I think the breed should be known as " Wilhelm Wonka" As in the chocolate factory..
( well sorta) Maybe a "German Lab Miester",, or a Shorthaired Germy Lab")
All out of good ideas, I am tired and beat. Been working too hard, Then to top it off I had to cull my Blue turkey hen with the chicks. One of my best setting turkeys!
She got a wound today and ripped 3/4 the skin off her breast. I have seen lessor wounds take a bird after a couple weeks of festering. I decided to be pro-active and processed her tonight. I cut all the meat that was exposed off, but I still have a pretty good turkey for next weekend. ( Or Thursday which ever comes first.)
It could have been worse, Ethel was with her. I would like to blame this on the guineas but I have no idea how. I have all but 2 guineas in a cage. Their days of running free here are over! The 2 that are left will either let me catch them so I can sell them, OR they will be Sundays meal. I can pick around the shot, it never bothers me.
I put Ethel in a hospital room for observation. She has no injuries, but her and Blue were overly excited about their chicks being in a run they could not be in. I tried keeping them in the run, but they were beating the crap out of my creamettes. Again I find myself short on runs.
I will have open runs when the CX's go to camp. I may have to build more in the spring, or this fall, if my DW does not notice me doing it. She has some silly idea I have enough bird pens.