He's doing good. We had been keeping him in the house for a week after his splint was put on, then taking him out every afternoon to be with the chickens, then back in the house at night. We decided to do that because we felt he wasn't mobile enough to be out there on his own. And we had to slowly re-introduce him to our other rooster.How is drumstick doing??
we wanted them to be able to choose how high and who they wanted to sleep next to.
My grandfather said when he dies he wants to come back as one of my chickens. Well, he always asks me whenever I talk about my chickens... "when are we having fried chicken?" So I said, "Oh yeah? Well you will probably be a naughty chicken so we will make sure to fry you up first!"Wow do you have some lucky chickens and I love that tree!
A week later and we have our first dozen!
We did get our light set up though so that should help with laying during the winter.
Yep that's how it works, get one egg and suddenly you are inundated. I've forgotten, how many hens do you have? Start saving egg cartons because this summer you'll have more eggs than you know what to do with.
When they are older I wont mind the slowdown at all. But since they were summer babies we are giving them some extra help as they were coming into lay in the fall and then the days got shorter lol. Their health is my priority and its why I have the light on for only a few hours so they can still stay sane and get their sleep. Ive read some dont ever turn their lights off and I dont care for that.My girls are getting older so I don't use a light anymore.
It makes me sad to see her get old, always has been one of my favorites. She's the first one to come running to me when I go out to put them back in the coop. She's also the first one to try new things and gets excited for treats when I bring them out. When she sees me with their treat pan she comes running and starts dancing at my feet till I put the pan down.
We eagerly awaited to see if it was a double yolker.
Who knew this would be so fun!?