Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

The sun is shining brightly here, but it is a little brisk up here North of the Banana belt this morning.
Holm's new wheels already ? You must be from the right side of the tracks for that to happen so fast. It would appear from the photos that you need to find a new lake or you are attempting to keep Ralphie from using his new house on the one you are fishing ? Although I doublt that you would give Ralphie a bum heifer ?

Not my wheels! My moms! I have two trucks and a car. One older truck that’s kinda cool, a 98 Ford that is good but I have to have some work done on it and then a Subaru. All of them run just need some putzing.

 

[holm25]

Agreed - my kid would be waiting for a new set of wheels.

Holms you should really figure out where the fish are biting I have a husband and son who are chomping at the bit to locate some good ice fishing.

I’ll find the crappies and they can come spend a day up here

 

[holm25]

View attachment 1600157 View attachment 1600158 View attachment 1600159 We had a productive holiday weekend, I scored about 50% of the Christmas gifts on Black Friday after 3 am as I will not shop on Thanksgiving!

We set up all the breeding pens, 3 large fowl buff Orpington, a few large fowl buckeye, and a few bantam pens including buff Orpington, black Orpington and buckeyes.

This is our first year breeding bantam sized chickens any advice would be greatly appreciated. Presently, the bantam black Orpington are on feather fixer as the pullet is finishing up a molt but she has been laying eggs for about 2 weeks, the yolks are super strong and dark, I am considering leaving them on feather fixer through the breeding season. Thoughts?

I don’t see why one couldn’t feed that. I have to pick up some more as I just put half a cup over every feed pan..

 

[MagpieDucks]

View attachment 1600157 View attachment 1600158 View attachment 1600159 We had a productive holiday weekend, I scored about 50% of the Christmas gifts on Black Friday after 3 am as I will not shop on Thanksgiving!

We set up all the breeding pens, 3 large fowl buff Orpington, a few large fowl buckeye, and a few bantam pens including buff Orpington, black Orpington and buckeyes.

This is our first year breeding bantam sized chickens any advice would be greatly appreciated. Presently, the bantam black Orpington are on feather fixer as the pullet is finishing up a molt but she has been laying eggs for about 2 weeks, the yolks are super strong and dark, I am considering leaving them on feather fixer through the breeding season. Thoughts?

Looking good! Are you AIing them or letting them breed naturally? My two pullets are starting to mature, and look like Orpingtons, so they should hopefully start laying in the next couple months. I'm going to get a cockerel and maybe another pullet, once they do.

Spoiler: Black Orp Bantams

 

[jerryse]

This is what it looked like this morning .

 

[holm25]

Anyone wanna go on a road trip for some pigeons. Lol

 

[duluthralphie]

Anyone wanna go on a road trip for some pigeons. Lol

Where?

 

[holm25]

Where?

Fort Dodge

 

[MNChickMom]

Holy Snow!

Jerry, please say that is a parking lot not the highway.

 

[MNChickMom]

Looking good! Are you AIing them or letting them breed naturally? My two pullets are starting to mature, and look like Orpingtons, so they should hopefully start laying in the next couple months. I'm going to get a cockerel and maybe another pullet, once they do.

Spoiler: Black Orp Bantams

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I intend to let them try naturally first, judging by the cockerel’s hormones I should have heavily fertilized eggs. he reminds me of a young man on prom night!