fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

The rubber tub is tightly wedged into the tire, no gaps, no openings. As long as the tub is in place there is no access.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Our weekend forecast is night temps dropping to ~20°F. It does sometimes get that cold here during the winter, but not usually until late December or into January. I guess I will be losing my fall crop of peas, which have just gotten into full production.
Blast.

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Our first frost is on Friday followed by deep freeze on Sunday. They just amended the low to 22° on Monday, up from 19° I saw last night.

Keep the homeless in your prayers.
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Do you have a cold frame/tent or can you make one? It may help save the peas.

I had Hubs put one together out of scrap wood. I do need to recover with plastic every couple of years.

OR a sheet tented over the peas can also help, may save them, worth a shot.

 

[1muttsfan]

I can promise you that fungal spores and bacteria can easily pass around the edges of your rubber tub setup, not to mentions leaching out around the bottom.

 

[1muttsfan]

Happy Thanksgiving fellow poultry lovers!

 

[fuzzi]

Happy Thanksgiving fellow poultry lovers!

Thanks! Same to all.

 

[Gotalotofpetstoo]

Tax and story of Honey. I shared Honey's story a little bit on Shad's thread and BY Bob's thread. Her story continues and she is a miracle chicken!

-- 2021-March-12: We picked up Honey at a local feed store, along with 7 other day old chicks.

-- 2023-September: Honey was on Baytril for 10 days due to reproductive issue. We almost thought she was not going to make it. She even laid some eggs after that.

-- February of this year, she laid lash eggs.

-- April 6th of this year, she went blind all of a sudden. She then moved into the human coop. It took us a while to figure out how to feed her, and that she can eat on her own.
This is June. She has her stone bowl (so she cannot knock it over) in her cage where she eats out of. She had the company of Poopy at the time.View attachment 3990419
And sometimes it is Light (left) that keeps her company.
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-- Mid September, she started falling off her roost (we place a roost in the cage at night). By the end of September, she was not able to walk any more.
We are feeding her vitamin E and B. Her appetite was/is still good, and has a strong will to live. We switched to hand feeding her, bathing her every other day.

This is one of the seats/bed we made for her.
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I made her this sling three weeks ago (end of Oct). Yes, it took hours to sew. I almost got a sewing machine. It worked well and kept her clean/comfy.
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But she started to walk again three days ago!!! We can't believe it!!! It is a shame that I don't have a picture of that.

This is yesterday me and Honey sunbathing together
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Honey the blind miracle chicken. Her story will continue.

If you get a chance, read through Ethel's 7 months journey. There might be some info in there to help you with your precious girl. Ethel's story can be found under my name.

 

[fuzzi]

Chicken waterer fixed up!

I removed the tire and the moldy straw, which wasn't moldy anymore, but just mouldering nicely. The hens had a great time scratching at the bare dirt while I cleaned out the tire and gathered straw.

After putting the tire back in the sunny corner I packed it full of clean straw, for insulation:

I then replaced the rubber tub and added fresh water:

And gave the flock some collard greens!

Hens Rahab and Hannah are on the right, lighter since their molt, and the pullets are in the center. Martha's on the far left.

Notice how Zacchaeus is assisting one of the Dominiques while Silas stuffs his beak!

Zack is a Good Boy.

 

[fuzzi]

My great nieces requested a chicken video, so I made this one a few minutes ago:

And here's a short of some of the gals:

 

[fuzzi]

Joanna is now my avatar!

She's the pullet in the short video above who's checking out my phone!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Enjoying the videos and crowing contest