Hey all,
The job searching, subbing, and writing has taken a lot of my time lately and I just haven't been on much. Production is still in the tank as last years chicks continue to surprise me with early molts. Last week one of the Delaware hens looked like a drowned rat, this week the last NH is slogging around looking like a NN.
God bless that leghorn though, she just doesn't stop. And one of the BO pullets I rescued started laying this week as well, so that's good.
Lost a SS hen last week to some mysterious ailment i'll never know. The dog needed out around 3 a.m. and while standing on the porch I heard something odd from the coop, went out and everything seemed in order, checked the next boxes, and there laid the SS hen. She had to have just expired. Rigor hadn't set in yet. No trauma I could find. Abdomen felt normal. Nothing out of the ordinary, not a feather out of place.
Waiting for the local places to have chicks in stock. Planning on adding some EE to the mix and to even out the age of the flock. Eventually I'd like to get into a 6/6 add/cull rotation, culling birds going into their third winter if production is slowing.
Also, we're expecting our first child in May. So there's that.
Adding stress to the under-employed aspect of life...