BYC Café

[Shadrach]

 

[aart]

My chicks are on their way!
3 Bielefelders and 1 Blue Australorp.

How will I ever get to sleep tonight?!

How did the bee install go?

 

[aart]

Shocking and devastating(not really) event today....
....knocked a full cup of coffee off the counter and my favorite mug shattered.
What a mess!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Shocking and devastating(not really) event today....
....knocked a full cup of coffee off the counter and my favorite mug shattered.
What a mess!

Just make yourself a new one!

 

[Sally PB]

How did the bee install go?

Very well. I posted pictures.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sallys-gf3-thread.1579174/#post-26840258

Still haven't gotten stung.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

The eggs should start cracking today. I hope to hear peeping tonight.

 

[aart]

Just make yourself a new one!

I would if I had the facilities easily available.
(I knew you'd say that).

 

[aart]

Sigh. Old Goldie. She's the one who won't go into the coop at night, instead sitting on the lending right in front of the pop door. I've been carrying her in each night at lock up, but last night she was in the farthest corner of the under(the coop) run. No way was I crawling under there so I left her there, worrying that a pred would tear up the run fencing to get at her. She's about 5-6yo and acting a bit off, she slowly walks the run perimeter every day all day, not sure if she's eating or drinking tho her keel feels a bit light, I don't think she's being bullied. Hard to know what to do. In the beginning the plan was to hatch new chicks every year and slaughter the older hens, that's changed in the past few years with my inability to do the slaughter work so now I'm stuck with old hens. I'm very tempted to put her down to feed the fox(who might in turn keep the GH pop down) but I've never killed a bird that wasn't meant for the table or was in obvious distress. Another new chapter to my chicken journey. Sigh.

 

[DobieLover]

Sigh. Old Goldie. She's the one who won't go into the coop at night, instead sitting on the lending right in front of the pop door. I've been carrying her in each night at lock up, but last night she was in the farthest corner of the under(the coop) run. No way was I crawling under there so I left her there, worrying that a pred would tear up the run fencing to get at her. She's about 5-6yo and acting a bit off, she slowly walks the run perimeter every day all day, not sure if she's eating or drinking tho her keel feels a bit light, I don't think she's being bullied. Hard to know what to do. In the beginning the plan was to hatch new chicks every year and slaughter the older hens, that's changed in the past few years with my inability to do the slaughter work so now I'm stuck with old hens. I'm very tempted to put her down to feed the fox(who might in turn keep the GH pop down) but I've never killed a bird that wasn't meant for the table or was in obvious distress. Another new chapter to my chicken journey. Sigh.

I have mine euthanized and leave for the wildlife a bit away from my property when a bird is clearly suffering and there is little hope of recovery.

I have another bird acting off. It's Alecia. Maybe that is why she was sitting with Astrid next to the broody breaker the other day. She is walking slowly and her head is tucked in. She turned 4 on 4/29. She too is light in the keel. I'm going to watch her to see if I can determine a treatment if any.

 

[aart]

I have mine euthanized and leave for the wildlife a bit away from my property when a bird is clearly suffering and there is little hope of recovery.

Yep, I do the deed myself...and it's usually an easy decision.

She is walking slowly and her head is tucked in. She turned 4 on 4/29. She too is light in the keel. I'm going to watch her to see if I can determine a treatment if any.

Goldie is not showing any head tuck or particular lethargy(laying down often, etc).
She survived the night and was out on her perimeter walkabout as soon as it got light.
When I spread scratch grains before opening pop door, daily occurrence to get them out of the way for cleaning coop, she went right at it so she's eating and can see OK. The other birds came out and she just kept on keeping on. Funny, while I was cleaning the oldest, Olive, went into a nest(I'm not sure if either Goldie or Olive are still laying), I saw her out a bit later and went to check, but no egg.
These older birds are a trip.
I never done much with 'treatments' as it seems about impossible for an accurate diagnosis, let alone an efficacious treatment, and if they are obviously ill it's too late anyway. I don't even do much of an examination let alone a necropsy any more.