MrsNorthie
Free Ranging
- May 3, 2023
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It has been a little crazy around here, the egg thief has been sick for almost 2 months, $10,000 later, turns out to be an upper respiratory infection on top of esophagitis, he is on a medication for gerd which seems to be helping and he is on the mend. I was sick for the first time in decades, but it only lasted a few days, likely from not sleeping and all that people time taking the egg thief to the doctor and hospital for tests.
We had a run of Fowl Pox, but all external and I applied neosporin to their wattles and combs to keep them from getting dry, sore and possibly infected. Everyone has come out of it fine and hopefully with natural immunity. The only thing that I can think of is something carried in by the little wild birds that like to share their feed.
Today, we redid the roosts and covered the poop boards with lino, to make them easier to clean. Tomorrow we are putting siding up on the coop. Our neighbor has a lovely little pool house that looks like an old-time cabin and they replaced the siding but had extra boards left,(enough to cover the big coop.), so we bought them and a nail gun. The chickens love all the projects, they supervise everything we do and cluck and coo at us.
Next month, we are expanding the run again, and I am going to start on the "Chicken" proof planters so they will have fresh herbs and things to forage, even in the winter months. Then we are going to get ready for the turkeys. I think that we are going to go with the White Holland breed, they are supposed to be good breeders and the white feathers should help them cope with our summers, and the Harvey Speckled, @Molpet suggested these heritage breeders , they have 2 small farms, about an 8 - 10 hour drive. Thank you @Molpet we are super excited about them!
We had a run of Fowl Pox, but all external and I applied neosporin to their wattles and combs to keep them from getting dry, sore and possibly infected. Everyone has come out of it fine and hopefully with natural immunity. The only thing that I can think of is something carried in by the little wild birds that like to share their feed.
Today, we redid the roosts and covered the poop boards with lino, to make them easier to clean. Tomorrow we are putting siding up on the coop. Our neighbor has a lovely little pool house that looks like an old-time cabin and they replaced the siding but had extra boards left,(enough to cover the big coop.), so we bought them and a nail gun. The chickens love all the projects, they supervise everything we do and cluck and coo at us.
Next month, we are expanding the run again, and I am going to start on the "Chicken" proof planters so they will have fresh herbs and things to forage, even in the winter months. Then we are going to get ready for the turkeys. I think that we are going to go with the White Holland breed, they are supposed to be good breeders and the white feathers should help them cope with our summers, and the Harvey Speckled, @Molpet suggested these heritage breeders , they have 2 small farms, about an 8 - 10 hour drive. Thank you @Molpet we are super excited about them!
