I will not let my girls free range when I am not home anymore. I live in a very rural location and free ranging has been fine until today. I know there is always a risk. Some new neighbors let their dogs roam... Which we will have to talk to them about. We keep our dog in the yard with a buried...
They learn the rules, "forget", and require discipline. My seven ladies have been doing great laying in the nesting boxes even though they free range. I go out of town for the weekend. My daughter tends them. She only gets three eggs on Saturday and three on Sunday, when normally it is 6 or 7...
I use SparkPeople.com. It is free. If you want ad free, there is a cost, but I use the free version. You start out filling out current weight and height. What your goal is by a certain time. They will not allow you to set more than 2 lbs. A week goal. They give you a calorie range to stay in...
I was sittiing out with my ladies this afternoon and looked at the dancing Sun reflections scooting around the grass. The source of the show was the spinning reflector disks we have in our fig tree near the coop. The disks are supposed to keep birds scared off from eating the figs. Doesn't...
I have a sense of satisfaction when I look at my Bovan Browns, who came from an egg laying operation. They looked rough when I got them. They were in a molt and their toe nails were so long. Now, they have feathered out, are back to laying in a natural time setting, and are happily free ranging...
Edit, her poop is still not quite right. I don't see any worms. I put corid and electrolytes in her water. She has already had goat wormer.
And here are pictures of her leg and foot. I washed it off best I could without help. She does not protest when I handle her leg or foot.
I don't think it is Mericks. I had a hen who I believe had that a good while back, and she was lame in both legs, along with other symptoms like dropped wings, loss of appetite.
What I do have is a young layer who started favoring one foot, and now she is not using that leg at all. She hops on...
Does dried poop in fluffy butt feathers indicate worms? My layer seems healthy. I just noticed the poop residue for the last couple of days. I had one poopy egg, which is probably hers. I don't see this on any of the others