Poor babies, the both of them. Gabby had a hard molt last year too, but she did it earlier, so I thought she might not be molting hard this year. I was wrong.
Hey all! Long time no chat. My birds are doing well but poor Gabby has decided to molt now that the wet and cold is back. I am equal parts sad for her and amused by how scraggly she looks. One of my lavender orps is almost as bad. The other chickens had the good sense to drop their feathers...
Yeah, but I don't think I want to go through the trouble. She didn't act at all sick and none of the other gals do either. No frostbite or distress from the cold to be seen.
I offered to let my chooks out today and they all just stood at the run gate, looking at all of the snow like "what is this crap??" I gave them some corn and shut them back in the run again.
Found one of my Australorp girls dead in the coop. Not sure what did her in, because she looked super...
Yeah, we googled Starbuck. I was so confused by the Columbia County thing because I grew up in Columbia County...Oregon. I wasn't even aware that there was one in Washington. LOL!
It's been raining pretty hard at my place for three days. Tried to tarp the part of my run that isn't roofed...and it didn't work out very well. I need to get up on the ladder and adjust how it's draped, but I can't really do it until it stops raining. Hopefully tomorrow.
Greetings all! Back from vacation. Lost almost all of the ducklings - including the nine that my hen hatched out - because my BFF is apparently not a good choice for watching my animals while I'm gone. :( I'll be looking for a new house sitter for next time. Hope everyone else is having a good day.
I'm 43 and generally tend to be in decent health (joint and back problems aside). Stomach is still a bit icky today, but I'm not having to hit the bathroom every 5 minutes, so that's a vast improvement. Just gotta get through the work day, then I'll be on vacation for almost 3 weeks.
According to the web, antibiotics are contraindicated because they actually prolong the problem. If I don't get better in the next day or two, I will hit the urgent care. I already felt better today than I did yesterday.