He is well named for sure!
I'm glad he's still healing up, maybe he can come to terms with the ramp? We stapled this plastic mesh stuff to our ramp for good traction. Do you think he might be slipping on it? Maybe he just doesn't like the texture of it on his tootsies? 🤣
It looks like everyone's doing good! Hand hugs, that's adorable :love
We have one brand of feed that gets horrible grain mites, it started 2 years ago, and even through the enter this year they were crawling and massing up at the feed store. Oddly, it's just one brand, so I don't know if...
Oh no! I hope you can kill those things off and fast! The feed I had been using for 3 years started getting grain mites, so I've switched feed. But they would go everywhere, I keep my feed in the shop and they'd be on all the tools, every surface, uck it was nasty!
Oh my goodness! Poor Goober! I hope he will recover ok, very interesting about the possible genetic thing 🤔
Ooh, chicks! Exciting, but I understand the stress right now.
I hope things settle down a bit and you can enjoy your chickens again.
Prefect pairing! He looks quite proud again ☺️
I have a little spicey silkie hen I moved into the breeding flock because they have a big run and we haven't finished the run for the pen she is in, she wanted outside so bad. The rooster dance for her and she just ignores him, she too busy...
I'm not sure if they'd pack with cockerels, you could call and ask them. I've read on some hatchery websites that they'll do extras of whatever you already purchased, so if you bought all pullets the extra should be a pullet also. But it would be safer to call them.
The hatching eggs would be...