The wilds here are constantly dropping bugs onto my chickens. It's too the point where I just try to keep them from getting too severe. There is just no way I can keep everything mite free with my setup and rhe wilds unfortunately
We lost our old gal to diabetes too a few years ago. Totally agree that what you did was absolutely the kindest thing you could do in this case.
Hopefully your broccoli does better than mine. chickens gobbled it right down
Snakes do that a lot. Some are able to regurgitate it quick enough, others can't. Part of why I stopped using fakes in places that they can get to easily
My phoenix are to the point where I have to introduce new blood if I want an assurance that I'll have a decent crop of young adults next year (hence my Moony eggs I bought, they're close enough for my goals). Mine are far more inbred than yours however. My initial quad from 6 or so years ago...