My Chicken Existential Crisis... I mean journey

[featherhead007]

update on crazy psycho broody
caught her in a live trap using babies as bait. she was running over all of them in her panic so I ended up trying to protect the chicks which let her get out. gave her the chicks back. they settled down for the night on the ground. tried to catch her then, no go. so the chicks are now mine.
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had a pullet sitting in the nest box at sundown last night but shes not broody... her vent had mites or some other tiny bug. sprayed her. checked everyone else. a couple other ladies had them as well. sprayed them. it looked like bugs died on contact

I started worming everyone last night too
it took me 2 hours to check everyone for mites and worm them all.

and I still missed 4. because psycho broody was high up a tree and I didnt even want to try & 2 hens were high in the holly tree & so was the alpha roo. but I got... 33 birds wormed! so I'll take that. unfortunately they need another 4 days of this and this bottle is gunna run out before that so joy.

I have found this experience highly stressful.

I'll bet!

 

[ackie]

I'll bet!

just keep thinking about cute fluffy babies
cute fluffy babies
cute fluffy babies

 

[featherhead007]

just keep thinking about cute fluffy babies
cute fluffy babies
cute fluffy babies

And keep their fluffy butts clean!

 

[ackie]

And keep their fluffy butts clean!

I've actually never experienced pasty butt or cleaned chick butts haha

 

[ackie]

current chicken math count

side coop:
5 ladies

main coop:
16 ladies
2 males
1 lady + 5 chicks

trees:
10 ladies
2 males
1 psycho

inside:
10 chicks
14 eggs

= 37 adults, 15 babens

 

[featherhead007]

I've actually never experienced pasty butt or cleaned chick butts haha

You will. Most Every chicken owner has or will.

 

[ackie]

You will. Most Every chicken owner has or will.

what causes it?

 

[featherhead007]

current chicken math count

side coop:
5 ladies

main coop:
16 ladies
2 males
1 lady + 5 chicks

trees:
10 ladies
2 males
1 psycho

inside:
10 chicks
14 eggs

= 37 adults, 15 babens

And no pasty butts? IMPOSSIBLE

 

[CHlCKEN]

update on crazy psycho broody
caught her in a live trap using babies as bait. she was running over all of them in her panic so I ended up trying to protect the chicks which let her get out. gave her the chicks back. they settled down for the night on the ground. tried to catch her then, no go. so the chicks are now mine.
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had a pullet sitting in the nest box at sundown last night but shes not broody... her vent had mites or some other tiny bug. sprayed her. checked everyone else. a couple other ladies had them as well. sprayed them. it looked like bugs died on contact

I started worming everyone last night too
it took me 2 hours to check everyone for mites and worm them all.

and I still missed 4. because psycho broody was high up a tree and I didnt even want to try & 2 hens were high in the holly tree & so was the alpha roo. but I got... 33 birds wormed! so I'll take that. unfortunately they need another 4 days of this and this bottle is gunna run out before that so joy.

I have found this experience highly stressful.

What did you use to de-worm? Curious, as I should probably do that this year, I just haven’t.

 

[featherhead007]

what causes it?

Many things. Feed, Type of bedding, restlessness of the chicks