Wow, hey guys. Been a while.
How are you all doing? I have an update on the bee attack. 3 survived it. One was half blind after it. But, alas, their fate was sealed. the bees attacked those 3 again. i don't really know why they attacked the silkies and none of the other chickens. only one of the 3 survived, but i have to say that she was the strongest after the first bee attack, so the second time, she only got about 3 or 4 stings. the blind one hanged in for quite a while, but gave up the fight, being totally blind the second time around. so, out of 28 silkies that we got, we only have one left.
I had a whole string of bad luck in the last few months of 2016. Didn't really have time for byc chats hahaha. My husband is a honey farmer. When he harvested honey, he got about a quarter of what he usually gets. We had some family staying with us, and they stole from us and from the old madala staying on our property. So the landlord chased them away. In all the sorting out of all their junk, and working with the honey, we had to get someone to mow the lawn for us. He was busy mowing the lawn on the sidewalk, and left the gate open. My beloved dog ran out and a truck ran over him. Lost my cat as well. So I only had the chickens left, but it seemed like they joined with cosatu. They had a egg strike for 4 months and 4 of them decided to elope and find them a new home - at my husband's work. And to make things worse, my husband had his job hanging on a string with the bad economy.
2017 has been filled with blessings thus far. We built a new coop for the chickens, and cooped them for 2 weeks. The old madala came home with about 40kg wheat, that he picked up next to the road (fell off a truck that parked on our sidewalk). Then the egg production started again. 4-7 eggs a day. I have 4 broody hens now. Only searching for eggs (want new blood now) to give to them all. I got a new cat, am in the process of adopting 2 puppies and my husband didn't lose his job. He only works 4 days a week now, but at least he still has his job. Someone also offered me a second job, without knowing what struggles we have had. So, we are ok! My baby is a toddler now (can't believe time goes by so quickly! She is 15 months now) and learning new things every day. And she loooooves animals. She runs after the chickens, and check out the coop regularly. She also tries and collect the eggs. She joins the chickens in eating all the peels that we through out to them hahaha. Oh and the rain! so thankful for the rain we got! So many blessings. God is good.
Hope everyone has a great year.
How are you all doing? I have an update on the bee attack. 3 survived it. One was half blind after it. But, alas, their fate was sealed. the bees attacked those 3 again. i don't really know why they attacked the silkies and none of the other chickens. only one of the 3 survived, but i have to say that she was the strongest after the first bee attack, so the second time, she only got about 3 or 4 stings. the blind one hanged in for quite a while, but gave up the fight, being totally blind the second time around. so, out of 28 silkies that we got, we only have one left.
I had a whole string of bad luck in the last few months of 2016. Didn't really have time for byc chats hahaha. My husband is a honey farmer. When he harvested honey, he got about a quarter of what he usually gets. We had some family staying with us, and they stole from us and from the old madala staying on our property. So the landlord chased them away. In all the sorting out of all their junk, and working with the honey, we had to get someone to mow the lawn for us. He was busy mowing the lawn on the sidewalk, and left the gate open. My beloved dog ran out and a truck ran over him. Lost my cat as well. So I only had the chickens left, but it seemed like they joined with cosatu. They had a egg strike for 4 months and 4 of them decided to elope and find them a new home - at my husband's work. And to make things worse, my husband had his job hanging on a string with the bad economy.
2017 has been filled with blessings thus far. We built a new coop for the chickens, and cooped them for 2 weeks. The old madala came home with about 40kg wheat, that he picked up next to the road (fell off a truck that parked on our sidewalk). Then the egg production started again. 4-7 eggs a day. I have 4 broody hens now. Only searching for eggs (want new blood now) to give to them all. I got a new cat, am in the process of adopting 2 puppies and my husband didn't lose his job. He only works 4 days a week now, but at least he still has his job. Someone also offered me a second job, without knowing what struggles we have had. So, we are ok! My baby is a toddler now (can't believe time goes by so quickly! She is 15 months now) and learning new things every day. And she loooooves animals. She runs after the chickens, and check out the coop regularly. She also tries and collect the eggs. She joins the chickens in eating all the peels that we through out to them hahaha. Oh and the rain! so thankful for the rain we got! So many blessings. God is good.
Hope everyone has a great year.
Do you have any rain yet? think its coming your way - hope so! - had enough now here thank you.
I am enjoying them so much, it was only for a few weeks but I really missed my chickens.
