Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

I guess I already suggested that. Do I sound like a broken record?

Thanks for your input, Bob. I didn't tag because my international time sense was zero & I thought you might have already left. Duh!

 

[Ribh]

I would try to help her put on a few ounces or a pound. If you have the time to give her the extra attention it can’t hurt, but I would never expect her to reach the same level of body condition you see in your other girls

I agree. One of my early lot of chickens were rescue ISAs & they were always on the scrawny side ~ & they were very well fed once I got them! Lean, mean egg laying machines have a tendency to stay on the leaner side but even if she doesn't put on any weight she will appreciate the extra attention!

 

[Ribh]

The tide went out a long, long way yesterday afternoon
exposing all the sea grass.
We've had a bit of rain but nowhere near enough.​

Freesias, freesias everywhere ~ & a divine smell!​

 

[Ribh]

Yesterday Lottie was one of my escapees [the others were the Campines... ] & she didn't rush into the coop with everyone else when she saw the food being dished out. Being right @ the very bottom of the totem there have been some bullying issues & as I didn't really feel like constantly being ambushed by Suyin & Ha'penny, I decided we'd stay in the run in peace & tranquility & Lottie could eat undisturbed.

It would have been lovely if it wasn't for Tuppence. I forgot Tuppence, who is next to the bottom, & who has been relying on me to ensure she isn't waiting forever to eat & wasn't happy to find she was on the wrong side of a fence! She stood on the log closest to us giving me the evil eye & screaming her head off. Gosh those Campines! I really didn't feel I could fight off the more dominant girls. This awful wog has left me really tired & it is getting cold with the wind picking up when I go to feed the girls just now. All the sun has left the area too so it can be really unpleasant @ this time of year. So I let Tuppence scream.

A bit later, the man having got a hamburger for his dinner, I took his unwanted beetroot out to the pen & ensued everyone got @ least a little ~ harder than it sounds because the big girls can be uncommonly fast when there's a treat involved!

 

[MaryJanet]

Thanks for all the advice folks, much appreciated

I'm going to try the eggs with salmon a few times a week and see how she goes.

Think I'll worm them all too. It's been about six months since the last worming, and that was before Sandy came to live with us.

What type of feed do you give them..? If just layer maybe switch to an all flock of 20% protein ... just a thought...

They eat Laucke's seventeen for breakfast, roughly a cup each.
https://www.lauckemills.com.au/products/category/QHGILBDD-red-hen-range/6538
Seventeen is 17% protein.

And they eat Barastoc's golden yolk whenever they want to. It's loaded into polypipe feeders.
https://barastocpoultry.com.au/our-products/essentials-range/golden-yolk/
Golden yolk is 15% protein.

Not sure if there's a 20% protein food available. If the eggs and salmon don't work, I'll have a look around.

 

[MaryJanet]

Yesterday Lottie was one of my escapees [the others were the Campines... ] & she didn't rush into the coop with everyone else when she saw the food being dished out. Being right @ the very bottom of the totem there have been some bullying issues & as I didn't really feel like constantly being ambushed by Suyin & Ha'penny, I decided we'd stay in the run in peace & tranquility & Lottie could eat undisturbed.

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She is such a beautiful little hen.

 

[MaryJanet]

it was going so well. The big girls were in the nesting box, so Sandy had it all to herself. Then someone else showed up and made her nervous - my fault, I'd left the gate ajar.

But in the end - all gone and all of it into Sandy

 

[Ribh]

Thanks for all the advice folks, much appreciated

I'm going to try the eggs with salmon a few times a week and see how she goes.

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Think I'll worm them all too. It's been about six months since the last worming, and that was before Sandy came to live with us.



They eat Laucke's seventeen for breakfast, roughly a cup each.
https://www.lauckemills.com.au/products/category/QHGILBDD-red-hen-range/6538
Seventeen is 17% protein.

And they eat Barastoc's golden yolk whenever they want to. It's loaded into polypipe feeders.
https://barastocpoultry.com.au/our-products/essentials-range/golden-yolk/
Golden yolk is 15% protein.

Not sure if there's a 20% protein food available. If the eggs and salmon don't work, I'll have a look around.

Ren Hen is what I feed my girls too.

 

[Ribh]

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it was going so well. The big girls were in the nesting box, so Sandy had it all to herself. Then someone else showed up and made her nervous - my fault, I'd left the gate ajar.

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But in the end - all gone and all of it into Sandy

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Hope you get the outcome you want.

 

[Ribh]

She is such a beautiful little hen.

She is! And very sweet natured too.