MJ's little flock

[Ribh]

It's hard to know when they're just having a slow day or are quite unwell.

Exactly. Though their poop can tell you an awful lot!

 

[MaryJanet]

Exactly. Though their poop can tell you an awful lot!

Yes, it's very handy!

I feel like a proper chicken person now I'm so keen on poop!!

 

[Ribh]

Yes, it's very handy!

I feel like a proper chicken person now I'm so keen on poop!!

It's one reason I don't mind pulling them early. I know exactly whose poop I'm looking @ & if I need to worry.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's one reason I don't mind pulling them early. I know exactly whose poop I'm looking @ & if I need to worry.

I can see why you'd need to with a larger tribe. With only four, I get more chance to map poops to hens.

 

[Ribh]

I can see why you'd need to with a larger tribe. With only four, I get more chance to map poops to hens.

This is an hysterical conversation! The things I sometimes find in poop should make a sane person quail!

 

[MaryJanet]

This is an hysterical conversation! The things I sometimes find in poop should make a sane person quail!

 

[MaryJanet]

It's a fresh but dry morning in Adelaide so I'm rugged up in a thick winter jumper over my pjs and having a tea in the funrun. The hens have grouped up to my left and are having a preening party. The gentle clacking of their beaks is the perfect music to accompany some lazy time.

 

[RoyalChick]

I had a lazy day today mainly outside in a chair by the fenced area I have created for the Princesses. It will eventually be planted with shrubs and become the chicken garden, but for now it is just a bit of a green area they can hang out in.
I wanted to watch to make sure they were smart about running in when there were raptors overhead. They were very diligent and that made me happy.
It was also a great opportunity for me to ‘match poop to hen’. I have only one word to describe this: copious.
All five Princesses are prolific day-time poop producers. All good as far as I can tell - but I swear they pooped their body-weight in just a day!

 

[Scrambles83]

I've just heard that Janet has a uterine infection and she'll be on antibiotics for a week. I'll have a fuller consult with Mark when I pick her up this afternoon.

I’m a bit late to this but good news and now you can treat her effectively

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I like that. I wonder what a chicken in an airplane feels like?

Ask Alex's new hen(s)!!