15/11/2020
So in chicken news, as many of you know, our Buff Orpington girl, DT, has had...a very hard time staying feathered. Between being picked on AND it being molting season, she's looked pretty rough. Lucky for us, molting season brings new growth. We moved her to sleeping with the three younger hens and letting her out in the morning with the littlest ones. We've also switched the feed for the season to something called Feather Fixer. It has added nutrients to promote faster feather development during molting. And as you can see in the picture, Deets is doing great. She's still bottom of the pecking order (except with the little M&Ms.) but she's not being pecked and pulled at. I'm still saving up for a coop large enough to house them all, and I've had a family member help, but the total is pretty big so the ends not yet in reach. Until then, it's almost time to get some sort of heating for the coops. Last year we had less chikkum and could use a covered heated blanket. This year will probably see the installation of a few heating pads. Hope everyone else is doing well and don't forget, we're almost done with 2020! 🙏🙏🙏