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Great article, thank you! I found the distinction between fear based and familiarty based agression particulatly helpful. I have a 22 month old Brahma rooster who I raised from hatching. He was super chilled until four or five months ago, when he started to charge at my feet to peck. He...

I find that picking up poop regularly, maybe every second day, means I don't have to deep clean very often at all, so that's what I do. I weirdly enjoy it, it feels like a sweet act of care and love for the gang 🙂 I use hemp litter which I find great at absorbing liquids, neutralising smells...

Little update - the goats now live in a walnut grove and have a small hut for shelter 🙂. I hope the neighbour doesn't hate us for talking to him (I have not had a chat with him since then and worry a bit that he feels shamed or offended).

Thanks both of you! My partner and his aunt who knows him better and also lives in the village went to speak with him last night. He basically said the goats are used to it since they lived like that for years. But he also said he hurt his hand and can't build anything, and that nobody wants to...

I am definitely willing to help - I am even considering adopting them

Medium... village dynamics, he's famously grumpy. I am afraid he would take offense, but maybe if we are really skillful we can present it as help. He's right at the age where you'd need to start accepting help but maybe don't want to yet, if that makes sense. But - since he's done this for...

Hi goaty people, I would love your advice! I have never had goats so I don't know what's acceptable, but I think my neighbour is mistreating his animals. Basically, stakes them out using a central stake, in the middle of exposed fields, without any shelter from sun, baking heat (it gets up to...

Thanks for being so thorough @John Sutter123 ! One of my Faverolles has had diarrhea for a month now and I found your posts super informative and helpful. I hope everyone is well over at yours by now!

Hi, and sorry for the slow response I only saw this now for some reason. I'm so happy to hear that your Silkie recovered and has chicks! What a wonderful, life-affirming comeback 🙂♥️ Sadly, we didn't manage to save Susu. It was horrible, one of the most difficult chicken deaths we've had. In...

My moulting ones are snacking on mealworms and scrambled eggs :) They can really be a pitiful sight!!

Thank you! My girls free-range in a large area every day so have access to lots of grass and insects. I give them thyme, oregano, chili and garlic as extra support, and anyone who's looking off gets scrambled eggs, mealworms and fruit. And yes definitely, once they are visibly ill it's often...

Seems like it from the response I'm getting. I thought lash eggs were layered like an onion but I'm having to rethink. Have you seen an all white lash before? Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Yep, I agree and will definitely hold off unless things get worse 🧡 for now I'm just working to support their immune systems with some extra vitamins, herbs and garlic.

Thanks! We're well stocked on baytril should we need it

In the article you shared she speaks about viral salpingitis and says that's when there would be white/gelatinous lash eggs rather than the usual ones, so that's what I went on.

Great article, thanks. From this I would guess viral salpingitis 😞

Even if it's all white inside?

Pardon the dirty nail 😅 One of them, who I also suspect is responsible for the white thing because of where she slept last night, was looking off in the morning the day before yesterday. A bit lethargic, no appetite. We fed her whatever goodies she would eat and kept her separate for the day...

Checking the coop this morning I found something strange in the droppings. Next to a bunch of normal poop was a white one, 3 to 5 millimeters thick and about 4 cm long. It's white and has the look and consistency of cooked egg white. I cut it open and it looks homogeneous throughout, but...

Thank you, that means a lot to hear! ❤️ Funny we were just talking about acv in case she develops sour crop after the days on baytril. Sounds like if she does, we should at least not give her the vitamins and the acv at the same time? Or would you hold off altogether? I still don't think...