That makes sense, since he was drawn to them in the first place. I think I'd still do a float test. Our vet charges less than $20 for that peace of mind. :fl
He's gorgeous! I'd pen him elsewhere for quarantine and do a fecal float on him before you let him in. You don't want to bring Marek's or AIV in to your girls.
My Dad was 100% Sicilian. Over the centuries, Sicily has changed hands with pretty much every sea-faring power in the world and has imported massive numbers of slaves from everywhere else - think Roman, Ottoman, Greek Empires, etcetera. My maternal grandmother's roots were in Appalachia, Ireland...
It's a huge convoluted mess, for sure. We were sworn to secrecy while his "other" grandparents were alive, partly because they were well off and DB didn't want to have the then-child treated poorly and/or cut off. Personally, I couldn't see that happening. I know the family well (a whole 'nother...
When your steps come home from school raving about this awesome new album they just discovered ... and you pull out the original on vinyl. One got really excited. The other visibly deflated.
How about - you have a nephew you're not allowed to acknowledge because he doesn't know that his pseudo-uncle is really his bio-dad. "Nephew" just married and none of us except his "uncle" were invited, of course. They won't wait long to start a family ... and it will break my Mom's heart to not...
I think I got your broody-jinx as well as my own, this year. My ladies went NUTS with setting. At one point, I had five playing "musical eggs" on a single nest that at one point had over twenty eggs. It was crazy! I'm almost grateful for this year's molting mess.
"One for me, one for kitty," right? At least, that's the way it goes at my house, with three sets of paws trying to reach into my bowl. I now use a coffee mug, instead ... less access space! 😻