Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[mophead]

Nothing like doing furnace surgery on a 5-degree morning. My furnace gets annual "bladder infections" (or is it a prostate problem?) and I could not be bothered to do the preventive maintenance this year. Idiot.

Anyway, while I was in there I did the annual "using dirty pajamas from the laundry basket to polish the metal poke-y rod". So now I'm good to go--full of hot air as usual.

 

[unkadan]

Anyway, while I was in there I did the annual "using dirty pajamas from the laundry basket to polish the metal poke-y rod". So now I'm good to go--full of hot air as usual.

WTMI,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[birdman55]

Hello everyone lm from curtiss wi.I have a flock of w5 laying hens and 1 grumpy rooster..

It was supposed to say 25 hens.

welcome to the cheeshead place...and yes im a cheese head...just have a home in Michigan as well....lived in wi since I was 7 now im 31....but also live in Illinois as well....guess you could call me a midwesteronian ....LOL

 

[babylady4]

Where is Big Fam when you need her. That was so bad......


The culprits returned to the scene of the crime..... Hopfully we can bag the buggars and tan their hides.

 

[bigzio]

Morning to all, and welcome to the cheeseheads mpj1... hope this is the last week of the nasty cold...although it could be a lot worse than it is.

For those that aren't familiar with our annual bash get together it's the week-end after Memorial weekend..so you can plan ahead...Terri will start a chickenstock thread when she has time.

Yep, for the brahmas I have nest boxes that are either right on the floor or one step up to get into.

bigz

 

[Celtic Chick]

I had a few girls that kept laying their eggs on the floor so I scrubbed down a couple of covered litter boxes that we weren't using anymore and the girls love them. Easy to clean out too. Just an idea.

 

[Kildare49]

Thanks for the ideas. Currently the nest boxes are on the floor. I even made a nest box with larger opening for the LB.
I like the litter box idea. They are def. WI chickens. I have been home all day doing the paper work thing, and they have been outside all day.
The only thing that keeps them in the coop is high winds and heavy snow ( light snow and they are still outside ). They must find some food even in winter
because they sure do not go through a lot of feed.

 

[jvls1942]

Thanks for the ideas. Currently the nest boxes are on the floor. I even made a nest box with larger opening for the LB.
I like the litter box idea. They are def. WI chickens. I have been home all day doing the paper work thing, and they have been outside all day.
The only thing that keeps them in the coop is high winds and heavy snow ( light snow and they are still outside ). They must find some food even in winter
because they sure do not go through a lot of feed.

try hanging a cloth part way over the opening into the nest box.. chickens do like it a little darker in there,,, OR just turn the opening away from the window.. OR put the nests on a sidewall perpendicular to the window..

 

[bigzio]

Yep, all good ideas..I always keep a couple golf balls in some nests to remind some where to lay...and having other hens lay where they should are good teachers too.

Life is good...suzie just pulled a fresh ho-made pumpkin pie from the oven...course it was made with buttercup squash instead of pumpkin...

 

[CherMoz]

Life is good...suzie just pulled a fresh ho-made pumpkin pie from the oven...course it was made with buttercup squash instead of pumpkin...

YUMMY!!