What did you do with your flock today?

[Shetland lover]

Sorry for not replying sooner. It only took one week for her to be healed, and I put her back in the run. She immediately flew over to the flock, which were grouped eating treats. She is doing well, and these white lehgorns like to dirt bathe, so are no longer white. New white feathers are growing in, but won't be white for long, with the dampness and rainy weather, although the sun is out today.
Did general worming treatment yesterday. I made a gruel of sorts and mixed the albendazole in with it. Too hard to catch any of them to dose individually. I have one black hen who is molting and seems a bit under the weather. Maybe the worming will help. It will be in the single digits (C) this weekend. How goes it with you?

So glad to hear your girl is all better! My lot are due a worming too but I tend to use ivermectin spot-on and then paraquatzel for gape and tapeworm a week after. Just find it easier to individually dose them. Haven't done it yet as they're still moulting and ivermectin has been implicated in poor feathering if applied duing moulting.
We're having a single digit cold snap too at the moment. Lots of snow yesterday, which didn't settle as it's rained for a week beforehand. Stan had his usual hatred of the white stuff and trapped the girls in the run. Posie, one of the new chicks from June, has decided to go broody in November. She has turned into a mini T Rex and is assaulting anything that comes within striking distance. She is currently trying to hatch a blueberry.

 

[MaeM]

So... this is Benjamin. I'm taking care of him until his rescuers find a new home for him. He was being neglected.

I just noticed his waddles are weird. Do you think he was born like this or something happened to him?

Btw, he's lovely. At times, I want to keep him, but I'm not sure I can get him a flock...

 

[Shetland lover]

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So... this is Benjamin. I'm taking care of him until his rescuers find a new home for him. He was being neglected.

I just noticed his waddles are weird. Do you think he was born like this or something happened to him?

Btw, he's lovely. At times, I want to keep him, but I'm not sure I can get him a flock...

He's so handsome! And will be an asset to anyone with that sweet nature
I'd suggest his wattles are like that through injury. My big Swedish Flower roo lost parts of his wattles through Gladys ripping chunks off through the weld mesh separating them. She was horrid to him when they were being introduced and he never once retaliated, just accepted whatever she did.

 

[Cloverfluff]

Well...more of a tomorrow thing, but I bought an acorn squash to replace the pumpkin I've had sitting out for them to munch on. Oh yeah, and some broccoli, kale, and ...something else sprouts. Thought they might like the greens with most of the grass dying back for winter.