Interesting info about the coco oil. I love it and use it a lot, but hadn't offered it to the girls yet. So sorry about your roads. I'm sure your confinement is MUCH, MUCH worse than ours. I'm in Georgetown and I'm so sick of construction! I agree, wish they'd let us know so we weren't also...
Wow, what a day! Glad you listened to your smart wife! So sorry about the find your kids made & hope there are no more injuries or fatalities. Now, the challenge of resting!
Great looking coop! I love how the nest box opens! We added a nest box after the coop was built and what a drafty mess we made . I've used so much weatherstripping...still had to wrap it with heavy plastic for the cold winter...this gives me a new approach to think about ... hubby will be thrilled,
This is how I was taught. My hubby's family used only this method, so that's what this city girl learned. They did die instantly. I couldn't do it now and I ended up with a messed up neck from it. We had 50ish meat birds years ago. Now we're just about the pets & their eggs.
Sure! She was such a princess, she actually sat on 2 of them, while looking at me with a "I can only handle 3 kids, not 5". No matter how I tried to save them, over the space of a few days she managed to suffocate 2, but was a great mom to the 3 she allowed to survive. Her name was Hatia...
No idea if dogs are the same as birds, but we had a little Shih Tzu that lost all her pups within a few days after they were born. When we bred her again, we had consulted with a vet who instructed us to feed her raw liver. Sooo gross! but we did, and the second litter was very healthy. Sounds...