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:hugs you gave her a wonderful life

that would include mine :rolleyes: I didn't realize we were so behind this year, but everywhere we go, even a few miles away, seems to be ahead of us here. I think we must have copped a lot of very local low cloud/sea mist/fog or something similar to account for it. It has certainly been very...

I'd do that. You know, she may get better. She may just be fighting off a bug or (non-reproductive tract) disease that is challenging her so hard that all her resources are dealing with it, leaving insufficient calories for reproduction. I speak from experience; ill birds here sometimes take...

These are important points you've made. I think chickens like periodic changes to their diet, and now I'm wondering if the change of season may correlate with it. To ring the changes is why I switch grain mixes and legume mixes every now and then (but I always ferment them and only have one sack...

Indeed; I think we're all prone to take our food for granted, until we try to grow some ourselves and realize what a lot of work and time it takes. And thanks for the clarification on the early blossom/late frosts. Gorgeous photos as always.

Good to read that the trip to Nice went well, and that all was fine while you were away. Except the late frost of course; I remember last year (or was it the year before?) there were desperate efforts to keep some vineyards in France above freezing overnight at a critical time. I don't know how...

great news about Blanche :)

good luck with the lice-dusting! sneaky! but isn't that sort of netting supposed to be electrified?

It may be strange there but I think it's a lovely scene; a couple of roos in close proximity, each doing their own thing, each with female company. If only it was like that all the time! :lol:

I can; I was thinking of the alternate ends of the spectrum, to open discussion of what might motivate the behaviour.

Do you think Melisse does this because she sees an opportunity to rise up the ranks, or is pestering Blanche to stay awake/alive like a well-wisher dealing with an invalid?

Don't beat yourself up about Theo ManueB; your intentions were good and the boys will scrap. I hope he gets over it quickly. While I was unloading the car the day before yesterday, I was surprised to see Chirk run past with Killay in pursuit. Evidently one or more of the roos had got in with...

I maybe wrong but that looks like an incomplete bloom laid down over the shell to me.

wow for the beauty of the snow, and for the slowness of the comms firm's repair schedule! Glad to hear that otherwise you're all OK lower down the slope, and it's not a white-out for you and the chickens. That must have been quite some snowstorm.

that's an adorable photo to illustrate the point :love It reminded me that a few weeks back Tintern (the equal youngest and lowest ranking male here) stood next to Quenell and shouted at her while she was laying in her regular spot (used throughout last year) in the SW corner of a raised bed...

:hugs she is at peace now. You gave her a wonderful life. :hugs

:hugs what you write about your relationship with the ex-batts is very touching. I hope Cannelle's passing is gentle.

I wouldn't if that's the only symptom they're showing. As it says on the page there, the consequence is often just reduced egg production or weight gain, and that's not a fatal flaw demanding culling for most of us backyard keepers is it? Note especially also they say " If adult stock are kept...

further to the last, here's the photo I was thinking of: figure 4 on here https://www.nadis.org.uk/disease-a-z/poultry/diseases-of-farmyard-poultry/part-1-mycoplasmosis/

that just looks like shell gland glitch to me. Not what I was thinking of as an indication of mycoplasma; I'll try to find a photo of what I associate it with. I imagine your neighbours are pretty experienced themselves, so you could try offering them with no compunction to take/buy, and leave...