What did you do with your flock today?

[TeresaW]

I candled 20 or so eggs, very disappointed

 

[Nomadicus]

We made the usual run of the coops and gather a few more eggs than normal. Pullets are getting older and laying more and larger eggs finally. Another 6-8 weeks we should be getting our first blue eggs from the CCLB's. 2 roos and 8 pullets running together so we should be able to expand that flock a little. They are very skidish but are getting the hang of taking bread from Ma's hand finally. The 5 Sapphire Gems are the most docile and are around 8 weeks now so another 4 months give or take some before we see those big brown eggs from them.

 

[kurby22]

We are battling mites and end of summer ailments right now Spent a lot of time deep cleaning coops and dousing them in mite killers…dousing all the birds…checking them for other issues.

Ariana Sushi appears to be battling cancer and I’m certain we will lose him soon :-( His foot has a giant tumor on it that has tons of necrotic tissue I had to clean and disinfect, and he’s now inside in chicken ICU. We also have had several birds show signs of canker, so I am treating them for that as well. I always hate the end of summer as it seems all the stressors from the miserable summer heat come to a head. I know that I will end up with a hardier flock when I lose the ones that are sensitive to stress but it hurts my heart just the same. :-(