The weathervane just isn’t the same without Brutus, but life goes on and we welcomed a few new flock members to Blazing Trails Farm this week.
Freida (White Silkie) is never happier than when she is raising chicks. Freida with two Olive Egger chicks.
Egg production is still excellent even while the girlz molt, but soon the shorter days of autumn will affect it and supplemental lighting in the coops will continue to stimulate the hormones that trigger egg-laying just as the sun does.
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By popular demand, I have made my Spruce the Coop Herbal Fusion available for sale on Etsy and in my webstore. Instructions for making it can be found here.
My Partridge Plymouth Rock pullets just began egg-laying and while they aren’t molting this year, they did enjoy the Molt Muffins that I made for the flockers who are molting, like Rachel, below (Bantam Cochin Frizzle).
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The weathervane just isn’t the same without Brutus, but life goes on and we welcomed a few new flock members to Blazing Trails Farm this week.
Freida (White Silkie) is never happier than when she is raising chicks. Freida with two Olive Egger chicks.
Egg production is still excellent even while the girlz molt, but soon the shorter days of autumn will affect it and supplemental lighting in the coops will continue to stimulate the hormones that trigger egg-laying just as the sun does.
By popular demand, I have made my Spruce the Coop Herbal Fusion available for sale on Etsy and in my webstore. Instructions for making it can be found here.
My Partridge Plymouth Rock pullets just began egg-laying and while they aren’t molting this year, they did enjoy the Molt Muffins that I made for the flockers who are molting, like Rachel, below (Bantam Cochin Frizzle).
Thank you Ruby!
Birds that are not already laying should not be exposed to supplemental light in the coop, Shannon. Premature egg-laying is detrimental to their health. This will help with your other question when they are ready: https://the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/supplemental-light-in-coop-why-how.html
Thanks for following, Brooke!
That's really sweet, thanks Deby!
Thanks Kim!