Michigan

[Momma K]

Hey all, I'm new to this corner of the world. My girls and I recently moved to Vermontville. Where's that?

Yeah, thats what I said!!

I'm new to this farm thing too, well mostly. I was exposed to farm life as a kid and wanted my kids to have the same experience. You don't see live chickens, turkeys and cows in the city.
I'm hoping to meet a few new people and chat a bit, learn some things and share some too!!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Hey all, I'm new to this corner of the world. My girls and I recently moved to Vermontville. Where's that?

Yeah, thats what I said!!

I'm new to this farm thing too, well mostly. I was exposed to farm life as a kid and wanted my kids to have the same experience. You don't see live chickens, turkeys and cows in the city.
I'm hoping to meet a few new people and chat a bit, learn some things and share some too!!

& Welcome! Please be sure to check out the link in my, Opa's and RaZ's siggy for info on the upcoming chickenstock. We would love to see you there.

 

[SillyChicken]

Hey all, I'm new to this corner of the world. My girls and I recently moved to Vermontville. Where's that?

Yeah, thats what I said!!

I'm new to this farm thing too, well mostly. I was exposed to farm life as a kid and wanted my kids to have the same experience. You don't see live chickens, turkeys and cows in the city.
I'm hoping to meet a few new people and chat a bit, learn some things and share some too!!

I know where you are!

and

! PS... you're not far from where chickenstock will be held!

Way to go to show you kids where their food comes from! Wish more people would do that!


It's amazing ....A lady at the restaurant we went to Saturday, asked what Cinco de Mayo meant, so of course my DH started a conversation with her, he always starts out with odd things... he told the lady it was also Karl Marx's birthday.....she's like who is that? DH: ummm, he wrote The Communist Manifesto, and is the father of Marxism... she's like, whats that? OMG! Have another drink sweetie! LOL! I think he knew she wasn't that with it and wanted to mess with her a bit.... Never a dull moment around my DH with some of the stuff he comes up with.

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

You guys have some crazy stuff going on
eggs

bears

babies (human/ non human)

new houses (chicken/ human)

loosing houses...

loosing cows

dog training
rooster training
new friends

angry neighbors

doozer trains ( I had a book "What Doozers Do" LOVED IT. I was not old enough for Fraggle Rock... but have seen a few episodes)

Well, the only thing crazy going on over here is waiting for my shipment of eggs!!!

They should be arriving tomorrow! THANKS LOVEMYCHICKLETS!!!!
And the lesser important water heater being fixed!?

Hope, hope, hope!!!

Got the door on the coop last night! If only the weather would let it dry out long enough to paint it... yeah right!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Silly.. Haha!! Cinco de Mayo... You know it is the day when the spanish sank the brittish ships with all the mayonaise on them... Cinco de Mayo!!

Sorry...

 

[SillyChicken]

Silly.. Haha!! Cinco de Mayo... You know it is the day when the spanish sank the brittish ships with all the mayonaise on them... Cinco de Mayo!!

Sorry...

LOL! That's probably what she thought too! funny!

 

[fuzzybutt love]

here i have rain, rain, rain. Cold drizzle, really. No work, other than mopping out the coop, wanted to plant seeds in the garden, but brrr!

some birds are just naturally more friendly.
Of my hens, i only have one that is truly affectionate, my EE in my avitar. Little rose was, i still miss her. (mini cochin) My other EE goes between thinking i am trying to eat her and then randomly jumps on me for petting, often with no warning. The orpington i raised from a little fuzz, she was only friendly as a tiny chick and once the feathers started coming in, she was all done with that! Puffs up like a turkey, and will rip open your skin even with clothes on! The "mean" red hen was a friend's free range, she enjoys being held and fed treats, but only for about 5 min, then it's off and running. Then there's my roo, who i also raised from a little fuzz, he is also affectionate. He was a friendly chick, stayed friendly. He was the only survivor of the great coon attack of my first flock, he was the only one to go to the little loft i had built them, the RIR refused to leave the goat house and all got ate. Of the 6 of those girls, only one didn't take off running when they saw me, though they were sweet as babies.

So basically if you sit down around here you will have either my "basketball" hen in your lap, or my roo, usually if one goes up the other one follows. They just wait for me to tire and sit, then they mug me, lol. They don't usually leave each other's side, the roo will only leave her if i am there to watch her. I pretty much leave the others alone.

The orpington is going broody, possibly! I haven't seen her budge yesterday or today, i know she takes forever to lay an egg, but.......

I noticed the other day that she had plucked her chest feathers.... she is coming on a year also, i hope i don't lose another one. I put my baskeball hen's eggs (cocoa) and my rose's eggs under her, though they probably aren't viable. (this was my mini cochin that died brooding) I am only going to try to hatch eggs from those girls, i'm hoping for more lap babies.

I am still unsure whether i will let her actually raise them, though, since she is so mean and would probably tell all the babies bad things about me, lol.

 

[Elliemae 77]

Hey Olive,

How many Silkies can I put comfortably in A 3x3 coop.....4x4? I'm gonna build another coop strictly for my Silkies am trying to settle on a size.

 

[SillyChicken]

2-4 birds....

 

[Olive Hill]

Hey Olive,
How many Silkies can I put comfortably in A 3x3 coop.....4x4? I'm gonna build another coop strictly for my Silkies am trying to settle on a size.

I wouldn't put more than 3 in 3x3, 5 in 4x4.