My hens (and rooster!) are doing the same now, only their sudden vision is caused by peaches! I let them out to freerange almost daily, and our trees are dropping ripe fruit by the bucketful, and of course the prettiest, biggest crested girls seem to eat their way through the messiest, squishiest peaches and get the goo all in their crest and beard and slicks it back. Which lets them see much better and find more peaches, and in turn get even messier. I see lots of baths in the future
Each chick I've had come out of the incubator with curled toes was the last hatched chick. Stayed in the shell longest. I've never had first to hatch chicks come out curled.
Same here with watermelon!My hens (and rooster!) are doing the same now, only their sudden vision is caused by peaches! I let them out to freerange almost daily, and our trees are dropping ripe fruit by the bucketful, and of course the prettiest, biggest crested girls seem to eat their way through the messiest, squishiest peaches and get the goo all in their crest and beard and slicks it back. Which lets them see much better and find more peaches, and in turn get even messier. I see lots of baths in the future
Have you added vitamins?My 5 month old Lavender boy had had wry neck for at least 2 months. He was steady, but not getting better. I finally brought out the big guns- Prednisone. He's been on it for 4 day, and he's worse!! He's practically standing on his head.He's getting 2.5 milligrams twice a day.
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50/50 blue and black' all split to lav
Thank you I was not sure they would molt at such a young age, this being their first year. At just around 4 months I just moved them to 16% layer along with my large birds. Should I take them back to 18% starter? Or is there a specific supplement I should give them? I offer scratch, bread, greens and other veggies and fruits. And they are allowed to free range when I can be outside with them since I live in an area where I have seen bald eagles flying over and many hawks checking things out.
