Michigan

[Juise]

Welcome, Uno!

 

[Juise]

Just finished uploading pictures of some of the truffles we made, thought I would share. Mmmmm! They were good. I think I am just about ready to make some more...

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[kimmie6067]

This is a great idea! My son is going to make a brooder for me out of plywood with a hinged top. I have a cattle dog you see and she is going to be a pain I am sure of it.

Kimmie

Free watermelon boxes from Costco!!! I start chicks in a tub then go to the big box. I put hardware cloth around the light and use wire to attach the hardware cloth and lamp to two pvc pipes. I cut slits in the box with a knife and put the pipes through so they ft snugly and overhang so they won't drop through or move. I also have some netting over one side, but when they actually seem close to escaping I'll put screen across the whole thing. With ducklings I've used giant garbage bags or plastic sheeting as a lining for the whole box and then toss the whole mess and replace as needed.

 

[kimmie6067]

How exciting!! I can't wait for my chicks to come on May the 15-17 they are my first! Nervous.
Kimmie

My hatch is done!

Most exciting part...a splash showgirl!!

Also got some speckled sussex chicks in this batch, they are soooo cute. They look like little chipmunks running around.

 

[chicken grandma]

Bianca - you and your father are now in my daily prayers!

Juise - Can I have the truffle recipes?

Uno - Welcome! There are several others from your area on this thread!

 

[RaZ]

This is a great idea! My son is going to make a brooder for me out of plywood with a hinged top. I have a cattle dog you see and she is going to be a pain I am sure of it.
Kimmie

Maybe not. I have a herding dog and she generally ignores the chickens until the group gets spread out too much for her liking. Then she runs around to regroup them. (From the safe side of the fence)

My "problem-child" is my Golden who wants to pick up the stray and return the wayward chick to me. It's just the little ones that she can fit in her mouth. She doesn't hurt them but they don't know that.

She returned a wayward Wyandotte this morning. Somehow, the chick found a way out of the fenced run and my GR caught her in seconds and brought the chick to right to me. I was a bit surprised and the poor chick was terrified.

 

[RaZ]

Hello in Rogers City. I love it up there. My brother lives in Onaway. I am here in the "no you cant have those chickens" Southeastern Michigan. I have three hens who keep me supplied in yummy eggs. I hatched 5 eggs in my bator in Feb and March. I believe 4 of them to be cockerls so they cant stay but the one hen will stay. I hope to some day live where I can have 75 chickens and a Rooster too!

I love my chickens.
Lori

Welcome to a fellow "chicken outlaw".
I'll be going to court in a few weeks about my offending hens.

 

[kimmie6067]

When I get a sunburn I use aloe get works great! Don't smell either.
Kimmie

My mother abused* me with Vicks as a child, can't get near the stuff now without having a panic attack. Did you all know it takes the burn right out of a sun burn? It works like a charm, hubby would use it on every sunburn he ever gets, but I won't let him wear it to bed around me. So it's sleep on the sofa, or suffer with sunburn.

*And yes, by "abused" I mean she used it as directed.

Problem is, I can't breath when I get too hot. Can't sit in hot tubs, don't drink hot drinks, etc. She would always tell me to stop whining and cover back up and go to sleep. At some point I'll probably require therapy for this and a host of other parental misgivings that weren't resolved in my first go 'round with the shrink.

 

[vjwilmoth]

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I wish I knew my Shepherd was going to be this helpful. All he does is stare intently, lick his lips and pant heavily when he see the chicks. lol Kinda sounds like a man actually.

 

[vjwilmoth]

Hello in Rogers City. I love it up there. My brother lives in Onaway. I am here in the "no you cant have those chickens" Southeastern Michigan. I have three hens who keep me supplied in yummy eggs. I hatched 5 eggs in my bator in Feb and March. I believe 4 of them to be cockerls so they cant stay but the one hen will stay. I hope to some day live where I can have 75 chickens and a Rooster too!

I love my chickens.
Lori

Uno!