What did you do with your flock today?

[PopoMyers]

We give a vitamin E and half of a B Complex nightly. Tonight we got the little girl chicken playing possum again when I put my hand in to pick her up. I must get some video of what this little girl does now. She is getting better at her little show. She is a normal looking young 7month old pullet until caught in the kennel. She plays dead when held. I got her meds down by stroking the bottom of her neck and held her while ma changed out her bedding. Then ma took her and she still played dead with a limp body. Ma finally put her down so her feet could touch the bottom of the kennel. No response. She finally put her head and neck through some gyrations that are unbelievable and after we backed away stood up normally and went over to her food dish for a peck or two. She is a show girl if there ever was one. Not sure of her breed. She either is one of unknown crosses from a free range hen and rooster or came as a surprise from Murray McMurray. She is a class act regardless.

Was one of her parents a fainting goat? Too funny. Makes it easy to treat her, though.

 

[PopoMyers]

A couple days ago I had gone out to check food, clean the bedding, and let the girls out. The gate shut and latched behind me, which before a couple days ago would not have been a big deal. When I got ready to go back out, I absent-mindedly reached through the fence and around the post to unlock it, which I did not succeed at because my wrist touched the hot fence wire strung around the door frame. ZAP! Oh, great, so now how do I get out? No phone on me, no one is home.....
Luckily my hands are small enough to fit through the 2x4 fencing, and I have a 6' pole just on the other side of the fence, so I was able to flip the latch with it.
DH laughed when I told him. I said, " Yup, the fence works, and it kinda hurts." The wrist that touched it was the one I had had surgery on a few months ago. I think the shock did something with the metal inside. Hurts a bit, still, but not enough to affect usage.

 

[PopoMyers]

Was hanging out with the geese today and noticed little Clyde, a call duck boy, was walking a little funny. So I brought him in and let him have a warm bath to clean his feet and take a look. Turned out one of his nails had grown long enough to curl under his foot and poke him when he walked. Luckily no damage at all yet and a quick trim fixed him right up.

Boy o boy did he enjoy that warm water!
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Just love watching ducks enjoy the water.

 

[PopoMyers]

We have a coop with 8 pullets and 2 cockerels of Dark Cornish. Late this evening we watched and the 2 cockerels worked in tandem trying to get the pullets back in the coop. We had put a new set of nesting boxes in the coop and the pullets where highly skeptical why they were there. The last pullet took for water baths on the log pile before she gave in and joined her coop mates. One of the boys worked getting them in the door and the other stayed out on the outer edge of the circle of girls looking inside. I'm putting some real eggs in the new nest boxes in the morning. No use t put fake ones in as they destroy them once they figure out they are plastic. The broody hen stayed on her nest the whole time we overhauled the coop. I don't think any of her eggs are going to hatch. It's been to long I think now. Hope I'm wrong for her sake.

So nice to hear of good boys.

 

[PopoMyers]

The weather here is terrific, not quite making it up to the mid 80's at the highest temp today. Everything is green as can be and growing gangbusters. Including Seymore. I can barely make it through the run door after a major trim a few weeks back.View attachment 3702461Seymore seen here with feral hen

Broody feral won't quit being broody so I now just check for eggs and let her go. She will give up on the fake eggs eventually.... i hope. She has a heck of a bite, but mostly just lets me move her around. Silly girl.View attachment 3702463
I kind of blew it and forgot to pick up feed yesterday... so chickens are on rations till Monday noon. I made them pancakes out of the extra batter this morning, so they have escaped the danger of starvation for the moment. Whew!View attachment 3702465
And kitties passed their last exam and will be leaving me on the 20th of Dec.View attachment 3702472
This one is going to sting. But I won't hesitate to do it again ♡.

Did our maiden voyage on motorcycle to Koke'e last eve. My son's first ride up and me on new bike. Thinking Honey may be her new name.... anywho, happy to report all was flawless. It was a major accomplishment but more major will be my son riding his bike down the hill, and then back up. The downhill twisties can be a bit unnerving at first.

@kurby22 Bravo!!!!

Well, that's all I got on this perfect Aloha Sunday. Stay well all!

So much to be thankful for in your world. What beautiful flowers. Lovely weather, Honey and a great maiden voyage, beautiful, healthy chickens and kitties, good health reports, new forever homes for them, and even a feral who feels at home in your coop.
The only thing that would really bug me are having flies and mosquitos in the house.

 

[Shetland lover]

One of ours is curtain obsessed... she hasn't managed to pull them down at least, but I'll have to buy new curtains once shes gone.

Elliot has pulled three pairs of ours down, including the pole, the second time - good job I'm not too house proud

 

[Smokerbill]

I let my girls out to do some free range foraging for a little over an hour this evening, first time they've been out of the runs for quite a while. They definitely enjoyed being free of their confines and use their wings a little.

I walked down to the edge of the woods, and a couple walked behind me. The others didn't want to miss out so they flew down to join us. I've started wearing my hearing aids again lately, and realized that when several chickens are flapping their wings it can be pretty darned loud!

 

[Shetland lover]

My current fiend cat destroyed three, four, maybe five sets of mini blinds. I found wood venetian blinds at Habitat for Humanity and installed them. She's not destroyed them, yet!

I tried wooden blinds. They looked like they had woodworm and had been set upon by beavers by the end of the first week!
My little 'darling' flooded the dining room by chewing the fish tank air tubing overnight...

 

[Shetland lover]

We give a vitamin E and half of a B Complex nightly. Tonight we got the little girl chicken playing possum again when I put my hand in to pick her up. I must get some video of what this little girl does now. She is getting better at her little show. She is a normal looking young 7month old pullet until caught in the kennel. She plays dead when held. I got her meds down by stroking the bottom of her neck and held her while ma changed out her bedding. Then ma took her and she still played dead with a limp body. Ma finally put her down so her feet could touch the bottom of the kennel. No response. She finally put her head and neck through some gyrations that are unbelievable and after we backed away stood up normally and went over to her food dish for a peck or two. She is a show girl if there ever was one. Not sure of her breed. She either is one of unknown crosses from a free range hen and rooster or came as a surprise from Murray McMurray. She is a class act regardless.

My old Swedish Flower roo, Leo, used to play dead if you tried to put a crow collar on him. He was more dramatic than an Eastern Hognose in It's 'death throes', then would lie limp and absolutely motionless. Soon as it came off, he'd leap up and get about his business
Really wish I'd thought to record him doing it! Weird thing, he would never try to fight or run off whilst you were putting it on him, go figure

 

[Shetland lover]

Was hanging out with the geese today and noticed little Clyde, a call duck boy, was walking a little funny. So I brought him in and let him have a warm bath to clean his feet and take a look. Turned out one of his nails had grown long enough to curl under his foot and poke him when he walked. Luckily no damage at all yet and a quick trim fixed him right up.

Boy o boy did he enjoy that warm water!
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Good catch! He's certainly enjoying his impromptu bath ❤