Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

Here's how the bread came out...
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Mmmmm....If I lived closer I'd be over in a flash!

 

[Ribh]

Gosh that was a cruel moult.

It was but she's bouncing back well. Not so sure about Suyin. She's still half naked & very thin despite extra care.

 

[Ribh]

There's a Peggy at my house too!

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Looking lovely!

 

[MaryJanet]

It was but she's bouncing back well. Not so sure about Suyin. She's still half naked & very thin despite extra care.

I realise now that Mary's moults are not so bad. Of the four chickens, she definitely has the hardest time of it, but what she goes through is nothing like what Lavender and Suyin go through.

 

[rjohns39]

Mmmmm....If I lived closer I'd be over in a flash!

If I thought It would make the trip I'd send you one. Altho as the guy who is normally covered for anything, I discovered I'm just about out of bread flour. So I've set stock alerts on several sites. Not a big deal as I can get close with AP or Whole Wheat. I've got about 25lbs of AP and, well, enough whole wheat to last a long while. Of course, I have to grind the whole wheat.

 

[MaryJanet]

Looking lovely!

She's a cutie very low maintenance too. She makes damn sure that she gets her fair share of food and water. Whereas Ivy is very timid.

 

[Ribh]

I realise now that Mary's moults are not so bad. Of the four chickens, she definitely has the hardest time of it, but what she goes through is nothing like what Lavender and Suyin go through.

Yep. I don't know why some chickens do it harder than others. My Australorps also molted hard but the BRs shed a feather or 2 & plow on as normal.

 

[Ribh]

She's a cutie very low maintenance too. She makes damn sure that she gets her fair share of food and water. Whereas Ivy is very timid.

I have a fellow feeling for the timid ones. The chicken world can be very rough & you need to be tough.

 

[MaryJanet]

I have a fellow feeling for the timid ones. The chicken world can be very rough & you need to be tough.

I put a new feeding station in the henhouse. That makes seven stations for four birds. But it took the seventh for Ivy to consider herself entitled to a standstill meal instead grabbing a bite then running.

Mind you, I put it in a hidden corner so perhaps it's the privacy that changed her behaviour.

 

[Ribh]

I put a new feeding station in the henhouse. That makes seven stations for four birds. But it took the seventh for Ivy to consider herself entitled to a standstill meal instead grabbing a bite then running.

Mind you, I put it in a hidden corner so perhaps it's the privacy that changed her behaviour.

I am planning on replacing my treadle feeder & tubs with tubes. No matter how many I put out the Big Girls still manage to hog the food. Ten might just do it...