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Good morning Bridge Club
IC thank you, the jelly beans are very aware of how cute they are
Yep, it is going to be a tough decision if they are both pullets and I am kind of hoping the decision will be made for me.
Love the chubby little Bonbons and Shakira’s hairdo is adorable!!
TG thank you for your kind words regarding my sister.
Sounds like integration is going well; good news!
I am loving getting to see everyone’s pictures/selfies/felfies.
I used to hate my curly hair as a kid and I remember going to school one day the crossing guard said to me that I had beautiful hair. When I told her that I hated it she replied “when you are older you will love it”. She was right! My hair cuts cost nothing as I do them; trim the fringe and every 6 months or so, trim the ends .. done! In the morning, damp it down, add some mousse, scrunch up and done! lol
I am finding it hard to believe myself, but Cilla appears to have been broken! She laid an egg yesterday and left it, choosing to wander around instead! I think the evenings still being cool may be helping keep those hormones under control for a while.
Had a bit of a scare yesterday afternoon. Not long after letting everyone out for a supervised free range, LuLu was looking sleepy and on closer inspection had one cloudy eye and was open beak breathing. I freaked out and had thoughts of influenza, Marek’s, cataracts etc. On the other hand, she could just have been pecked or got some grit/dirt in her eye as it was windy.
As her other eye was clear, poops were OK, no coughing, sneezing or discharge, she was eating and drinking and research indicates that they can open beak breathe if in pain, I made the decision to leave her overnight and see how she was. She slept alone on the lower roost away from the other gals and I had a bit of a sleepless night worrying if she was going to be OK. You know what I mean, that dreaded walk out to the coop in the morning, thinking the worse!
This morning she is fine! Her eye is clear and she is back to her normal, bubbly self .. so relieved and it looks like while all those horrible thoughts were going through my head, I made the right decision. The cloudiness was probably the third eyelid and I am thinking it was just grit/dirt or a peck.
Tina and the Jelly Beans and doing wonderfully well. The beans have also now learnt how to use the ramp .. I am going to miss those evening air lifts!!
Blondie has less than a week to go now. She still puffs up but not as much as she used to and does not look like she wants to kill me! lol She takes a break a couple of times a day and has something to eat and drink and a wander around her enclosure. She seems a lot more settled and I believe she feels secure in her enclosure with no threat of invasion.
Anyways, I had better get this work day started … have fun and happy chickens!
IC thank you, the jelly beans are very aware of how cute they are
Yep, it is going to be a tough decision if they are both pullets and I am kind of hoping the decision will be made for me.
Love the chubby little Bonbons and Shakira’s hairdo is adorable!!
TG thank you for your kind words regarding my sister.
Sounds like integration is going well; good news!
I am loving getting to see everyone’s pictures/selfies/felfies.
I used to hate my curly hair as a kid and I remember going to school one day the crossing guard said to me that I had beautiful hair. When I told her that I hated it she replied “when you are older you will love it”. She was right! My hair cuts cost nothing as I do them; trim the fringe and every 6 months or so, trim the ends .. done! In the morning, damp it down, add some mousse, scrunch up and done! lol
I am finding it hard to believe myself, but Cilla appears to have been broken! She laid an egg yesterday and left it, choosing to wander around instead! I think the evenings still being cool may be helping keep those hormones under control for a while.
Had a bit of a scare yesterday afternoon. Not long after letting everyone out for a supervised free range, LuLu was looking sleepy and on closer inspection had one cloudy eye and was open beak breathing. I freaked out and had thoughts of influenza, Marek’s, cataracts etc. On the other hand, she could just have been pecked or got some grit/dirt in her eye as it was windy.
As her other eye was clear, poops were OK, no coughing, sneezing or discharge, she was eating and drinking and research indicates that they can open beak breathe if in pain, I made the decision to leave her overnight and see how she was. She slept alone on the lower roost away from the other gals and I had a bit of a sleepless night worrying if she was going to be OK. You know what I mean, that dreaded walk out to the coop in the morning, thinking the worse!
This morning she is fine! Her eye is clear and she is back to her normal, bubbly self .. so relieved and it looks like while all those horrible thoughts were going through my head, I made the right decision. The cloudiness was probably the third eyelid and I am thinking it was just grit/dirt or a peck.
Tina and the Jelly Beans and doing wonderfully well. The beans have also now learnt how to use the ramp .. I am going to miss those evening air lifts!!
Blondie has less than a week to go now. She still puffs up but not as much as she used to and does not look like she wants to kill me! lol She takes a break a couple of times a day and has something to eat and drink and a wander around her enclosure. She seems a lot more settled and I believe she feels secure in her enclosure with no threat of invasion.
Anyways, I had better get this work day started … have fun and happy chickens!
We are in a drought and it has been in the 90s all week. I wish it would get colder but no such luck yet. The heat is supposed to break by the end of next week.
