Théo and the chickens des Sauches

[ManueB]

I have been reading on a respectable Dutch site (levende have) that adding hemp seed (singing bird seed) to the feed , helps the chickens to lay through the winter. You need to add it from late autumn until februari.

I tried it once. Maybe it helped a little, but it wasn’t like a miracle happened.
Same story with hot peppers.

And yes, hemp seed is healthy food for humans too. I had some hemp seed cookies as a gift with health claims. Muesli with hemp seed is sold too. But Im not really fond of the taste.

Well, I'm not actually interested that they will lay more. It's more that I see the eggs as a sign of health and when the eggs are smaller, with strange egg shells, and suddenly a chicken changes the laying rhythm I tend to think there is a health issue..and that if they lay beautiful big eggs they are faring well, which is what we all want !
I never tasted the seeds but I love the oil. It's slightly green, slightly bitter, and slightly nutty. But I do hope the chickens will like them !

I got some Pu-Er tea yesterday, but I'm a bit confused. Inspecting the cylinder carton, I see the importer/exporter is in Guangdong; I think @lightm said Yunnan was the key province for this tea, so maybe I have been sold a different sort of Pu-Er. It doesn't smell or taste fermented. It's a large dark loose leaf - and makes a lovely cup of strong black tea, better than any I normally drink, so I am not at all disappointed, but I don't think it's the same product you were talking about @ManueB , and I can't get my head around the Wikipedia page on it Any clues as to what I've actually got? I do think it's a genuine product, just not the fermented tea cake I thought I was buying.

I'm glad @lightm answered first because even if I have drank Pu er for a long time, I am an ignoramus about it. I have already seen some sold as loose leaf. I've tasted some very cheap to rather expensive ones, imported or brought back from China, and it always tasted different from classical black tea. It's reminiscent either of earth, like raw beetroot, or sometimes of malt like nutritional / brewer's yeast.
If you want a sample of mine let me know, I'd be glad to send it by mail. We could even do a french / british pu er sample swap .

Honey was not used to be a house chicken before she went blind.

All the more impressive! I see why you call her a magic chicken.
It's interesting that like Blanche she got so much closer to humans due to health issues.

Hooray on Piou-piou molting! I don't think they pluck out feathers when they are actually molting.

It's not really molting, I suppose...but she's growing back feathers, that's all I want to know ! And I hope it could explain that she was unwell for a time.

Love this thread!! Your birds are so cute and interesting

Thank you ! My chickens are mostly backyard mixes or hybrids, so they are not pretty by chicken breed standards. But I do find them fascinating, like I think many chicken keepers who have time to spend watching their birds !
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Théo crowed in the middle of the night at 3.30. I wondered what was going on and hoped it wasn't the boar coming back ! But when I opened the coop I found that Laure, who was for once roosting right next to him, had laid an egg during the night. She probably woke him trying to get to the nest, as he was in between, and failed to make him move.

We had a lot of wind today and while the chickens don't like the wind, all the cherries and insects falling off definitely made it more fun.
It seems like Kara is also beginning to molt ; she is loosing primary feathers. But she goes in the nest every day and she hasn't laid for five weeks now, and her comb is still very red. My partner thinks she is doing internal laying. I need to weigh her again to see if she's putting on weight.

Gaston is really not happy that Merle and Piou-piou are hanging outside with Théo and whenever they go back in the chicken yard, he makes a big fuss out of it and a lot of wing shuffles and says "po po pawww" trying to convince them to stay . I think they prefer Gaston to Théo, but they like even more being out in the garden, no matter which rooster is where !

I have an anecdote about one of our other animals, and my partner...it's totally embarrassing but very funny.
He was in the shower yesterday when he called for help " Emmanuelle ! I have a serious problem!" That usually means he forgot his towel to dry outside, but when I went in the bathroom he was holding it, so obviously it was something else. "What serious problem ?" I ask. " Don't laugh, It's very serious ! A bee stung my weenie and I need help to take the stinger out."
"What TF ! Don't tell me you went to check the hives naked right out of the shower ?"
No, he did not. Apparently the bee was on the bathroom's window border tile, he left his towel on it while showering, and the bee got stuck in the towel !
The stinger was very easy to get out and he was lucky that it was on loose skin so it was not overly painful and all ended well, thankfully .

Nougat, like all the chickens now, has a really dirty face and comb because cherry juice makes dirt stick .

Kara loves the tall weeds and especially the seeds on top.

Merle.

Piou-piou eating bolted lettuces that grew spontaneously. She's the only one who loves them !

Nieva has scratched off so many feathers around her head due to I don't know what...we began using the pyrethrum powder again on her even though I don't see any louse, because I don't know what else to do for her.

Chipie is still broody and screaming at me continuously as soon as I lock her out of the coop. It's been 21 days now. It seems it won't be shorter trying to break her than when we let her sit on air last year.

My cats killed this green whip snake this evening . I saw them trying to catch something in front of the chicken yard before I left to water the veggie gardens. When I came back an hour later I found her dead.

 

[lightm]

But she goes in the nest every day and she hasn't laid for five weeks now, and her comb is still very red. My partner thinks she is doing internal laying.

Light has been doing this for two weeks and we are worried that she is internal laying too :-( My husband is very stressed out because he can't afford the thought of losing her.

Her last egg, which I cracked yesterday, has strong shell though. She doesn't really have a soft shell problem so I am hoping it is henapause?

 

[MaryJanet]

Well, I'm not actually interested that they will lay more. It's more that I see the eggs as a sign of health and when the eggs are smaller, with strange egg shells, and suddenly a chicken changes the laying rhythm I tend to think there is a health issue..and that if they lay beautiful big eggs they are faring well, which is what we all want !
I never tasted the seeds but I love the oil. It's slightly green, slightly bitter, and slightly nutty. But I do hope the chickens will like them !

I'm glad @lightm answered first because even if I have drank Pu er for a long time, I am an ignoramus about it. I have already seen some sold as loose leaf. I've tasted some very cheap to rather expensive ones, imported or brought back from China, and it always tasted different from classical black tea. It's reminiscent either of earth, like raw beetroot, or sometimes of malt like nutritional / brewer's yeast.
If you want a sample of mine let me know, I'd be glad to send it by mail. We could even do a french / british pu er sample swap .

All the more impressive! I see why you call her a magic chicken.
It's interesting that like Blanche she got so much closer to humans due to health issues.

It's not really molting, I suppose...but she's growing back feathers, that's all I want to know ! And I hope it could explain that she was unwell for a time.

Thank you ! My chickens are mostly backyard mixes or hybrids, so they are not pretty by chicken breed standards. But I do find them fascinating, like I think many chicken keepers who have time to spend watching their birds !
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Théo crowed in the middle of the night at 3.30. I wondered what was going on and hoped it wasn't the boar coming back ! But when I opened the coop I found that Laure, who was for once roosting right next to him, had laid an egg during the night. She probably woke him trying to get to the nest, as he was in between, and failed to make him move.

We had a lot of wind today and while the chickens don't like the wind, all the cherries and insects falling off definitely made it more fun.
It seems like Kara is also beginning to molt ; she is loosing primary feathers. But she goes in the nest every day and she hasn't laid for five weeks now, and her comb is still very red. My partner thinks she is doing internal laying. I need to weigh her again to see if she's putting on weight.

Gaston is really not happy that Merle and Piou-piou are hanging outside with Théo and whenever they go back in the chicken yard, he makes a big fuss out of it and a lot of wing shuffles and says "po po pawww" trying to convince them to stay . I think they prefer Gaston to Théo, but they like even more being out in the garden, no matter which rooster is where !

I have an anecdote about one of our other animals, and my partner...it's totally embarrassing but very funny.
He was in the shower yesterday when he called for help " Emmanuelle ! I have a serious problem!" That usually means he forgot his towel to dry outside, but when I went in the bathroom he was holding it, so obviously it was something else. "What serious problem ?" I ask. " Don't laugh, It's very serious ! A bee stung my weenie and I need help to take the stinger out."
"What TF ! Don't tell me you went to check the hives naked right out of the shower ?"
No, he did not. Apparently the bee was on the bathroom's window border tile, he left his towel on it while showering, and the bee got stuck in the towel !
The stinger was very easy to get out and he was lucky that it was on loose skin so it was not overly painful and all ended well, thankfully .

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Nougat, like all the chickens now, has a really dirty face and comb because cherry juice makes dirt stick .
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Kara loves the tall weeds and especially the seeds on top.
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Merle.
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Piou-piou eating bolted lettuces that grew spontaneously. She's the only one who loves them !
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Nieva has scratched off so many feathers around her head due to I don't know what...we began using the pyrethrum powder again on her even though I don't see any louse, because I don't know what else to do for her.
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Chipie is still broody and screaming at me continuously as soon as I lock her out of the coop. It's been 21 days now. It seems it won't be shorter trying to break her than when we let her sit on air last year.
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My cats killed this green whip snake this evening . I saw them trying to catch something in front of the chicken yard before I left to water the veggie gardens. When I came back an hour later I found her dead.
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Omg, the bee sting story!!

Not that I'm lacking empathy. I understand it would have been very scary and painful. But it's so funny!

 

[Molpet]

Well, I'm not actually interested that they will lay more. It's more that I see the eggs as a sign of health and when the eggs are smaller, with strange egg shells, and suddenly a chicken changes the laying rhythm I tend to think there is a health issue..and that if they lay beautiful big eggs they are faring well, which is what we all want !
I never tasted the seeds but I love the oil. It's slightly green, slightly bitter, and slightly nutty. But I do hope the chickens will like them !

I'm glad @lightm answered first because even if I have drank Pu er for a long time, I am an ignoramus about it. I have already seen some sold as loose leaf. I've tasted some very cheap to rather expensive ones, imported or brought back from China, and it always tasted different from classical black tea. It's reminiscent either of earth, like raw beetroot, or sometimes of malt like nutritional / brewer's yeast.
If you want a sample of mine let me know, I'd be glad to send it by mail. We could even do a french / british pu er sample swap .

All the more impressive! I see why you call her a magic chicken.
It's interesting that like Blanche she got so much closer to humans due to health issues.

It's not really molting, I suppose...but she's growing back feathers, that's all I want to know ! And I hope it could explain that she was unwell for a time.

Thank you ! My chickens are mostly backyard mixes or hybrids, so they are not pretty by chicken breed standards. But I do find them fascinating, like I think many chicken keepers who have time to spend watching their birds !
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Théo crowed in the middle of the night at 3.30. I wondered what was going on and hoped it wasn't the boar coming back ! But when I opened the coop I found that Laure, who was for once roosting right next to him, had laid an egg during the night. She probably woke him trying to get to the nest, as he was in between, and failed to make him move.

We had a lot of wind today and while the chickens don't like the wind, all the cherries and insects falling off definitely made it more fun.
It seems like Kara is also beginning to molt ; she is loosing primary feathers. But she goes in the nest every day and she hasn't laid for five weeks now, and her comb is still very red. My partner thinks she is doing internal laying. I need to weigh her again to see if she's putting on weight.

Gaston is really not happy that Merle and Piou-piou are hanging outside with Théo and whenever they go back in the chicken yard, he makes a big fuss out of it and a lot of wing shuffles and says "po po pawww" trying to convince them to stay . I think they prefer Gaston to Théo, but they like even more being out in the garden, no matter which rooster is where !

I have an anecdote about one of our other animals, and my partner...it's totally embarrassing but very funny.
He was in the shower yesterday when he called for help " Emmanuelle ! I have a serious problem!" That usually means he forgot his towel to dry outside, but when I went in the bathroom he was holding it, so obviously it was something else. "What serious problem ?" I ask. " Don't laugh, It's very serious ! A bee stung my weenie and I need help to take the stinger out."
"What TF ! Don't tell me you went to check the hives naked right out of the shower ?"
No, he did not. Apparently the bee was on the bathroom's window border tile, he left his towel on it while showering, and the bee got stuck in the towel !
The stinger was very easy to get out and he was lucky that it was on loose skin so it was not overly painful and all ended well, thankfully .

View attachment 3860165
Nougat, like all the chickens now, has a really dirty face and comb because cherry juice makes dirt stick .
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Kara loves the tall weeds and especially the seeds on top.
View attachment 3860169
Merle.
View attachment 3860170View attachment 3860171
Piou-piou eating bolted lettuces that grew spontaneously. She's the only one who loves them !
View attachment 3860172
Nieva has scratched off so many feathers around her head due to I don't know what...we began using the pyrethrum powder again on her even though I don't see any louse, because I don't know what else to do for her.
View attachment 3860173View attachment 3860174View attachment 3860175
Chipie is still broody and screaming at me continuously as soon as I lock her out of the coop. It's been 21 days now. It seems it won't be shorter trying to break her than when we let her sit on air last year.
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My cats killed this green whip snake this evening . I saw them trying to catch something in front of the chicken yard before I left to water the veggie gardens. When I came back an hour later I found her dead.
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[Perris]

@Perris
Even found 2 UK addresses to buy Pu-erh tea cake :
https://www.theteamakers.eu/products/raw-pu-erh-cake

https://www.eteaket.co.uk/product/chinese-puerh-beeng-cha-357g-tea-cake/

thanks for those. There are a few more Asian shops in the exotics streets here I can try before resorting to online, but if I draw a blank, I now know where to go for it!

I am very poor at the flavour description game, but I wouldn't describe what I've got as 'sour' or 'astringent', which comes up often in the reviews for pu-er. It has no hint of bitter. I can't normally cope with black tea as is, and need to add milk, but this one is delicious on its own. Its preparation instructions are the same as in your first link, and it looks like the leaves when broken off the cake there. It creates a darker infusion though.

You may very well have gotten Pu-Er.

That's encouraging! Thanks lightm. In any case, I do like what I've got and have acquired a taste for it immediately and without any puckering or grimacing required

If you want a sample of mine let me know, I'd be glad to send it by mail. We could even do a french / british pu er sample swap .

that's a very kind offer, but given the state of our post office at the moment, it would definitely be more aged/fermented by the time it arrived, if it arrived, so let's shelve that at least till the Czech billionaire now apparently buying it takes over

I wonder what difference that will make to the ex-venerable institution, founded in 1635, which has been a basket case since becoming a plc in 2001. The incompetence of the people then in charge was early flagged up by their decision to call it 'Consignia', and Mr Bates' story covers the last few decades. Anyway, I expect any tea sent by it would be more vintage and smelly by the time it arrived, so not really a true trial

 

[ManueB]

Light has been doing this for two weeks and we are worried that she is internal laying too :-( My husband is very stressed out because he can't afford the thought of losing her.

Her last egg, which I cracked yesterday, has strong shell though. She doesn't really have a soft shell problem so I am hoping it is henapause?

Oh, I do hope she is all right
Three of my ex-batt's had stopped laying many months before they died ; in Blanche's case, I think she lived a whole year without laying. I don't actually know if it's possible that they stop laying just because of "henopause", meaning they don't have eggs anymore, at three and a half.
I would just monitor how Light is acting. If she acts healthy, if she eats and poops normally, I would not start worrying now.

I have read that if a hen does internal laying for a while, her weight will go up as those eggs will weigh more than the initial ova. I'm not sure how reliable that is, but it's why I wanted to weigh Kara.

Any chance Light is beginning an early molt ?

I hate to say it, but I think one must expect most of those high production layers will die between three and a half, and five. I have seen on social media a few live older, at rescues who pay for extensive vet care and have them stop laying as soon as they take them in.

thanks for those. There are a few more Asian shops in the exotics streets here I can try before resorting to online, but if I draw a blank, I now know where to go for it!

I am very poor at the flavour description game, but I wouldn't describe what I've got as 'sour' or 'astringent', which comes up often in the reviews for pu-er. It has no hint of bitter. I can't normally cope with black tea as is, and need to add milk, but this one is delicious on its own. Its preparation instructions are the same as in your first link, and it looks like the leaves when broken off the cake there. It creates a darker infusion though.

That's encouraging! Thanks lightm. In any case, I do like what I've got and have acquired a taste for it immediately and without any puckering or grimacing required

that's a very kind offer, but given the state of our post office at the moment, it would definitely be more aged/fermented by the time it arrived, if it arrived, so let's shelve that at least till the Czech billionaire now apparently buying it takes over

I wonder what difference that will make to the ex-venerable institution, founded in 1635, which has been a basket case since becoming a plc in 2001. The incompetence of the people then in charge was early flagged up by their decision to call it 'Consignia', and Mr Bates' story covers the last few decades. Anyway, I expect any tea sent by it would be more vintage and smelly by the time it arrived, so not really a true trial

What a shame !
The post delivery is actually one of the service for which we had a great improvement leaving the city. Here the mailman has our phone number and calls us anytime there is a package or a letter that requires signing. If we're not there, he offers to either hide it in a place we agreed on or bring it back when we'll be home. He carries us heavy packages (like the 20 kg cat kibbles) right up to our door even though he has to walk the last 200m. It's day and night compared to when we were in Nice, and it's very pleasant. Here the post has actually even taken over the private delivery services like USPS and DPD because they weren't able to do daily deliveries, and many of their drivers for a day refused to go up to remote places like ours.
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My partner somehow caught COVID and kindly shared. It's just a small cold for me but he had 24 hours with a lot of fever. The weather has been much cooler, but we still have wind and no rain so it's beginning to be rather dry. The garden is growing too slowly with not enough heat, so I don't think we'll have tomatoes at the end of June like last year ! We are now swarmed in strawberries, quite unexpectedly as the patch took the hail and looks very rough.
I'm happy that both grapevines I planted in the chicken's place survived the frost in the end. The one growing on the chicken run's mesh is doing rather nicely though it started from the ground again after the frost, and I will need to make it something to cling on to the run's roof.

Chipie is still decidedly broody and Merle is in the process of joining her. I find it hard to stay awake until it gets dark toward 10, and then get up to open them at 5.20. I could probably let them stay in the run for a while longer in the morning, but I'm afraid that Théo and Gaston would start fighting in a small enclosed space. Gaston hasn't forgiven Théo turning on him and he is far less tolerant than he used to be.

I'm beginning to worry about what to do if Chipie doesn't give up sitting at all. I think last year she stayed for 30, maybe 32 days ? She is in better overall health this year, but still she is very light.

One good news : the snake wasn't dead, it was just pretending to survive. It was gone in the evening . I hope she went away from my cat's reach !

 

[BDutch]

Its been a while since I heard from someone he had Covid. Hope you are both recovering well.

I can recommend an auto coop opener with a light sensor to make your life a bit easier.
It seems there are cheap ones for €40 euro who often start to malfunction after a while. The price of the reliable ones is around 120 euro or more. See test results of auto chicken doors: https://www.kippen.be/beste-automatische-kippenhok-deuren/
I have a chicken guard for quite a while now. It malfunctioned a few times but I could repair it every time.
The chickcozy was easy much easier to install but has less functionality.

 

[lightm]

Oh, I do hope she is all right
Three of my ex-batt's had stopped laying many months before they died ; in Blanche's case, I think she lived a whole year without laying. I don't actually know if it's possible that they stop laying just because of "henopause", meaning they don't have eggs anymore, at three and a half.
I would just monitor how Light is acting. If she acts healthy, if she eats and poops normally, I would not start worrying now.

I have read that if a hen does internal laying for a while, her weight will go up as those eggs will weigh more than the initial ova. I'm not sure how reliable that is, but it's why I wanted to weigh Kara.

Any chance Light is beginning an early molt ?

Thank you for all the comments. We weighed Light today and she was 2.8kg (6.17lbs), heavier than I thought. About a year ago when we took her to the vet, she was maybe 4 plus lbs. She did have a crop problem then so she must have been below average. We will see how her weight changes.

I remember when I got home 10 days ago, I did think Light got fat.

Unfortunately in addition to her "laying" without laying any egg, she is not as interested in food as usual... She is very active though and does her other chicken things normally. Hopefully it is just the heat?

Honey did the same thing today, acting like she was going to lay and did quite a show in the house... It was very cute.

 

[ManueB]

Its been a while since I heard from someone he had Covid. Hope you are both recovering well.

My partner is fine and went to work. There is no sick leave for COVID anymore if you're not actually unable to work. That's unfortunate in his case as he very likely caught it driving the bus, and it seems probable he gives it to some of his clients.

I can recommend an auto coop opener with a light sensor to make your life a bit easier.
It seems there are cheap ones for €40 euro who often start to malfunction after a while. The price of the reliable ones is around 120 euro or more. See test results of auto chicken doors: https://www.kippen.be/beste-automatische-kippenhok-deuren/
I have a chicken guard for quite a while now. It malfunctioned a few times but I could repair it every time.
The chickcozy was easy much easier to install but has less functionality.

Up to now I wasn't interested as I didn't mind getting up. The problem is that my chickens don't follow the light. They are up about half an hour before and go to bed two hours before the night. I would need an automatic door that I could set the time to. And we haven't conceived the run to include one so I'm not sure how we could fit in a frame now.

Thank you for all the comments. We weighed Light today and she was 2.8kg (6.17lbs), heavier than I thought. About a year ago when we took her to the vet, she was maybe 4 plus lbs. She did have a crop problem then so she must have been below average. We will see how her weight changes.

I remember when I got home 10 days ago, I did think Light got fat.

Unfortunately in addition to her "laying" without laying any egg, she is not as interested in food as usual... She is very active though and does her other chicken things normally. Hopefully it is just the heat?

Honey did the same thing today, acting like she was going to lay and did quite a show in the house... It was very cute.

The heat may very well have an impact on laying. The first time I saw the vet for Caramel, she said that the heat was hard for the bigger hens.
I guess the best you can do is monitor her closely.
And yes, chickens laying inside are rather cute ! The only one of ours that ever did this was Piou-piou, but she was clearly not confortable at all.

I know it doesn't make sense from a scientific view point but I am totally convinced some of my chickens are able to refrain from laying for a day or two if they don't find the suitable nest. But not for a week or more !
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It's my turn to feel crappy and the evening mandatory hour of watering is the only thing I will achieve- I am spending the day in the lounge chair on Byc and watching the chickens. Grateful that I don't have to go to work .
I now have two very cute and angry little broodies, Merle and Chipie. I put them to sleep together in the locked up crate so I don't have to wait until it's total dark to go to bed myself. They are both entranced and ignore each other. During the day however they form a coalition of loud "grr" and "pia pia piaaaa" tracking me whenever they see me for me to open the coop. I'm hoping my strategy to lock them out in the afternoon will work with Merle like it usually does, even if it failed on Chipie !

Nougat, who was doing great up to now, is having a bit of a down now. For once thing Gaston has ripped off a lot of feathers off her back, and she is acting terrified of him. Unfortunately she is his favourite with Lilly and both are almost bare back.
She is also beginning to have balance issues like she did last year when she molted. She wants to cross over to the other side of the roost, and she keeps falling off. Last year I put string where she roosted and it helped a lot, but now she roosts on the opposite. I'm hesitant to put string again because of potential mite issues. I haven't had any up to now, but I don't see why we wouldn't have them this year when we did the years before. The main roost is very round and large and I think she finds it slippery. She isn't able to put one foot in front of the other.
And she still hasn't found her voice back. No coughing, no sneezing, sometimes she makes respiratory sounds, but I don't think it is worse than it always has been. However while she was laying amazingly great eggs up to now it has changed for the last week and they have very weak shells and are strangely shaped like last year.
I'm dreading the moment we get real summer heat for her. And she is so stressed with us and mean to the other hens, that I think it will be difficult when she becomes unwell. She is the last senior hen with Chipie whom she hates more than anything!

We're not even baking strawberries pies anymore but just eating them with the local ewe yogurt sprinkled with whole cane sugar . Best thing I've eaten in a long time.

Mad at their humans.

Not really chickens but fluffy.

Fence fighting has begun again.

Some serious bathing.

Not a lot of sun these days so when it shows up all the chickens oooh and ahhhs.

Today's eggs. First day we can eat Lilly's eggs again after the month withdrawal, it's the darkest one. They are really hard to take a picture of, my phone camera doesn't show the dots and freckles and wrinkles.

Still eating those seeds that grew from leftover chicken grains ! I think I'm going to grow some deliberately because it's been a huge success.

Tiny broody union.

 

[BDutch]

I would need an automatic door that I could set the time to. And we haven't conceived the run to include one so I'm not sure how we could fit in a frame now.

I understand you are not eager to buy such auto-pop-door-opener. Not every door can be installed easily for sure. If you would buy a chicken guard you need to make a hole in a wall add a door with slides and quit a bit above the door you add the chickenguard with the cord.

But you can choose the lumen from the first light till bright daylight and set it on the time you want it to open or to close. Mix closing on less daylight in the evening and a time- timer in the morning.

I have not experience with other doors except the chickcozy who cant be adjusted in so many ways. Standard it opens at a certain brightness and closes at a certain brightness. If I close it during the day, it wil open around sunset and closes again when it gets dark.

I took the batteries out now, because I want Tintin to sleep in the tiny, by choice. He isnt alowed to sleep with the broodies and is harassed a lot by the other hens. He sleeps somewhere in run but manages to hide himself very wel. Last night we had a short thunderstorm, so he must have gotten wet. I really couldn't find.