seeds yesterday and it will be strictly for the chickens. Going to start the seeds in pots.

 

[Stacykins]

Today is almost the first truly wintery day of the well, winter! And it is nearly March! Very windy and snowy. Instead of their usual chickeny activities in the yard, the chooks were all chilling in the coop. I closed them up early with some warm oatmeal, which they enjoy.

 

[NovaAman]

What a very slow morning!

GUESS WHAT!!! Today I went to let the chooks and clucks out a bit late... Ok, A LOT late. And what do I find? The chooks decided that a nest box is not a place to lay eggs, so eggs all over the coop. OR, they laid them in the nest box, got bored and tried to have a soccer match. I don't know. They just weren't in the nest boxes. And then, I go to let the duckarellas out and I see the filthiest egg ever! Some one really should have warned me. It looked like there was algae on it. It was fresh though, there were no eggs in there yesterday. It was just a slimy egg. LOL. BUT one of them free-loaders decided to gift me with an egg this morning. SO, I gifted them back with fresh tomatoes and lettuce. Now, the other 3 best get to work.

Its a sunny windy day here. It was supposed to be a warm windy cloudy day though. I am not complaining. I have a head ache however from the sun beating me in the eyeballs. I forgot to bring my glasses with me to work, so delivering today was a night mare of white glare. It was a blessing of warm car however. My toes stayed warm That is always a nice thing.

I got home, and my pretty little cockerel, I have named him Roopert, was in the under run of the big coop. He got himself stuck in there with the demon Skeeter. Boy can that little one pound ball for feathers and fury kick some chicken butt. My, my, my.... It was funny in a way, but not so much, because I don't think poor Roopert was expecting HER, and she was just protecting her babies. But here is why it is funny... Roopert is already taller and heavier than Skeeter, but she beat the crap out of that poor boy like a 5ft tall mom will knock the snot out of her 6 foot tall son. Well, anyway, I was able to get Roopert out, and he actually let me HOLD HIM hold him with out throwing a tantrum. Grateful for the food lady rescue I am guessing. LOL.

Well, my mighty midgets just walked in the door from their over night with their dad. Gonna go smack em around now. HEHEHE. Just kidding. Sorta. LOL.


I GOT A DUCK EGG!! WOOT WOOT!

 

[Farmerboy16]

Congrats on the duck egg! My duck eggs were always dirty if I don't get them soon enough. They always lay before 8 am.