Michigan

[Sara Jayne]

Fellow Michiganders I finally finished my outside pen for my 2 4 week olds and they only got to use it once so far hope the weather warms up out side my little hen is itching to dig her self out. I will get pics tomorrow for you guys and gals on here its just a small thing but I myself being female did it all by myself lol. My husband asked me what i was doing the other day and I said building a cage for my babies. Cause my husband isn't a typical guy when it comes to building things but I love him anyways. Babies are getting big Ill have to get pics of them too.

Love the babies oh more coming on Wednesday cant wait!!!!

 

[NovaAman]

Hey Sara... don't knock it, being a female and building. I am female... and I have built ALL of my coops with out the benefit of man. WHY? Cuz, a guy is nice to have, but not a necessity when stuff needs to get done.

 

[yorkchick]

York, the baby goosers are so cute. you should submit that picture with the baby sticking out from under the wing for the picture of the month. Are you u sure that 1 of the little yellow babies is not a splash? they are also yellow when they first hatch out.

Thanks, everyone, those baby goosers are totally stinking cute. I can't take any credit for that, of course, but I am loving them!

How, may I ask, does one submit a picture for POW?

To answer the color question, the seller has separate breeding pens for her several breeds of chickens, including separating the Ameraucanas from the Easter Eggers. Her Ams are blues and blacks--both colors of boths hens and roosters. So theoretically there should be blues/blacks/splashes from those matings. The seller told me, however, that she has yet to get a splash from these birds. (Which could mean her blue roos and her blue hens aren't fond of each other? Do I have that right--blue x blue you get some splash?)

Anyway, she had the eggs marked, and the three Ams that hatched are all dark--either black or an off black. The yellow chicks all hatched from eggs marked EE. She described her EE's as "mixed colors." So wait and see! I'm especially interested in the yellow chick with the gray racing stripes...

Mutts, how did your EO hatch turn out? Are the chicks as super-friendly as advertised? And I know you said you had some Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Am eggs too. Were those the super sky-blue eggs that were in several BYC auctions? How blue were the eggs acutally when you got them?

And Mutts, have to say a big "thank you" for posting the aveca guidelines for shipped eggs. I don't know of course what would have happened if I'd just set my shipped eggs the normal way--but those air cells were seriously wacked out, so I have to think those techniques helped me to get the hatch I did. Did you use the techmiques too? I know you've been hatching like cuh-razy this spring--what kind of a hatch rate have you seen?

 

[chicken grandma]

<Relieved> Oops....shoulda kept that a secret. Must be one of my other chat forums I let loose on

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Thanks Opa!

I heard a doctor today on the radio say that p.m.s. mimics bipolar disorder. He recommends magnesium, b complex vitamins, evening primrose oil and prosterone cream to control p.m.s.
That regimine would probably cure a lot of problems.

 

[NovaAman]

Magnesium deficiency leads to A LOT of mental and physiological problems. People should have their levels checked on occasion.

 

[chicken grandma]

B vitamins are really good also. But in your forties progesterone declines and so all of a sudden..........you are bipolar.

Not.

I'm going to go take my vitamins, rub some progestone cream on my arms (I don't think men use that) and go to bed. What a life!

 

[SillyChicken]

Nope ladies, you can do it all yourself! I was a licensed contractor for gosh... 20 yrs. Worked in construction for 12 yrs. I still do my own stuff, but let the DH do some so he still feels "needed" LOL!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I let the BF do the heavy lifting and the "manly" work with the tools while I supervise and tell him that he is doing everything backasswards... cause he does.

What would he do without me?

We put all our ideas together and come up with something that resembles what we wanted... sometimes looks even better than we had hoped! We had to redo demolish our bathroom last fall, due to mold, and start from scratch... Not as much fun as it sounds but it turned out really great!

 

[Brethren49619]

Good morning all.

Everyone still sleeping? Wow!

Quick update on the 6 eggs. Yesterday morning one showed a small pip. Still nothing more out of that one or any others.....


Waiting.....

 

[RaZ]

I'm up. Blasted alarm clock hasn't been working. I only need it as back-up for docent days, but it didn't go off again today.
More second graders coming today. It looks like it is going to be a decent docent day.

I didn't post anything yesterday but one of the 2 MO ducks flew in the bi-polar neighbor's yard. That means (s)he cleared a 6 foot privacy fence. I caught him with the koi net.