I try to get the hens in the run way before dark. Mainly to avoid 2 of my hens to roost in the pear tree.
Some scratch and a few mealworms does wonders to get them inside a bit earlier.
It lacks the political will to do anything about it. The pesticide company has an overwhelming lobby apparatus to convince politicians in EU to maintain the allowance of the use of toxins despite what doctors ask for , for our health. And beekeepers for their honey bees and …..
The farming...
Attract lots of Dutch farmers and flower growers who use an abundant lot of pesticides and other toxins to destroy the bugs on their crops and in the soil. We have only 25% of the original amount of insects in the Netherlands because of all the round up and other poisons.
Serious: You have my...
So sorry for the death chick and your loss.
How come you are not sure it is or isn’t Haris. ?
Cant you can put the Serama babies in a cardboard box with many holes for ventilation at night? That probably reduces the chance something goes wrong a second time.
I need to control the dB in the morning (before 8.30 and 9.30 in the weekends). Therefore I gave away all my cockerels until now.
This is the first time I try to keep a cockerel in a separate and dark cage with a his own automatic door. A little bit further away from the people who get annoyed...
The earliest crower I ever had was about 14 weeks old. I had 5 different bantams breeds / about 17 cockerels from hatchery eggs over the past 10 years. About ⅔ left before they started to crow. 2 stayed long enough to fertilise some eggs.
Unfortunately the ones I kept, all became too loud and...
My cockerel Tintin is almost 7 weeks now and tsjilps like a bird.
Tintin sunbathing with his mama, his ex-mama and a 3th hen who is very friendly towards Tintin too.
With your temps they probably can keep themselves warm if they cuddle together as a group.
Maybe its time to reduce the heat during daytime anyway.
Give my love to Haris and Tzatziki!
I saw most Eurovision performances, but seem to have mist an important one. Iceland. On youtube all live performances are posted individually. Easy to find with Eurovision+name of the country+2024.
The reason there are no chickens on stage is that its forbidden to have animals on stage. Just...
Ooh help. I just started to look on demand. I had an appointment snd completely forgot Eurovision. Thanks for the reminder.
Probably glad I can skip some performances. 🤭
So, you use new numbers after they hatched!
Haris was egg #3, but the 1sth serama chick that hatched and became #1.
Very confusing. 🤪🙃
Thought she must have changed her colouring a bit over time.
Did you take a new photo of Haris? 📸