Some my kids are molting too. I open up the coop each morning and it looks like someone opened a feather pillow. One hen came out this morning and shook. There was a giant plume of feathers she left behind.
My Scarlet is doing much better. I put her out during the day, but I'm still bringing her inside at night for now. I give her some fermented food, and some other goodies to help try to get some weight back on her. Her breastbone feels like a carcase from Thanksgiving (only smaller). I think that she really likes it. At night she waits by the door. I know it is just cause she has been inside for so long that she knows she needs to come roost here. I pretend that she is waiting for me. She doesn't mid when I pick her up. I keep the crate on the washer at night and I can set her down on the washer and she walks right in. Then starts talking to me as if she is saying where is my food.
Been busy added the wood chips to the run. It isn't going to take me as long as I thought that it would to fill the run. It is going fast, now if I could find a few hours together that I could do it then things would be done my now, but it has been my DD's birthday and DH is sick so they keep me busy.
My silver laced cochin is broody. Not sure if I want to give her some eggs or just keep tossing her out. I thought about giving her some duck eggs, but with this being her first time I doubt that she will sit that long, but you never know. I could use some more LF. Most of my girls are getting a little older so I need to have the next generation ready to go. I know hens are slowing down, but does anyone have any LF fertile eggs available?
