Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Lol thanks EJB. I wish I got it on video!

 

[Dandelioness]

And there you have it. Thank you Lucy.




Back to the coop for breakfast & social hour.

It's nice to see them out in the winter, too.
Is this the one who lays in the dog house?? LOL

 

[Dandelioness]

Yep her name is Lady.

Is she some kind of Jersey cross? I have no idea, so don't laugh at me!!

We are thinking of getting a milk cow, too. I think I would leave the calf on 12 hrs and separate 12 hours so I'd just have to milk once a day. It's hard to find hand-milking supplies, like the half-covered metal buckets, anymore. Do you guys just use 5-gallon pails, or what? What do you do with her extra milk?

Anyway, nice looking Lady!

 

[holm25]

 Is she some kind of Jersey cross?  I have no idea, so don't laugh at me!! 

We are thinking of getting a milk cow, too.  I think I would leave the calf on 12 hrs and separate 12 hours so I'd just have to milk once a day.  It's hard to find hand-milking supplies, like the half-covered metal buckets, anymore.  Do you guys just use 5-gallon pails, or what?  What do you do with her extra milk? 

Anyway, nice looking Lady!

She is a painted Jersey

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Thats how we do it. The calf stays with her over night and gets seperated in the morning so we milk in the evenings. We use milking pails. They r steel buckets. Thanks!

 

[Dandelioness]

Hey - have any of you wormed your chickens using Garlic Barrier?? http://www.garlicbarrier.com/sheep.html

I know someone has had good luck with Molly's herbal, but I already have this and it looks like I can use it on my sheep every couple months.

I have a couple 9-mo old chickens that are always giving runny stool but otherwise appear healthy. That is worms, right?

I do feed a lot of raw pumpkin in the fall, but I think I need to do something more.

I am also wondering how you'd administer. Maybe withhold feed & do not allow to range, then present them with some grain coated in the garlic stuff and some molasses? I know forcing with a syringe like you'd do with a horse or something can often end up with a "drowned" chicken.

Stay strong, everyone. It just can't stay cold for much longer. Just a couple more months... Looks like another nice day this weekend

BTW - Jerry I love the look of your EEs! I don't typically care for barring in my birds, but something like a Dixie Rainbow or what you've got is pretty nice!

 

[Dandelioness]

One more thing - I am in the market for a couple roos for my breeding projects.

Looking for a Rhode Island Red rooster.

Looking for an Easter Egger rooster. (Jerry, i know you have nice chicks, just looking for a grown-up rooster!)

Even temperament is a plus. Will consider 9-mo-old cockerels and mature roos up to 2 years old.

I'm in East Central MN, but I have some out-of-town weekends this spring in Duluth and also somewhere by the Boundary Waters (I think), so I could meet outstate as well. PM me if you have something like that.

 

[jerryse]

Jerry when you go to Longville did you travel on Hwy 2 out of Duluth?


Yes .

 

[jerryse]

One more thing - I am in the market for a couple roos for my breeding projects.

Looking for a Rhode Island Red rooster.

Looking for an Easter Egger rooster. (Jerry, i know you have nice chicks, just looking for a grown-up rooster!)

Even temperament is a plus. Will consider 9-mo-old cockerels and mature roos up to 2 years old.

I'm in East Central MN, but I have some out-of-town weekends this spring in Duluth and also somewhere by the Boundary Waters (I think), so I could meet outstate as well. PM me if you have something like that.

I have extra roosters . I should get a Mn entry permit again . Did not bother last year due to the Ai scare . I did ship chicks for awhile but the PO poor service and the People wanting them very early just broke me of that .

 

[Dandelioness]

I have extra roosters . I should get a Mn entry permit again . Did not bother last year due to the Ai scare . I did ship chicks for awhile but the PO poor service and the People wanting them very early just broke me of that .

I was thinking you were in IA, my husband is going down to Cedar Rapids in a couple weeks. LOL Illinois is not the same thing! I think it's probably easier if I try to find a more local roo.
If I can't get fertile eggs of my own, I may order some from you in the summertime. I keep looking at your birds!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

It's nice to see them out in the winter, too.
Is this the one who lays in the dog house?? LOL

Yes. She is not afraid of the snow...so I guess it's alright. Makes good Minnesota pictures right?

Yep she's coming up to the Free Range Nest Box that looks like a dog house.