What did you do with your flock today?

[Shetland lover]

Dang she’s pretty street for a fancy feathered gentlewoman!

Nothing gentle about Penelope! She's 2nd in command for a reason!

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm going out to sit in the sunshine with some treats (boiled eggs) and a cup of coffee. It's almost 60° outside now and some fresh air will do me good. Bonding time even more good. I also need to see if the Dark Cornish have taken a fancy to their second nest box. I hope so as it is to where I can get to it without going through a gauntlet.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I've turned the layers and the young hoodlum kids out to play in the sand and grass. I love the way they follow me around looking up to see if I might have a treat for them. I did go out with 5 or 6 boiled eggs this morning and Honey and Legs got some before they got surrounded with competition that moved in on their treats. I added a nest box for the Dark Cornish in another corner with some pine straw. Simple dark blue 5 gallon bucket with a few holes drilled in it for some ventilation when summer heat returns. Now the trick is to get them to use it. It took 2-3 months to get them to use the first one I put out for them. They do make me laugh when they toss out the fake egg and leave a nest full of real ones.

Mine do that with the fake eggs too! Does get them to explore a new nest at least and can keep them laying sometimes. But they do make it clear that they know the difference

 

[ChicksnMore]

What can I do for her? Labored breathing, cannot balance to sit up, cannot hold head up.

I had the chooks on the other side of the run, since the main coop was drying from mite treatment yesterday. Something got in last night and killed 5, injured this one. Just a small amount of blood on her neck, but no other outward injuries. I'm wondering if the predator dragged her by her neck. I thought she was dead but she was still breathing.

So frustrating. Makes me want to give up.

O I'm so sad for you and your girls! That's so hard to have happen.
I'm late to the conversation so I'm guessing you've already gotten lots of advice. How's your poor lady this morning?

 

[ChicksnMore]

@PopoMyers I just finished catching up on the thread and wanted to add that a dropper of whiskey added to the electrolytes and honey can help. Mild pain relief.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I heard from Ironwood sanctuary this morning and they finally have space for Mojo! I'm so happy for him . Of course, impatient me turned him loose in Spuds huge area just a few days ago. On the bright side, he trusts me enough that I think it'll be easy to crate him anyway. I'm so happy and relieved he's got a safe place to go. Hubby was starting to talk bacon...not that he'd ever go through with it.

Now just have to figure out the details of getting him there. But not today...hubby has plans for us today and tomorrow so it's family time for a bit.

Hope everyone and their birds has a wonderful weekend!

 

[kurby22]

I heard from Ironwood sanctuary this morning and they finally have space for Mojo! I'm so happy for him . Of course, impatient me turned him loose in Spuds huge area just a few days ago. On the bright side, he trusts me enough that I think it'll be easy to crate him anyway. I'm so happy and relieved he's got a safe place to go. Hubby was starting to talk bacon...not that he'd ever go through with it.

Now just have to figure out the details of getting him there. But not today...hubby has plans for us today and tomorrow so it's family time for a bit.

Hope everyone and their birds has a wonderful weekend!

Oh that’s great news for Mojo! But I’ll be sad that we don’t get pictures of him as he gets older! I get it though, pigs don’t stay cute and tiny and the infrastructure needed is a lot

 

[kurby22]

Nothing gentle about Penelope! She's 2nd in command for a reason!

The girls really are so sassy!!

 

[kurby22]

Took today off as a mental health day…and got some pictures of some of my lovely babies!

 

[TropicalBabies]

Took today off as a mental health day…and got some pictures of some of my lovely babies!

Wow, you really got some lookers there . Lucky you I am not your neighbor, I'm sure I'd drill holes in the fence just so I could spy on your chickens
How creepy would that be