My poor German Girls [as the man calls them] have been pretty much ignored while I've been sorting out everything else that's been going on round here. And they are such good girls.
They handle confinement really well & have been pretty content in the small coop. Every night they take themselves to bed without drama. The older ones are roosting.
I will get a chance to sort out who's who shortly.
I have wormed them & would add them to the main flock if they weren't quite so flighty still. I will start them on a course for coccidia before adding them as I am starting to think that is responsible for all my recent loses. It's not that we've had so much rain but that everything has been damp, warm & muggy. It is impossible to keep everything as dry as I would like. It just steams like a compost heap. I will treat the new girls with the Baycox but add Amprolium to the older girls water & only add the new girls after that is all done.
I am hoping I have figured this out right & it's not something else.
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I still would not have bought them . There are other breeds I like better but the man took an interest & that is to be encouraged. He really loves these girls!
No wonder the poor girl was feeling under the weather. She's had a lot going on. So it's wormer in her water now. By the time she rejoins the flock she should be the healthiest bird there!
