LW - are you able to make a living with the farm or are you doing other things too?
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Quote:No offense takenI wish I could have caught her sooner, maybe the outcome would have been different. She was laying everyday until this happened.....
@jockeyeba You know, sometimes it's just their time and things go downhill quickly. I know you are one of those folks that takes care of your birds well. These things just happen sometimes.
It's like my Mrs. Black. The whole rest of the flock is healthy and well but Mrs. Black was not thriving and going downhill. When the others are healthy and one isn't thriving under the same husbandry, then the assumption is that there was an issue with the single bird that may have been a genetic weakness, weak immune system, etc.
So now, for me, since I had the issue w/Mrs. Black I'm looking at the rest of the flock and realizing this was a long winter without a lot of the health-giving items they get while ranging in warmer times and thinking of the things that may help re-build and help prevent anyone else having issues. I have a few nutritional things I think I'm going to be doing toward prevention - like adding a few more fresh items like kale, cilantro and other greens and some dried herbs that they'd usually get to have fresh access to in the summer - until summer comes. I also have slacked on the items that AFL mentioned like having some raw garlic available to them, etc.
I also know that egg peritonitis/internal laying, etc. can sometime be a calcium issue so part of what I'm going to do is get hold of some of the herbs that are high in calcium (like nettles) and see if they'll take them "free choice" in addition to what is in the feed and the free-feed calcium carbonate/oyster shell that they already have available. Looking for lots of items that have a highly bio-available calcium source. (Wish I had some of @RedRidge 's BSFL but, alas I don't.)
Anyhow...spring is coming! But until then...trying to make some adjustments for the toll from the long, hard winter.
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Great thanks. I never knew if there were heating coils or wiring that high on the bowl. Guess I need to see if I can take it apart and see how far it goes up.
WELCOME BACK LoinwizardHello Darlin, nice to see you. It's been a long time, you're just as lovely, as you used to be- ConwayYou have been missed. Looking forward to hearing what you have been up to
Mine are all disassembled and cleaned and put away for the year but I use "disc" type stock tank heaters in mine. Some folks call them bird bath heaters. I will post a link.Yep. Course I tend to drill holes in all kinds of things... even the stainless steel food bowls for the Maremma. Keeps them from wandering off with them if I don't pick them back up immediately. Lol
Great thanks. I never knew if there were heating coils or wiring that high on the bowl. Guess I need to see if I can take it apart and see how far it goes up.
I feed and water inside too.
@RedRidge
Could you show photos of your setup with all the tubes and fangdangled rigging?
I tried to plan a Herb once.... Got his boots covered up, watered him, and the sumb#$@ walked away!