We routinely give our birds left over carcasses from chicken, turkey or fish.... also dog or cat food on occasion. I am not a nutritionist by any means, but the only side effect I've noticed is that the birds come to expect treats more often! LOL
a neighbor used black piping (like the 1.5" semi rigid stuff) to heat his pool. he had like a hundred feet of it and ran it in a serpentine pattern on a south facing slope, it was on a circulation pump that moved the water like once a minute. It was very effective... You could do something similar on a roof. It wouldn't work all of the time, but you could supplement with a tank heater or something similar for the odd days the set up wouldn't work. Having a circulator on the tank would help also.
Not gross at all.... nothing more eye opening as to the true nature of our cute little fluffy butts than watching them tear a carcass apart!
not a sick mind at all!! A sick mind would give hens particular rooster parts when culling the aggressive ones...
So glad she is doing well and will have a break over the holidays... congrats on the promotion!
x2.... as far as worming... call around to some local vets to see what it would cost you to have a fecal test done. It would give you a guideline to determine if worming was needed or not.
Beautiful shot! It does look like they are posing and very proud of themselves! Rightfully so!