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- Jun 9, 2017
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Good Morning.
So this morning I checked My hens, and didn't see any on any of them. they do not share a run, food or water with the boys, but a couple of times a boy has flown the coop, and we have to catch, and put him back. Yesterday after I noticed it on the boys i locked the girls in their run, and didn't let them free range. I will double check their mouths tonight, but the random few I could check this morning I didn't see any.
I got some pictures this morning of the boys. I also separated the boys on the cull list again. I think their mouths look the worst, and so I want to focus if it seems reasonable on treating the boys I want to keep.... I will post pictures of the cull boys too so you can see what I think it is developing into. Abe, Brian, and Black beard are the boys I would like to keep. They are the only ones with names, and they are about 3yrs old. Abe is the only one we saw with a spot on the inside of his mouth. The other two black beard and brian had a spot on the edge of their beaks that seems to be in the same area as the "cull boys" but is very slight. There was one cull boy with a tiny spot on the inside of his beak/near his tongue. Everyone else seem to be on the edge of their beaks....
So this morning I checked My hens, and didn't see any on any of them. they do not share a run, food or water with the boys, but a couple of times a boy has flown the coop, and we have to catch, and put him back. Yesterday after I noticed it on the boys i locked the girls in their run, and didn't let them free range. I will double check their mouths tonight, but the random few I could check this morning I didn't see any.
I got some pictures this morning of the boys. I also separated the boys on the cull list again. I think their mouths look the worst, and so I want to focus if it seems reasonable on treating the boys I want to keep.... I will post pictures of the cull boys too so you can see what I think it is developing into. Abe, Brian, and Black beard are the boys I would like to keep. They are the only ones with names, and they are about 3yrs old. Abe is the only one we saw with a spot on the inside of his mouth. The other two black beard and brian had a spot on the edge of their beaks that seems to be in the same area as the "cull boys" but is very slight. There was one cull boy with a tiny spot on the inside of his beak/near his tongue. Everyone else seem to be on the edge of their beaks....
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