Good morning Maggie. You may be on borrowed time but you get to live another day and have another breakfast.
Sorry for blurry picture. She moves fast for a sick old lady!
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When I calm down a bit (I woke up still angry about the whole thing) I am going to contact the farm where I got the young ladies and ask him a load of questions about his chickens.I am so glad she is not in pain. I, too, am angry about the breeding. Don’t get me started. LOL.
I am also angry about the egg industry. It is so hard to go egg-free (outside my own hens’ eggs). I call them “torture eggs,” but I digress...
So sorry you are going through a tough time. Chickens are adorable!Just a quick pop-in!!
Things have been incredibly busy at home and work. Rich is trying for 50/50 custody again, the court date is 10/12 so we're anxious for that. The passing of his mom has been harder then he thought it would be, plus it brought up memories from my mom dying 15 years ago of the same thing.
The chickens are great! So are the rest of the animals. I'll be in more later, enjoy some pictures from today!
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This is where I get really passionate. I like your turn of phrase, "torture eggs", I may use this. All so they are a dollar cheaper.I am also angry about the egg industry. It is so hard to go egg-free (outside my own hens’ eggs). I call them “torture eggs,” but I digress...
Oh! That sounds helpful. Could you repost the link? For some reason it isn’t working for me. Thanks!!
I am so glad she is not in pain. I, too, am angry about the breeding. Don’t get me started. LOL.
I am also angry about the egg industry. It is so hard to go egg-free (outside my own hens’ eggs). I call them “torture eggs,” but I digress...
Any of your Heritage Breeds should be OK. It's the high production breeds & Hybrids that have inbred problems & so many people on BYC seem to have them ~ though I suspect a lot don't know until the problems start. Your common backyard mutt is usually really hardy too ~ one reason I think Shad's hens do so well. He's not interfering with their breeding & has ended up with strong genetics.When I calm down a bit (I woke up still angry about the whole thing) I am going to contact the farm where I got the young ladies and ask him a load of questions about his chickens.
I never thought to ask - he isn't a large scale operation so I am hoping he has more robust chickens but I have no idea.
If not, I need to figure out where to get chickens that will be able to have full lives. Not many options around me unfortunately.
Would legbars be sufficiently genetically diverse for longer life? I don't know enough about genetics, but with three base breeds in the mix, they should do better than production hens.When I calm down a bit (I woke up still angry about the whole thing) I am going to contact the farm where I got the young ladies and ask him a load of questions about his chickens.
I never thought to ask - he isn't a large scale operation so I am hoping he has more robust chickens but I have no idea.
If not, I need to figure out where to get chickens that will be able to have full lives. Not many options around me unfortunately.
Sorry mate, I responded to RC before I got to your comment.Any of your Heritage Breeds should be OK. It's the high production breeds & Hybrids that have inbred problems & so many people on BYC seem to have them ~ though I suspect a lot don't know until the problems start. Your common backyard mutt is usually really hardy too ~ one reason I think Shad's hens do so well. He's not interfering with their breeding & has ended up with strong genetics.
All good. It's all just reinforcing that the High Production hybrids have problems & unfortunately short lives. Our very 1st flock ~years ago now~ was rescue ISAs. Never again.Sorry mate, I responded to RC before I got to your comment.