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I had a bird that magically recovered too. She went from happy and healthy to shrunken comb and pale and breathing hard in like 2 days. I figured she was egg bound, but she wasn't. Gave her all the egg bound treatment, but she didn't lay an egg. After 4days I figured it wasn't egg bound, because...

Woke up this morning and gathered the troops (my kiddo) to pull this out of the yard. If y'all have it in your yard, it's silverleaf nightshade... And it's toxic. The flowers are typically purple, though they can be white, and the unripe berries are green with stripes. The ripe berries are...

Some of my hens have names. Most of my roosters have names. The hens that have names should probably all be named "miss priss", as I have spoiled them rotten... Today was actually 90⁰. It's the first time we've gotten there this year, so the birds got a frozen berry and kale mixture at about 5...

She seems to be good. I did check to see if I could find anything wrong, but she seems healthy. Comb is the right color, crop is doing it's thing, abdomen is appropriately squishy, no odd droppings or poo sticking to feathers. She's eating and drinking fine. She actually perked right up when I...

So... I think I have mentioned my hen, Badger before. She's typically one of my top hens in the pecking order, and when I let her brood, she teaches her chicks that I'm their rooster. This morning I found her huddled under a bush, hiding from a few of my other hens. I pulled her out, and looked...

Yeah, I will say it was disconcerting to move to a place where you can actually see for 10 miles, because there's not much in the way of trees or elevation changes. I love it here now, despite the semi-regular exfoliating wind.

Ya know... Ok, so I have a teenage roo, and I have now named him puppy. He wants cuddles. He wants to sit on me a get petted to sleep. I keep expecting the teenager to kick in, and him to not like cuddles anymore, but it hasn't happened yet. I wonder if it won't?

I think we all get a bit lost when part of our heart goes for a wander. I hope you find him soon! Wishing you good luck!

.... Heh. Haha. Hahahahaha. I live in the panhandle of Texas, this is my every couple of days. I remember thinking it was super windy, but now I'm used to it. ... I have started to only think it's windy if I get sandblasted and dust in my teeth. 🤣🤣

Cleaned out the brooder... And stopped to take pictures of ducklings. Set the concrete mixing bins I use for my chicken run duck ponds on pallets so that my big ducks will stop digging under the bins. Gave the chickens treats (today was fermented feed), and refreshed their dust bath tires with...

He'd say thank you, but he's too old and grumpy. He thinks adorations are the bare minimum... ... Because I have spoiled him. Lmao I don't have chicks atm, will these do?

This is as close as I have ever been to having all my ducks in a row. Turns out I'm not immune to chick days. Went to tsc for dog food. Got dog food and ducklings. (They happened to have Cayuga ducks, which I have wanted for a while). ...and while he's not part of the flock, my cat turned...

I once had a cat named Pirate that stole 20 dollars of my rent money... So he could hide under my roommate's bed and chew on it. The roommate was like "Pirate brought me 20 bucks!" ... Luckily the roommate gave it back, and it was only slightly covered in cat spit...

Everytime I open the garage, my roosters come running because I tend to toss them their food while I grind more of it.... ... I now toss them their food because I feel guilty otherwise. It's amazing how well I've been trained. Lol

Yes. We also have this... Which I found last year. I believe I am currently at "spring of Deception". Today there's a dust storm, and the hubs went to help some of the folks that got their farms burnt in the fires. Today the Wellie flock got checked for bumblefoot (or re-checked, I guess)...

Yeah, a lot of what I do is try to temper the menopause of north Texas for my flock. (My coop has insulation, heat lamps, and fans... Cause 50⁰ changes in temperature happen here... Kind of often) Their treats today will be broken up eggs (I have more than I can use) and sliced oranges so they...

Blondie wants to know why I let the nasty cold stuff get all over the ground. Tbf, that was yesterday. I live in the pandhandle to Texas, so yesterday it snowed, with a high of 45⁰ish. Today is supposed to be 77⁰ish... Hopefully the flock will forgive me for the snow. Lol. Though the ducks...

Literally yes. ...at least according to the science. Cats don't differentiate species, so she was trying to make sure you knew how to hunt. Because that fact that we (as humans) fill up the food bowl everyday doesn't compute in kitty brain to "we already know". Also means your kitty thought of...

Apparently the ducks were not amused by my lack of icebreaking this morning... Otoh, I spent a lot of today making sure that my birds would be ok tonight, as we once again dropped 20⁰ in a day... It's 5⁰ outside right now, and my coop is about 27⁰. I also have about 10 birds in my garage...

Today I sprayed down my broody hen with garlic vinegar water... Cause she has mites. Pretty sure its NFM. Turns out garlic water is a pretty decent vermin killer. ... Tbf, it's not comfy if you get it in an open wound either. I took the leftover garlic that was strained out of the vinegar...