Well, the girls escaped this morning and I was rudely awakened on my day to sleep in so I could round them up. Seems my kids didn't do as good a job locking the run doors as it sounded when they helped me put the girls away last night. I just can't see how they'd get the latch opened if it were properly locked. If not, a good push would open the doors and I know they're capable of that.
No harm done it seems, they all seemed to be hanging out on the patio or on the grass where they normally are kept in the arc. They probably want food as they seem to devour everything I give them in seconds. Well, all their regular food that is. They've seemed to sour on the cabbage that I chopped up and have kept in the produce drawer in the fridge.
I keep expecting to see some mis-shappened eggs, but as yet nothing. I also wonder if I should be baking and grinding up egg shells to supplement calcium right before the whole laying thing starts?
No harm done it seems, they all seemed to be hanging out on the patio or on the grass where they normally are kept in the arc. They probably want food as they seem to devour everything I give them in seconds. Well, all their regular food that is. They've seemed to sour on the cabbage that I chopped up and have kept in the produce drawer in the fridge.
I keep expecting to see some mis-shappened eggs, but as yet nothing. I also wonder if I should be baking and grinding up egg shells to supplement calcium right before the whole laying thing starts?
In other random chicken news, I saw the neighbors of some friends of ours using a spray bottle on their chickens to get them to quiet down, so today I tried it out. It worked like a charm, as they quieted right down and simply shook their feathers to get that nasty water off them. One of them even clearly liked the taste of it when she moved and got hit in the face by it. It was humorous and worked well, so I think I've got a new way to keep them quiet...ish. I expect they'll be their breed-typical loud selves when they lay and I won't stop that unless I get complaints from the neighbors (sure hope not as they agreed to me having them).
Anyway, it's all chickens all the time around this blog of late since my fall garden isn't doing much and my spring garden's all bolted. I'm still hopeful about the countless flowers on all my tomato plants though. Maybe tomorrow I'll take some pics of the green tomatoes that are growing on a few plants.
Hope your garden is doing better than mine!
The very first egg of one of our chickens broke, but they were just small not misshappen. I wouldn't give them calcium until they start laying (and even then it should be in the laying ration food that you switch them over too.)
ReplyDeleteIf the eggs get thin you should definately supplement but again the food should have what they need and if they get to be in the ark a lot then they will probably find what they need.
I love what you have been doing with your garden and chooks! So inspiring to me to keep going and try to achieve what you have. I love to see pictures of your chooks.
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