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I know Windy had a really tough start in life. She actually made it 5 years ish.

I have a few more older hens. I worry about Cinders and Jazzy a lot. Cinders has a pendulous crop and Jazzy has heart issues. :hmm


In other news.....

I have made progress on the pond. Not much but progress none the less. The waterfall rock backtracks under it. I will refigure that out here in a bit. I got waterfall foam to add and a big flagstone piece. :confused: if it will work.

If not I may just get a decorative pot and plumb that in. :confused:

Tilly is still my temper tantrum dog. :rolleyes:
She wants to go bark at the city mowing team in the alley. I say no so she violently flipped her food dish. Feed is across the entire floor. :hmm
 
21hens-incharge said:
I know Windy had a really tough start in life. She actually made it 5 years ish.

I have a few more older hens. I worry about Cinders and Jazzy a lot. Cinders has a pendulous crop and Jazzy has heart issues. :hmm


In other news.....

I have made progress on the pond. Not much but progress none the less. The waterfall rock backtracks under it. I will refigure that out here in a bit. I got waterfall foam to add and a big flagstone piece. :confused: if it will work.

If not I may just get a decorative pot and plumb that in. :confused:

Tilly is still my temper tantrum dog. :rolleyes:
She wants to go bark at the city mowing team in the alley. I say no so she violently flipped her food dish. Feed is across the entire floor. :hmm
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Nice update!

My quail have started to lay eggs in earnest! I collected 11 yesterday and there were already 2 in the pen this morning. This weekend I need to start processing the extra males
 
Anansi said:
@apryl29 To me, it looks like he is rubbing up against something that is wearing down his chest feathers. Lizbeth has the same thing because she gets up against the side of her enclosure to be as close to Gurtrude as possible. The wings could be from rubbing up against something as well.
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I wonder if he's getting too close to the fencing when he's on patrol. I usually let them out as soon as I get there and leave right after I lock them in so IDK if that's the case. It could have happened months ago even... I'd noticed it a little while ago, but I can't tell if it's getting worse or not.

Redhead Rae said:
Hello everyone.

Baby is still staying put. But my midwives will want to induce me if we make it to next Monday.
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Like my new bathroom?

@Texas Kiki


In other news, I had a white Cornish and a Dark Cornish pullet sitting on guinea eggs. The White has hatched 4 and the Dark is still sitting. I have a buyer for these keets.
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Awwwww! Good luck w/ the induction. I was induced w/ the 2nd one and it was nice b/c I was worried my water would break at home & I wouldn't make it to the hospital. I did not want a car baby.
Yay for the new keets.

21hens-incharge said:
:highfive: For getting the first good morning on a Monday too!

Very pretty cactus plants! Those blooms are really something special.
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I lost Windy last night. :(
She was the last of the tow yard birds. She hadn't ever been well. Poor thing is in a better place now.
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Sorry about Windy. 5 years is a pretty good for a chicken, esp one that had such a stressful beginning.
 
Yesterday William was being a jerk and following me around, trying to cause trouble, so I scooped him up while I was peeling a banana for everyone. I wiped some on his beak and he started eating it & his pupils kept dilating. Apparently he likes banana a lot, but he never gets any b/c he's a gentleman and lets the greedy hens eat it all.
Did anyone else have trouble getting on BYC this morning? I tried when I got to work (7:45 EST) and I kept getting an error message so I gave up, but it was working this afternoon.
 
apryl29 said:
Yesterday William was being a jerk and following me around, trying to cause trouble, so I scooped him up while I was peeling a banana for everyone. I wiped some on his beak and he started eating it & his pupils kept dilating. Apparently he likes banana a lot, but he never gets any b/c he's a gentleman and lets the greedy hens eat it all.
Did anyone else have trouble getting on BYC this morning? I tried when I got to work (7:45 EST) and I kept getting an error message so I gave up, but it was working this afternoon.
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I had the same issue.


ETA... Not the banana thing but the BYC thing. ;)
 
I’m to exhausted to upload pictures but update from the last few days...
Almost had Nunnys Ark. There is so much water out there. The coop is at 95% humidity.
Dealing with a girl with crop issues. Thought it was sour but I think it’s stuck. I’ve flushed it a few times now and got all sorts of nasty, smelly stuff out. Monistat is being given and only water and grit.

In the downpour yesterday I shoveled a trench around the coop. Through the run and all along the front side. Had a raging river for a bit but the water is going away from the coop. So it’s a start.

I’ve had a few snotty noses and sneezes. I’m not sure what that’s all about. The weather an illness some dust up the nose?
But I found one of the Spitz dead this morning. Was alive last night at bed checks...
So today I cleaned out the whole coop. Got the pallets off the dirt in the back and found 2 little mole babies. Got 12 bags of pea gravel down. Didn’t put any shaving back in there. They only have cement floor up front for now. I put 2 little fans out there too. Try and move some air.
 

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