Apricot has a habit of, quite often, having a dust bath just before bedtime. She waits until I have given the girls the bedtime corn then digs herself a dust hole. I always think the dust she is flicking over herself must be rather cold at this time of day.
Apricot has a dust bath before bedtime
End of day dust bath
When she has finished she shakes herself off and joins the rest of the girls at the patio ready to make their way into the chicken shed for the night.
Yesterday was the first day back on tylan and by the afternoon Dandelion had managed to clear the crust from her eye. I wanted to see if she could clear it herself, without my help, and despite being there all morning it was gone by the afternoon. I assume that, like last time, she scratched it off.
Dandelion’s right eye is now clear
I hope that with the milder weather that is forecast this may be the end of this for now.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
Lets hope we do have some milder weather.
It is forecast to be much milder but wet all day today. It is snowing at the moment but it’s forecast to change to rain later.