Falling Down Heights, my daily life

[Canadian Wind]

Can I do that?
My cat left a dead mouse in the garage. Do I just chuck it in the run?

Chickens are omnivorous and will gladly eat bits of meat as well as rodents and even snakes.

Make sure there's no way there's anything harmful on the mouse (you found it in the garage so ensure there's no oil or other contaminants) or that the mouse did not have access to pesticide treated plants and such.

I'm in the country and we don't spray anything so I know that rodents and such around here should be safe.

 

[HowIsItDone]

I'm in the country and we don't spray anything so I know that rodents and such around here should be safe.

I'm rural, in a farmland area, but it's mostly cow pasture and scrub buffer-land around me. We don't spray at our place either.

I gave it to them, the rooster got it, and now the girls are chasing him around, lol.

 

[Canadian Wind]

7+ hour power outage today. Never got an explanation as to what caused it, but 249 households were affected. Still, I didn't complain knowing what some people are going through still after Helene hit them.

First egg from the OEGB!!! It was in the Lemon Blue enclosure. Nothing yet from the Red Pyle.

Trying to save on feed costs. Let three of the scovie drakes out of the pen to free range during the day. Need to work on getting more of them out there. Not to sound cruel but these are the ones that will be culled in a couple of weeks so if a predator gets them it's not as big of a loss so far as my breeding plans go. It'd be a loss for my freezer though, and all the feed they've devoured.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Fourth Call is also male!!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Fourth Call is also male!!!

Welcome to the club

 

[Canadian Wind]

I'd been keeping my because of the weird colouring but saw The Curl this morning.

Here he is next to the obvious Pastel drake:

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh yeah, my one looked like that too before his chest finished growing

I'd been keeping my because of the weird colouring but saw The Curl this morning.

Here he is next to the obvious Pastel drake:

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[Canadian Wind]

So I can assume that the second one is younger (by a few weeks)?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

So I can assume that the second one is younger (by a few weeks)?

I would, but he could just be slower growing too like some chickens are

 

[Canadian Wind]

So, I was looking up the genetics for Paint (chicken), and tried to put into a generator what the offspring would look like if I paired him with a Black Sex Link (Rudy) and can't get either one to come up.

Any ideas? I am TERRIBLE at chicken genetics!

Here's a pic of the lovely boy.