Fret is barking mad when she's off the nest and broody with eggs. She tries to do everything at once, eat, drink, poop and dustbath. As a mum she's pretty chilled.
I remember seeing the first video but not the second.
Great videos I might add.:love
I've had the nest box wars but Ive been fortunate in not having that many broodies in the same place at once. I've had broodies spread about the tribes but they had their own nests.
I will be delighted to read you've found your own place where you and the chickens can have some space and security. I know what's it's like to find oneself homeless and largely dependant on friends and relatives.
Given we don't agree on much on any topic, I guess I must like you even though...
One doesn't always see blood in droppings with coccidiosis in my experience.
I always have amprolium at hand and it's often the first thing I give when no obvious symptoms say different. Next it's worming. Stress and diet come next.
It is my belief that if one was to run a chicken knowledge...
It's not something I have any experience of really Ribh. We did introduce new birds when I worked on the chicken farm but there it was 50 or so at a time and later once the place got established broody hens did it.
I found Bantams and full size an easy split. It gets more complicated when eggs that are half bantam and half full sized hatch and grow up within the group.