Shredding I think is the terminology for this feather look. It could be generic. Just incase the ivermectin didn’t get the mites you can spray with permethrin- I use horse bug spray. Spray the bird under the feathers (lift and spray), if you go this route the coop, roosts and nest boxes need to...
I need to check out these new IT tools, see how it can make my work life more productive!
When it gets to the point of being able to clean stalls, put blankets on horses and fill water buckets then it will be a awesome value to me hahahaha.
Temperature update:
-1C now - brrrrr!
Oh My Gosh - !!!
I was just commenting on this with my Mum last night.
Not one person (stranger) was the least bit festive and no one was smiling and wishing everyone Merry Christmas. There was also hardly ANY Christmas decorations around in the Stores (Walmart - you need to get you game on...
She's still a sweetie, but she isn't so attached to me now that she is hanging with the main gang and has become 'one of the group', she hasn't flown up on me in a week or so - which could be because of her topknot, but I like to think of it as her being accepted as one of the gang.
Gosh she's...
I know right?! and the black would get all over your hands and clothes if not careful :)
Happy Christmas everyone (and Happy Boxing Day to those that are not into 'tomorrow'). Current temp is +1C, forecast high is 0C (32F) which we have surpassed.
Temps are supposed to drop like a rock today...
If I were closer I would hop over there and put her in bed (and give her talking to!). Wouldn't be the first time I went out to help a friend with a horse/cow/goat/sheep that was sick or calving/birthing, broke fencing and got loose (darn cows!).
This morning while doing morning feed I saw that Odette's tail feathers looked skewed, so I gently grabbed what I thought was one and two feathers came away easy peasy! She didn't even move they were that loose, so I grabbed the other long skewed feathers and they also cam out - 4 feathers in...
Your coop and run are fabulous, I am
Sure she should be fine. Is there a neighbour that can get her inside the coop?
And it doesn’t look too cold down your way.
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Oh I can grow stuff here and as fast as it grows the chooks eat it down! I had to fence off my tomatoes and they still were able to stick their heads through and steal the fruit! And eat the leaves. Brats!
Oh and eat all my lettuce too!
Brats I tell you brats!
Gosh hard to say what the scaly base of the feathers would be, you could spray some permethrin spray; used horse fly spray for a few hens I bought home with lice, worked brilliantly. Spray under the wings, on belly by vent, and base of neck, anywhere you see the scales. Make sure to get it at...