What did your Birds get for Christmas?

[HouseCat]

My chickens got:
a nice bag of scratch
6 heads of Managers Special Romaine Lettuce
their waterers filled with some warm Pine Needle Tea
their favorite Minced Garlic Yougurt

My Pigeons got:
a bowl of hot peas and corn

They also got a present to share.

Homemade Bath Salts


1-2 tbs per gallon. Mix into 1 cup of hot water and add that to your bath water. @ 1-2 tbs/gallon, The birds can take a drink or two without any ill effects. My grandmother puts 1tbs of borax in her bird baths to rid the wild birds of bugs in hopes that it will keep her chickens parasite free.

It leaves their feathers silky soft, is good for their skin, brightens white birds super white, and doubles as a flea/lice/mite dip.

My recipe consists of

2 cups Borax
1 cup Epsom Salt
1 tbs Baking Soda
1 tbs Sea Salt (that Himalayan Pink Salt looks pretty)
1 tbs Hydrated Lime (Powdered Limestone)

Optionally added for Aromatherapy

1 tsp powdered ginger/cinnamon/sage/rosemary/basil/oregano/juniper berries
or
1 tbs VetRX or essence of lavender/rose/vanilla/etc

Try it out, your birds will thank you for it.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

My chickens got meal worms from my grandmother. She knows me too well.

 

[HouseCat]

You know you're chicken crazy when your friends and family buy your chickens presents. That's too funny.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

 

[theoldchick]

Wow, mine got shelled hard boiled eggs.

 

[Little Peep]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha! well, Rita and all the chicken's got let out of the coop on chrismas for a gift!