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I'm feeling much better, but still a few days to be in top shape. Three broodies now : Chipie, Léa and Merle. I put them out of the coop together once everyone has laid, and they spend the afternoon screaming at me or sitting on woodblocks. I tried the broody jail during day for Chipie but...

My partner is fine and went to work. There is no sick leave for COVID anymore if you're not actually unable to work. That's unfortunate in his case as he very likely caught it driving the bus, and it seems probable he gives it to some of his clients. Up to now I wasn't interested as I didn't...

Oh, I do hope she is all right 🙁 Three of my ex-batt's had stopped laying many months before they died ; in Blanche's case, I think she lived a whole year without laying. I don't actually know if it's possible that they stop laying just because of "henopause", meaning they don't have eggs...

Well, I'm not actually interested that they will lay more. It's more that I see the eggs as a sign of health and when the eggs are smaller, with strange egg shells, and suddenly a chicken changes the laying rhythm I tend to think there is a health issue..and that if they lay beautiful big eggs...

Thank you for those good news ! It makes me happy that it turned out so well for Honey. I don't remember, was she used to be in the house before she went blind ? Also, I think it's a bit for chickens like for people. Personality can play a big role in how one reacts to sickness or disability...

I had forgotten that they were born on the same day ! A late happy hatch day then. Love her colour ! All of a sudden it's summer. 30c/ 85f, mosquitoes, scorching wind, all kinds of bugs and thousand of flies. Not my favourite season ! The chickens seem to be doing good for now. All the rain we...

Happy hatch day, Gaston, Merle, Léa and Piou-piou. 2 years old today ! (Technically Merle's birthday was yesterday as she hatched a day before the others). The first time seeing chicks with a broody, tiny Chipie, was one of the best moment in my chicken journey ! It hasn't always been a smooth...

She could indeed be lacking calcium as her diet consists mostly of worms 🙄. She doesn't eat much of the egg shells and oyster shells because she is frightened of the other hens so she goes straight to bed when she comes back from ranging. I haven't found any human tablets suitable for chickens...

Piou-piou laid a soft shell egg during the night and she was much better today, even though she was still limping. So I think although the limping may be an issue it's not what's causing her pain, and this seems to point toward reproductive issues. It was a lovely day until three but now we...

I also find it always very hard to see chicken's sizes on photos ! Piou-piou hatched from a standard egg ; she is a runt and did not grow normally. But it is possible that her father was a bantam or cross bantam. Théo is likely cross bantam and small standard. He comes from the same lineage of...

Laure is definitely not broody but tiny Chipie is beginning to be quite a thing 🤣. Whenever she sees me, she follows me everywhere making broody growls. If I ignore her, she pecks at my shoes, then jumps on my shoulder ! I'm afraid that my usual method to lock the coop after lunch and force the...

If I don't post on the thread during the day, once I've had dinner I just feel so tired that I go straight to sleep- as soon as it's dark enough to take any broodies out of the nests and on the roost ! It's that time of year when days feel too long. But I don't have much news, actually. The...

I'm an old hen too, then🤣. All my chickens go to bed too early, even the younger ones. When I had only the ex-batts they went to bed much later. Maybe they want to avoid the roosters attention in the evening ? Or maybe it's a health issue ? Or just because the weather has been crappy so many...

Her eye sight is ok. I think she has either some form of articular pain, or the imbalance is neurological. She really crouches on the roost and on the ramp as if she couldn't stay up. But during the day she seems to walk and run normally, and she looks like she is doing good. She doesn't really...

One lesson I learnt the hard way from Piou-piou is to trim away all the feathers close to the wound 🙁. And that you likely need to do it again as feathers can grow back. Yes, I'd be interested to know what your vet says. Looking it up on the internet in french, it seems that dealing with wounds...

RC, I'm very glad and also very grateful you took the time to write this, thank you so much ! It's really interesting, and also challenging to my current practices. I am very drawn to that idea that skin can heal itself- it seems so perfect. As usual I wish I hadn't stopped biology and...

It means you run away. It's an excerpt from a song and it's very hard to translate because it's based on word games and doesn't really have a meaning. The t-shirt says "Ode to the night, where you run away, burnt by stars, in full noon." I want to comment on this but I'm afraid I won't make...

I never heard that term TLC before, so I had to look it up. It is a very comforting idea ! Reminds me of being allowed to sleep in my parent's bed when I was sick as a child. Wonderful! And your garden looks so green ! It makes a lovely contrast with the purple. Believe it or not, cottage...

In France when I was young, people from the Netherlands were seen like the green people in Europe, with the germans. It's very sad it has turned out like this, and when you feel like a stranger in your country. But maybe in a year or two people will realise populism can't keep it's promises ...

Now that last point is something I can totally relate with. Not thinking about what will happen if a male chick does not get along with the adult rooster or hoping having consolidated a third of the property 's fence will stop the boar from destroying the garden come to mind 🙄.