Michigan

[BackyardFarmMom]

Mom2 Can you post some pics of my uggos for me?

Yes I have the fever... uggo fever.

 

[RaZ]

I have a few more weeks until I should expect eggs!!! I am so jealous!

Raz Quit rubbing it in

I forgot to mention that I cooked up the eggs in FarmerBoy's butter. Made dinner even more delicious.

I wish I had some raw milk to wash it down.

 

[Mom 2em All]

We got our first egg today! The girls are 17 weeks old. I'm pretty sure it's our Isa Brown. I hadn't taken the mesh off the nest boxes yet and my DH found it on the coop floor in a corner. When we took off the mesh the Isa jumped up and started scratching all around in the box and snuggled right down. Huh, didn't expect that little treat today!

Congrats on that egg~!!!

How are all your birds doing up there in all this heat?
I spoke to my parents in Jasper and they said it has been 105* out on the farm. That isn't uncommon in Oklahoma but I don't remember it being that warm in the Summer in MI when I lived there. I sometimes wonder if Oklahoma is just too hot for Cochins but I have been watching them closely, misting the tops of their shade-cloth pen covers, chicken "gatorade", ice bottles in their water and frozen gallons by the broodies as well by the LFs.

Last Summer I lost 5. I am really hoping this year is better. I imagine Michigan birds aren't as used to the heat? Hope you all are surviving and that the heat breaks and that you (and we) get some rain.
MJ

Im sorry the others ran right over you and didnt see your post! Welcome from Michigan! We finally have a break from that horrid heat and most of us got some rain- not all of us, but most of us. What part of Michigan do your folks live in?
Some of us have lost a bird or two, but we have been real lucky. I think we have been doing the same things you have to keep them cool. I run the sprinkler as well, and soak the ground for them. They hang out under the bushes and in whatever cooler areas they can find.

Good luck on yours and I hope you dont lose anymore.

Mom2 Can you post some pics of my uggos for me?

Yes I have the fever... uggo fever.

camera is broke- I will try, oh wait- cellphone is broke and I have an antique loaner until new phone comes. You have to wait. Unless you want to come get them. I could take them to work with me and you can pick them up...

and Uggo fever is a GOOD thing to have

 

[Stacykins]

The weather here says it is 48 degrees this morning....and I LOVE IT! I love it cool and comfortable outside.

 

[RaZ]

camera is broke- I will try, oh wait- cellphone is broke and I have an antique loaner until new phone comes. You have to wait. Unless you want to come get them. I could take them to work with me and you can pick them up...

and Uggo fever is a GOOD thing to have

Do I have to be a central meeting place again?
Maybe another BBQ on Saturday?

How is this for strange? Someone removed the light bulb from my front porch fixture.

 

[RaZ]

The weather here says it is 48 degrees this morning....and I LOVE IT! I love it cool and comfortable outside.

It's 65 degrees here and a welcome relief from the 100 degrees of late. Could still use a decent rain.

 

[RIRJen]

This morning I went to open up the chick coop and heard something hilarious...it was either a little roo hitting puberty and trying to crow or someone was in there shaking a chicken around.

I'm guessing hitting puberty cause I'm pretty sure I saw which one did it when they came outside. (Robin, it was that porcelin that I said I was pretty sure was a roo)

 

[GalloSiSupieras]

I'm probably too far from you (in Richmond, about a half hour south of Port Huron), but I've got just what you're looking for: Muskovy ducklings about 2 weeks old and I have lots of guinea keets (pearls AND lavendar) that range from a week old to about 2 1/2 months old.

Think you'll be breeding muscovies again next year? What colors?

 

[Mom 2em All]

Sam- how is Granny doing today? I hope she is doing better. How was the MRI?

 

[vjwilmoth]

Congratulations. It's always exciting to have a hen lay her first egg. My new ISA browns didn't lay until 20 weeks, but I think all 3 are laying now. They are a darker brown than my other hens. They are also getting bigger. I had a whopper today that weighed 82 grams. It's the size of a tennis ball.

82g seems massive compared to this little egg! I weighed it on my cruddy kitchen scale which isn't digital so I have to guesstimate... It looks about 12g.





Cuddles...my suspected egg layer. She got in the box on her own this morning.




Comparing the egg to an egg from my Dad's. Ours is super speckled and much darker.



And just for entertainment....our resident roo...Polo. He really can't see. Dumb question but do you leave the feather around their eyes alone? He only sees what's right under him and runs into things all the time. And while this is great entertainment for US, I feel a little sorry for him. Oh...as a side note I am NOT choking this chicken. Lol