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My experience with veterinary medicine is that you absolutely need to be a people person. Owners don’t just drop their animals off and say take my money in exchange for vet care: they expect to be involved in the care and given a say, as though you were in pediatrics taking care of their kids...

Oh dear, has anybody on this thread asked you for family photos? I should hope not. This is such a global forum, I believe we’re all cautious about what we post. Tax: The marans pullet who got rehomed.

Wattle Wednesday The Grayscale babies, who have a separate little run within the larger run, have been spending most of the daylight hours free to roam about. To stop the adults from downing unreasonable amounts of their chick feed, I have been going in and bringing the chick’s bowl of mash...

Oh no Cuckoo 😔, if tonight is the end, may it be peaceful and fast. I’m glad you’re with your family.

Lol sit still Wyandottee, we want a clear photo of you!

I vote giving her the marans, because then she’ll have more time to think she’s sitting on actively growing eggs :)

I’m wow! What a fun surprise! I look forward to the hatch-along

I have a nice collection of Twofers for you all: Whiskey and Quincy om nom noming their morning cereal. “What?” Whiskey tries to give me a hard stare, but Quincy’s is quite something to behold. Summoning the chicks from their mini coop because I was going to let them out to mingle with...

Maybe it’s warmer up there? They need to have contact with the plate for it to warm them up, but when they sleep underneath it their backs don’t really touch so they might get chilled. Either way, when I got the wee chick Ricky (or Pips), she opted to snuggle with the larger chicks rather than...

Oh I’m so sorry :( :hugs I wonder if, with her thin shelled eggs, whether her body went into overdrive drawing calcium from her bones for her eggs. I know you had her on calcium but who knows whether she was able to absorb it.

I’m living for these amazing stories

I saved a Stellars jay fledgling the other day from an unlikely duo: the neighbor’s cat, and some crows. This disembodied foot doesn’t look quite right to belong to that fledgling, but I know those hooligans are out there. Also, I looked around and couldn’t find any other evidence of the hunt...

Yup! Caroline and Moa both have big bodies, short beaks with attractive rounded heads, and feathered legs. Okay all, I found something ominous today on the lid out our kid’s sandbox. I just about freaked out and ran to check on my chicks before remembering that 1) my run was much too secure...

Absolutely! Do you know that I was on the “I will never add a white chicken to my flock” train, for just about ever? Just like all those folks who swear off of silkies, only to become doting silkie owners. I was even disappointed when Whiskey, of last year’s chicks, turned out mostly cream...

Well, here you have them, my new permanent residents, the Grayscales. Somebody came by yesterday to pick up the slow-feathering Marans who was just under nine weeks old, and was kind enough to also take Mina the cockerel as well. In order of their current pecking order, I present to you...

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I appreciate your words of caution for the meds. Cool donkeys! Do they get sold if the herd gets too big? Do the 100 acres support that many animals grazing? Good luck Piou-Piou :hugs

I’ve not raised BSF myself, but hear that while the larva eat nearly any compost, the adults are only able to drink sweet liquid (they don’t really eat otherwise). Usually things like flower nectar: do you have flowers blooming nearby? I would also bank on juicy apple slices in the bin like...

Well there you go! Rooster replacements at the ready! Pick one of them to go with the flock of girls who will be rooster-less once you get rid of Pastel.