I got Lucy (Cream legbar) and Penny (Sapphire gem) in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Both hens are super friendly and have brought me joy for years. They are the remaining duo from a small backyard flock. I had 11 at one time but age and circumstances have shrunk the flock to these 2 ladies...
Shortly after posting several of the other sisters in that flock began to follow suit. There are feathers ALL OVER the yard lol. Looks like was a pillow fight. Everyone is grumpy now. Ha! I scrambled up a pile of scrambled eggs with shells crushed in for the crowd. Extra protein for my girls 😉...
Poor girl! I have one who lost her last tail feather and is coming close to yours in the patchy department lol she's so small. Is it normal for the others to seem a tad grumpier with her?
I mix up my feed in shallow trays with ACV and water/or electrolytes in the summer. Soak overnight then pour it out or just leave it, they lick that clean! I always have one dry feeder available but they really prefer the wet mash.
That was my thinking once I saw his size. This is a back yard coop that sits by the woods so I'll continue doing regular snake sweeps! I've dispatched the ones I've seen as needed (we have copperheads here in NC.... ) and have all ideas I'll see another.
I interrupted a 4ft black snake stealing a golf ball this morning. He's been coming around over the last 6 months or so in the evenings and usually left the area once we came around but since I and the chickens started a team effort to kill/eat the mice, he just have decided eggs would be a...