I worm the girls in March and September so it’s that time of year again. First an update on the egg situation. We currently have no girls laying.
Maple stopped laying twelve days ago and started to moult. Popcorn has continued to lightly moult. This is quite unusual for first year girls. I wonder if they will both lay again when they finish moulting. Popcorn stopped laying a month ago.
Red stopped laying four days ago after laying five eggs since her previous break. The funny thing is she stopped laying last year on 10th September and this year on 12th September so very much at the same time.
I started worming yesterday. As always I mix the flubenvet into four little dishes of mash for seven consecutive days. It’s Popcorn and Maples’s first worming with us as we got them in April after I had already wormed the flock. They are happily joining in with the mash and by the end of the day the mash has all gone.
No worms found so far so hopefully they are worm free anyway but it’s always good to do this anyway.
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Sorry that you have no layers currently – hopefully, the newbies will start again; lots of feathers here and very few eggs although, by fluke, they often seem to improve when my granddaughter is looking after them – which she is next week. There was a lot of noise yesterday, but that did not equate to a lot of eggs: 4 in total, enough for our needs and a few spare; how long that will last is anyone’s guess!
Lots of feathers here too. Snow is having a second wave of dropping feathers as well as feathers from several other girls. I am back to buying eggs but am hopeful that the newbies will start again at some point. It’s good that you are still getting some eggs.
Hi, Carol
I commented this morning, but it seems not to have registered; can you check at your end whether it is anywhere, please – if not, I’ll respond again.
Sorry – just seen it now!
No problem. It was here my end this morning. Don’t know what happened there but not to worry.
They all look as though they enjoy it ,not like Ellie, I have such a job to get her to take Flea and worm tablets.
I am lucky that with chickens it is so easy and as you say they enjoy it.