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  1. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    morning :rolleyes: another rainy day..... At the risk of getting booted off our thread...I kinda agree with BC...shouldn't we just try to secure out coops a little better instead of setting out poison? These animals are only doing what they are programmed to do. There is no vendetta on their...
  2. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning....expecting rain again today. Frustrating isn't it!!! I tried to find all the different places to shut them off but I am still getting flooded with them! They shut me down too in the beginning because I sent them to spam. So I feel your pain.
  3. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Thank you all for you kind words about my father in law. ....it has been raining non stop since early this morning...and the power was out for about 4 hours. Grandpa and I decided to camp out in the house...we made some blanket tents, hooked up the camp stove and we cooked pancakes and coffee...
  4. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning....sorry for the absence. Everyone has had a busy week! Ralphie Sorry to hear about your killing spree...and I can't bring myself to watch the Fisher attack either. I tried to go through all the posts I missed but you guys are so chatty!! We have been down in Southern WI all...
  5. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    @holm25 great pics!!
  6. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Thanks ejb I think that's it!! Hopefully it will have a nice smell then when the flowers open all the way. I never saw it until yesterday...it's down by the river.
  7. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning everyone! I was outside yesterday dodging the rain drops trying to get some pics of all my plants (searching for edibles like Highbush Cranberry, Service Berry, Hazelnut, etc..) I found a tree with some beautiful flowers and rough shaggy bark but I am unable to identify it? Can...
  8. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    :frow Yep, eggs and a bunch of live plants...3 different types of tomatoes, pumpkin plants, melon plants, and then some herb plants. My goal is to grow, dry and sell my own dried herbal tea blends...hopefully next year I will be up and running that venture! and then I will sell my surplus...
  9. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    ILL...OUCH! Hope you're doing ok today? Ralphie...I was seriously thinking of coming to get a few of your teenagers but 2 more hens went BROODY!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!! My only child is still going strong with momma....she does not leave the run though anymore and scratches and scrapes inside...
  10. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    morning everyone! Beautiful day today here on the north shore :) Our first Farmers Market starts tonight, wish me luck...I am selling eggs, and live plants!
  11. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    morning everyone...
  12. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    o_O ooooh....I'm not feeling it ... I'm thinking things could turn ugly (for me) something tells me I'm being set up to be on the losing end of a no win situation.....
  13. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning all!! Thanks! I have two pretty GLW's but the other has the rose comb. Wish they would hatch some of their own though. I can tell that neither of the GLW's are being bred because all my other hens are bald thanks to the Roo's but these two have all their feathers except the...
  14. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    hello everyone! Meet our newest flock member...hatched last evening. I heard the pipping when I closed them up for the night. I think she abandoned the other 3 eggs already because she took our little chick outside into the run this morning!! Holy smokes its little!! She is a VERY...
  15. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    be prepared for some chick flicks BWAHAHA.... I took some guesses with a few but right now I can say for sure I have at least 2 cockerels... Cockerel ( I think) this chick started out looking just like a Cochin but when he feathered out, he has very faint barring Pullet 1 and 2 Pullet or...
  16. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!
  17. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning fellow chicken lovers..... Ralphie - love the birds! I too would rather have a small combed birds due to our weather. I did not get over to read your other post but I hope all will be ok with your turkey birds. It would be a shame to have to kill the babies :( I Love...
  18. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    @Bogtown Chick ... I hate to break it to ya but it NEVER gets any easier. ou just trade one worry for another and one chore for another.... my daughter is 33 and my son 26 and STILL I am cleaning up messes (metaphorically speaking) and they live in other states!!! But they gave me beautiful...
  19. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Hey everyone finally picked up my organic grains today and will be mixing my very first home-mixed batch of feed for the chickens tomorrow! My neighbor offered her pastures for my horses the other day and I took her up on it so I had a long talk and told my boys they were spending the summer...
  20. Siggie

    Surviving Minnesota!

    Good morning all ...such a beautiful morning! I know the rain is coming but it's pretty now. Hopefully it will remain so until I get out of work! I am in agreement that cats are not as attractive to me as chickens...they have no sense of humor and they do not make me laugh like my...
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