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Seven of my hens are laying again, finally. Juliette is a holdout becasue she just got her feathers back, as is probably Cricket since she just got off a long broody spell. No Brahmas or Barred Rocks are producing, but they are from 8-9 years old now and no one should really expect them to lay anymore. It's the same every year, as I tried to tell newer chicken keepers when they were panicking over hens all quitting laying at once and they were blaming it on the same feed they'd been feeding the first two to three years of having their chickens. Not a shock to anyone who has done this for decades, though. Mine grind to a halt in September and generally start up again in late November to early December. They refused to believe me when I told them that, sometimes, they do all stop at once.
Bodie is still here, but I can't see him going back to the flock. He is weak, especially on the right side, comb flopped over. Poor boy. He's not ready to be euthanized because he still has enough feisty to resist being picked up. Nothing else going on at the moment, just seeing blue and green eggs in my cartons again, yay!
Bodie is still here, but I can't see him going back to the flock. He is weak, especially on the right side, comb flopped over. Poor boy. He's not ready to be euthanized because he still has enough feisty to resist being picked up. Nothing else going on at the moment, just seeing blue and green eggs in my cartons again, yay!