Good morning folks
Hey CCsChickens welcome! Sorry, I am not able to answer your question but I see others have responded.
Aaaaw Ash soooo cute!
Vehve I am sorry to read about your chick
Well, I have a confession to make .. I cried this morning! Tears of joy while I danced around the back garden (luckily the neighbours were probably sleeping)…. Cilla’s crop completely emptied overnight! I know I am silly but I am so happy!!
While her crop had not been quite so pendulous over the last couple of mornings it had still not emptied completely. I wonder if the complete emptying was a result of the sardines in oil she had for afternoon tea … PS. They all loved them
So, of the dramas we have had of late, I think I can cross Infestation off the list and now I can also cross off Sour/Impacted Crop (of course I will still be keeping a very close eye on her). Now I just have to cross Broodzilla off the list!
Blondie is full on Broodzilla .. screaming like a Banshee and ripping my garden gloves to shreds; no bare hands with this raptor! She is currently locked up in broody jail and still trying to remove my toes through the wire.
Last night was funny. Blondie was locked out of the coop and the nest boxes had been removed. At dusk, just after everyone else had gone to bed, I popped her on the roost which was a little tricky as she had a bull terrier lock on my gloves and was twisting them. She jumped off the roost and went and parked herself on the floor where the nest boxes should be. Popped her back on the roost and she promptly returned to the nest-box-less floor; this continued until 08:00pm. We are talking full on dark now and she is still jumping down and making her way to the corner.
This is when I had an idea .. the coop is about 30cms off the ground and the floor under the nest boxes is easily removed in two sections while leaving the rest of the coop floor intact; which is precisely what I did! Popped Blondie on the roost, she jumped down, walked to the where the nest boxes floor should be and landed in the run
OK, I could not see her face but I am pretty sure I heard her mutter “what the H!”.
So, I picked her up, popped her back on the roost and she jumped down, walked to the same spot and once again, dropped into the run. She did this three more times before she worked out that, just maybe, mum is smarter than a determined broody!
After I was sure she was staying put, I popped the floor and nest boxes back in. Of course, she was sitting in the nest box when I went out this morning and greeted me with a scream and locked onto the gloves again. She is now in Broody jail with no access to nest boxes or innocent bystanders
Dear Santa .. can I please have a new pair of garden gloves for Christmas. PS. I hate to be picky, but they probably need to be reinforced
Hey CCsChickens welcome! Sorry, I am not able to answer your question but I see others have responded.
Aaaaw Ash soooo cute!
Vehve I am sorry to read about your chick
Well, I have a confession to make .. I cried this morning! Tears of joy while I danced around the back garden (luckily the neighbours were probably sleeping)…. Cilla’s crop completely emptied overnight! I know I am silly but I am so happy!!
While her crop had not been quite so pendulous over the last couple of mornings it had still not emptied completely. I wonder if the complete emptying was a result of the sardines in oil she had for afternoon tea … PS. They all loved them
So, of the dramas we have had of late, I think I can cross Infestation off the list and now I can also cross off Sour/Impacted Crop (of course I will still be keeping a very close eye on her). Now I just have to cross Broodzilla off the list!
Blondie is full on Broodzilla .. screaming like a Banshee and ripping my garden gloves to shreds; no bare hands with this raptor! She is currently locked up in broody jail and still trying to remove my toes through the wire.
Last night was funny. Blondie was locked out of the coop and the nest boxes had been removed. At dusk, just after everyone else had gone to bed, I popped her on the roost which was a little tricky as she had a bull terrier lock on my gloves and was twisting them. She jumped off the roost and went and parked herself on the floor where the nest boxes should be. Popped her back on the roost and she promptly returned to the nest-box-less floor; this continued until 08:00pm. We are talking full on dark now and she is still jumping down and making her way to the corner.
This is when I had an idea .. the coop is about 30cms off the ground and the floor under the nest boxes is easily removed in two sections while leaving the rest of the coop floor intact; which is precisely what I did! Popped Blondie on the roost, she jumped down, walked to the where the nest boxes floor should be and landed in the run
So, I picked her up, popped her back on the roost and she jumped down, walked to the same spot and once again, dropped into the run. She did this three more times before she worked out that, just maybe, mum is smarter than a determined broody!
After I was sure she was staying put, I popped the floor and nest boxes back in. Of course, she was sitting in the nest box when I went out this morning and greeted me with a scream and locked onto the gloves again. She is now in Broody jail with no access to nest boxes or innocent bystanders
Dear Santa .. can I please have a new pair of garden gloves for Christmas. PS. I hate to be picky, but they probably need to be reinforced
OK, I could not see her face but I am pretty sure I heard her mutter “what the H!”.
