How is Katie doing today ?
There was talk last year of the EU passing a proposal completely banning veterinary antibiotics use, but it didn't happen.
If I understand correctly, legally for the EU chickens are classified in the food production type of animals, as opposite to company animals...
Both are strictly forbidden for laying chickens in France.
Edit to clarify : some antibiotics just don't have the authorisation for chickens but do for other animals, and some are explicitly forbidden.
Good thinking to check ! Hopefully not. It seems many times not all the chickens of a flock that is exposed to bacteria or parasite actually get an overload but only the ones whose immune system is a bit more fragile at that moment, or who are more sensitive..
Did the vet mention if there are...
It's really nice you can share this with your brother. Does he have the same attachment to the house that you do ?
I agree with him that gutters are very important. We certainly realised that when we screwed them up repairing the old house's roof 🙄.
That is a lot of eggs !
How many chicks would you like to keep so that they become adults, ideally?
I love the bantam Australorps and I would definitely get them if I lived in the place where they come from. But Australia is so big that I suppose it doesn't say much to say they are Australian...
Hope you feel a bit better after the rest day.
I love it. It feels like a mix of vintage and contemporary vibes. It must feel very satisfying to finally see your vision for the veranda come to existence.
Hope you both make it through to calmer times.
I'm sure the chickens comment about all that human drama and how stress can make us act strange and even sometimes impact our health 😉. But wait- MJ's chooks are actually far too polite to make such comments !
She seems to be tasting it like a very fine vintage !
Any clue how much she weighs ? She looks like a big hen, but maybe it's all fluff ?
I hope you enjoyed the wedding, and that it allowed a break from the work dark hole period.
I am way behind on the puzzles with my internet issue, but this allowed me to discover yesterday that since I have been logging in do them, the last puzzle I stopped in the middle off was saved exactly where I was and like it was, even with the timing, so I finished it yesterday. It was Mary 💚...
I would wait for a few days before deciding it doesn't work and making other changes. None of the hens actually used the new configuration - they were too surprised. And older hens need more time to adjust to changes, like people, I think 🤔.