Thank you Bo for sharing your experience. This is exactly what I needed.
Legs/feet.... will have a look and post info. I know what I think they are, but want to be absolutely sure.
Can I ask what the egg size is on your birds?? Am I off base crossing the blacks with supposedly bigger egg size...
At University of Maine at Orono, the sheep were coming down with pnemonia after a barn renovation. The answer was to open the barn. Made it very cold in the winter but the illnesses stopped.
I hate tight barns.
Learning to make a good shelter is a skill.
Batch of peep presented by mother witch this morning. 8 black, 8 brown chipmunk. This is Witchy Woman's second hatch this summer. A number of hens and roosters contributed to the motley crew. All 16 fit under mom. Like a magic act. Lol
While evening skies have been lovely here, Im all for getting control of the fires. Maybe controlled burns would be beneficial. But from what a scientist who studies forests said was the lack of rain is the game changer. Perhaps is that remains a factor controlled burning is too risky.
Ok. These feathers are not red, as in red of a good RIR. Rather a brown. And not yellow like seen in hackle feathers of BCM occassionally.
Will see how he molts out over next few months.