Do I see that Fret and the chicks have no nest and sit on the bare floor? To avoid red mite?
Looks uncomfortable to me.
I would add something like a cardboard box bottom with a bit of sand/hay/shavings for them.
If you change it weekly mites get no chance to multiply in it.
This requires a...
What breeds do you have?
From reading too much chicken threads I start to believe the high production breeds start to decline in laying rapidly after 4 years, while the heritage breeds and barnyard mixes who don't lay very much in the first 3 years slowly decline and still give a nice amount of...
Last year I had a chick that struggled to hatch too. It was too far behind to get along with the rest because it was weak and wobbly after it hatched.
I took it inside, gave it water with good electrolytes (with honey, acv and a pinch of salt). Kept it warm with my body heat. In the evening I...
I find this commercial egg business disgusting too. 🤮 Same with commercial factory meat. 🥩 🍖 🐷 🐮 🐔.
Buying disposed hens that are bred to lay so much that it’s bad for their health is just not my cup of tea. But I do honour those who pay the price and give these poor creatures a good life...
A belated congrats with all the hatchlings! Nice to see there are different colours.
Fret did a great job!
🐥 🐥 🐥 🐥
And of course fantastic the last chick 🐣 found a new home with a good chance to survive.
You are absolutely right if you refer to me. I can sit with my chickens and do nothing but observe for up to 10 minutes. My mind wanders after a short while and I always see/think of other things I have to do or catch my attention.
I suppose my Ini mini purrs when she is very happy. She often does this when we have nice sunny weather and shortly after I open the coop/run to let the chickens free range. She always stops again after about 30 secs - a minute.
How beautiful 😍. Were they send to you or did you visite?
Are you sure it’s a member who does this and not a not-member who lives nearby. Good luck with catching the 🤬
^^ ditto.
Where I live we have road-stands too in the fruit season. I live near to an area where they have a lot of fruit trees, like cherrys.
But the road-stand near to where I live imports most fruit from Italy. They sell cherry’s long before they ripen here and the price is even higher than the...
In my town there are still 2 dedicated fruit/veggie shops. And 2 organic shops that sell unpacked veggies and fruits of the season. But these are so expensive, that I don’t buy there very often.
The supermarkets sell about half of fruits/veggies in plastic. Sometimes there is a choice for...
Thanks!
I got this screen. Telling me I need an account or have to make a new account. But then when I closed the screen ( x) , the Asseel short popped up.
Tintin and mothers tax:
It must have been a hard choice to make such decisions. You just can't make all chickens and yourself happy without making less pleasant decisions or selling/giving away chickens and not knowing what will become of them.
I often choose the last option for the surplus of cockerels I had...
I have clay ground too and had a muddy run too after lots of rain.
My solution: I dug several of deep holes in the run. With a special tool to add poles in the ground.
Added pebbles in the holes and the mud problem vanished like snow for the sun. It still works after 8 years.