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21hens-incharge said:
Getting him at 2 makes things even more challenging.

Is his leash out on his collar or on a body harness? It makes a huge difference in behavior really.
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I've never been able to get him into a body harness, but I've seen the real difference.
 
rjohns39 said:
He's also pretty good at taking collars off. :he

ETA: He was basically taken home and put out with the chickens when he was a pup and that was the extent of his training.
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oh dear. :(

Poor guy wasn't given the best start for ever needing to listen.
It will take FOREVER and a lot of patience now. :he
 
I know I’ve been commenting randomly but not talking chicken. Apryl asked so I’ll update... it’s not great.

The loss of Frannie then Clayton hit me hard. I was not expecting either but the guilt from Clayton was bad. I was still dealing with the mites in my laundry room when more birds took ill. In all honestly I’m not sure who I lost when. I had a limping Swedish Flower cockerel, a Swedish Flower cockerel who couldn’t walk and a Crested Cream Legbar not walking. The leg bar was full of mites that just like on Clayton I could not kill the mites. One cockerel just died. The other had something wrong with his leg. Over extension or slipped tendon... something not quite right. Rest and a brace didn’t help and at one point while trying to “help” I actually broke his leg. It snapped like dry kindling and he didn’t even notice. The leg was dead. So I culled. The Cream Legbar girl never got better. Wouldn’t/ couldn’t use her legs. In the end she was culled too and necropsied. Found a few worms and her gizzard walls were really thick. Nothing odd inside it but reeaally thick walled. I have no Deathlayers left. I lost the last one just the other day. All but this last one I just found already gone. This final male was once again covered in mites. Horror film skin crawling levels of mites. He received the “kitchen sink” treatment. Meaning throw everything including the kitchen sink at it. Ivermectin topically and orally. (Again all of about 3 worms expelled) Elector PSP and more then one dawn bath. (Bath first then PSP) I even sprinkled DE right on the mite colonies and around the area. I thought he was out of the woods, he was eating on his own, then found him dead. Looked like he laid down and went to sleep. He was fed mackerel, nutri drench, poultry cell, eggs... you name it if I thought he would eat it and get some strength back he was offered it. The mites seem to attack a weakened bird. If I really look for them I can find mites on other birds. But not the scabby encrusted colonies I found on Clayton the Legbar girl and the Deathlayer.

In good news Lila hatched a few more eggs. Silvia was being a broody monster so I gave her a few eggs from a friend. Ones that if they didn’t hatch it was no loss. Of course Lila jumped on the broody bandwagon so I split the eggs up between the girls. Lilas hatched and Silvias didn’t. She didn’t seem to mind. LOL I tried giving her one of Lilas and she looked at it and me “what do you want me to do with this?!?” She was done being broody just like that. A few days later Lila adopted. Someone had a single chick and I was asked if Lila would take it. She gladly clucked and sat on it. I also have six Silkies. Jointly started a breeding project with a friend. I have a brooder area in the coop so put them with a heat plate in there. They are a mix of all the Silkie feather types. Satin, Frizzle and regular Floof Silkie feathers.

I’ve been crocheting like crazy too. My niece asked for “hats from Aunt Kimberly” for her birthday and Christmas. (Which are days apart) That’s what she told me she wanted, her mom, and my mom (Grammy). “Hats from Aunt Kimberly.” So I made 3 matching hats for mom and the girls. A hat for their dad. A bunny hat for the new niece (4 months old now) and little baby mittens. I also made Minnie Mouse ears with bow for the birthday girl. And my most time consuming project, a Wonder Woman hat. It’s more like a wig. You actually crochet spiral curls to put on a hat base. Then of course the Wonder Woman crown. I’ll have to put some pictures up. I hope she like it. She about lives in a Wonder Woman dress I gave her and wears a superhero cape over almost everything else.

That’s all I can think of for now.

Hope everyone has a Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Whatever you celebrate or even if you choose not to. Love you guys
 
Nunny :hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
That has been a really tough to for you and your birds. I am so sorry.
I wish I knew of another way to kill mites that doesn't involve a flame thrower.
You have tried EVERYTHING that should kill them.
I am so sorry you have lost so many birds to them.

Anansi said:
Henny Todd may respond to a prong collar used only for when he's supposed to really listen, i.e., on leash. You could try a martingale first, but I expect the prong will be the best. You do have to get the right one, herm sprenger is the best.
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Todd is Bob's boy.

Mine are good with body harnesses.....just a bit to excited so back to pulling until they get back into a good routine.
 
wow it was 52F yesterday and I never realized it. Duh! Went to a real dive yesterday for lunch. I told my son it was a dive. No one ever believes me. My brother inhales his food never pays attention to that it tastes like or ???
My son and I got containers to take home - then dumped them as soon as we found a garbage can.
 

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