Should be picking berries here next week. Set back because of our really late spring and now weeks of rain. Lots of strawberry syrup and fresh berries soaking in maple syrup (much better than sugar) for shortcake and sunday pancakes!!!
Just in for a cool down break. reallly hot and humid but no rain till late in the day so I'm able to get a few things done.
Have sick hen. No clue. Fine yesterday a.m. then in afternoon hubby says I think something's wrong with her. i look and she had just laid an egg by our steps then just stood there. Never done that before but I thought ok, probably the heat. Her butt was a bit messy anyway so I decided to cool her down and clean her up at the same time and she got a bottom wash in the rain barrel. Later still acting "slow" and not interested in treats. This morning same way. came out of the coop but just found a place in the shade. Barely picked at a treat of mealworms. She was wormed, as they all were, with Valbazen, twice, at the end of April and a Butt dusting for crawlies with second treatment last week when I cleaned the coop. Oh well, if she doesn't perk up by tomorrow i may have to try some antibiotics. Unfortunately we don't have a poultry vet within a hundred miles or more of us. Other girls are all fine so far so at least it doesn't appear contagious at this point.