MJ's little flock

[rjohns39]

Good morning to you
I hope your day is a good one!

Thanks. How's your day been?

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening MJ and everyone

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Gorgeous! How often are you on the lookout for pasty butt?

They are in my living room and I look at them every time I walk past.

I've never had problems with pasty butt, thankfully. I do feed medicated starter right from day 1, and every other day for the first week the get water with hydra-hen in iI. That's a prebiotic, probiotic, acidifier, and electrolytes all in one.

 

[BY Bob]

Notch has been bringing his hens around to the house late afternoon. He's worked out that if he picks his time right, Tribe 1 wont be around and he'll be able to persuade me to give his hens treats.
I'm such a push over.
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They are a beautiful tribe.

 

[BY Bob]

They are in my living room and I look at them every time I walk past.

I've never had problems with pasty butt, thankfully. I do feed medicated starter right from day 1, and every other day for the first week the get water with hydra-hen in iI. That's a prebiotic, probiotic, acidifier, and electrolytes all in one.

You have this down.

 

[BY Bob]

I've mentioned Janet's moult a few times. There's no sign of a tail any more.

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Infected and molting is no way to go through life. Poor baby. I just want to hug her but it would hurt so here ar l is a virtual one.

 

[Scrambles83]

Thanks. How's your day been?

Mine was good. I had a belated birthday shopping trip and some lunch with my mum and dad then worked in the afternoon.
Finally got some gumboots and a rain jacket, ready for winter chicken keeping this year so I don’t get soaked

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

my chicken's egg!!!!View attachment 2634186

That’s even smaller than my tiny egg.

 

[MaryJanet]

Infected and molting is no way to go through life. Poor baby. I just want to hug her but it would hurt so here ar l is a virtual one.

I know, although I'm confident the antibiotics have helped her a lot. I was an hour later than usual last night, late finish at work and I hit the traffic. Anyway, I jumped out of the car and ran to let the hens out for some free time before the light faded much more. Janet was so keen she FLEW towards me, which was astonishing given the state of her feathers. On that evidence, I saying there's not much wrong with her she can't handle.

 

[MaryJanet]

Alice is really looking good! Still a way to go, but she's not scary-bald any more.

Well, Janet's back feathers are a bit sparse on her and a bit thick on the ground. But I'm excited to see her flight feathers growing in! They'd been cut back before I met her. For the first time since we met, she's not laying.

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Mary seems to be at the end of her moult. Perhaps there are a few butt fluffs to drop out and regrow, but otherwise she's looking pretty good. If last winter is any indication, she won't be laying til Spring.

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Peggy and Ivy don't seem to be moulting, but maybe they're replacing just a few feathers. Every now and then I see one of Ivy's downy feathers on the ground.

All four are eating well. Lots of manufactured food, both pellets and grain mix, lots of foraging, and one shared treat each day. They're not thrilled by these new pellets we're trying, but they're nibbling at them in a mash with their grain mixed in.

Here's Ivy making her daily Jacaranda inspection

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Ah hah!!

I found this old post confirming Janet gave up laying last time she moulted!

I could've sworn she'd never stopped laying. Funny how unreliabe my memory is. I'll probably forget all about this post by the time I get home from work