What did you do with your flock today?

[PopoMyers]

The run re-vamp sounds great, we put up a solid roof about 2 years ago. Beats tarps hands down!

Mine will not eat layers pellets AT ALL, so pellets of any kind are a complete waste of money for me. Plus, I have the two roos to consider as their calcium intake has to be limited. Although the pair of them love helping themselves to eggshells!

Since your girls are all of laying age, you could maybe add a liquid supplement to their water or a powder supplement to their existing pellets?

Luckily, these girls eat pellets and crumble with no snobbery. Just no bananas or carrots, thank you. Eggshells get eaten stat.

 

[ChicksnMore]

Had to share pictures of some quail babies just hatched. These are wild gambel babies. The mom got scared off her nest and someone brought me the eggs. They were already developing, went 3 hours without momma care, and still hatched! Absolutely amazing! Guess our desert heat is good for something after all!

I put an oegb banty chick in with them to teach them how to eat etc, and they think it's momma

 

[MaeM]

Her eyes ♥

 

[PopoMyers]

Had to share pictures of some quail babies just hatched. These are wild gambel babies. The mom got scared off her nest and someone brought me the eggs. They were already developing, went 3 hours without momma care, and still hatched! Absolutely amazing! Guess our desert heat is good for something after all!View attachment 4153239
I put an oegb banty chick in with them to teach them how to eat etc, and they think it's momma View attachment 4153242

I bet they are big by now. So cool that they hatched.

 

[PopoMyers]

One of my leghorns was limping yesterday, so I managed to catch and inspect her foot. Bumblefoot, so I kept her in a rabbit cage last night, and did surgery this morning. She seems to be doing good with the bandage, but hopefully it won't come back. Seems there wasn't a big plug under the scab.

 

[Shetland lover]

One of my leghorns was limping yesterday, so I managed to catch and inspect her foot. Bumblefoot, so I kept her in a rabbit cage last night, and did surgery this morning. She seems to be doing good with the bandage, but hopefully it won't come back. Seems there wasn't a big plug under the scab.

Pru is very prone to bumblefoot and I'm constantly on the lookout for it as a result. I suspect it's because she is on the hefty side for a bantam cochin. With Pru, I try to avoid surgery unless the site is really inflamed or she's limping. If I catch it early enough, she usually responds well to foot soaks and/or antibiotics. I mainly take this approach due to Pru being a nightmare to bandage and won't keep still enough for surgery. Plus it terrifies her to the extent I can’t catch her for weeks afterwards, making aftercare impossible.
Surgery is still probably the best option for bad cases, especially if you can keep things clean with a well fitted bandage, like you were able to. I'm wishing her a full and speedy recovery

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Already packed "Blue Ice" in the waterer with cool well water. Run is shaded. With the heat and humidity it's the thing to do.

 

[Bsmac]

Spent 2 hours yesterday removing water from our run after a 2inch rainfall that happened in a few min.! Got every thing put back to normal this am after the big mess! Yay!

 

[Luv Ducks]

Spent 2 hours yesterday removing water from our run after a 2inch rainfall that happened in a few min.! Got every thing put back to normal this am after the big mess! Yay!

We got all of that rain here in Ohio too. We have had so much rain this summer that we are making up for last years drought. It surely does make a mess in our poultry pens.