Stinky Acres Farm

[StinkyAcres]

How old are these young ones?

They are 5 weeks old.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I'm guessing the extremely wet spring is to blame. The mud around the outside of the coop reeks. Hoping to get a load of gravel in so we can at least stand on something solid.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Stinky I swear I'm so sorry all the bad news

Thanks. If only we were only having problems with animal health! We can skip 2025 now...

 

[thistlewick]

I'm guessing the extremely wet spring is to blame. The mud around the outside of the coop reeks. Hoping to get a load of gravel in so we can at least stand on something solid.

Do you let them free range at all?

Also yeah screw this spring, all the rain, I cannot mow anything the ground is too wet and the pasture is too wet and everything is 3-4 feet tall at this point.

To be fair, we did do No Mow May but it needs to stop raining now!

I hope the Corid does the trick for your little ones!!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Do you let them free range at all?

Also yeah screw this spring, all the rain, I cannot mow anything the ground is too wet and the pasture is too wet and everything is 3-4 feet tall at this point.

To be fair, we did do No Mow May but it needs to stop raining now!

I hope the Corid does the trick for your little ones!!

The chicks are confined to inside the coop at the moment. My other chickens don't exactly free range but they have a large fenced-in pasture to roam during the day.

Yeah, mowing has been tough! I got stuck in the mud a couple times and the high, wet grass clogged the mower deck.

 

[thistlewick]

The deck getting clogged sucks, we broke a belt that way when we first got the riding mower (we'd never had one before) the John Deere guys who fixed it told me to use a blower to clear it out after each mow, sometimes even during a big mow.

Keep us all posted about the well being of your little troupe! I'm sure Corid will do the trick <3

 

[Callender Girl]

My heart goes out to you. I know some of what you've been dealing with, and that it's been tough for a while. Hope the Corid does the trick.

 

[StinkyAcres]

My heart goes out to you. I know some of what you've been dealing with, and that it's been tough for a while. Hope the Corid does the trick.

Thank you, @Callender Girl

 

[Callender Girl]

How are the youngsters doing?

 

[StinkyAcres]

How are the youngsters doing?

They are looking good! Thanks for asking. It seems I caught the coccidiosis early - only noticed streaks of blood in their droppings and one Marans was slightly droopy.