long story, so bear with me.
a couple of weeks back dad got me two white crested black polands, and the same week i got a gold brahma and a transylvanian naked neck.
i have a main coop and 3 maternity / hospital coops.
with 3 broodies, i made the terrible stupid, know better, mistake of letting the new ones straight in themain coop.
BIG BIG mistake.
every night when i shut the girls up, i go in the coop with a torch, make sure everyones in bed and have a good nosey about for the dreaded red mite.
and last week i found it.
bright and early the next morning, coop was jet washed, smothered in jeyes, then red mite spray, and all the girlies had a good spray too.
all seemed well, egg production gone down, but nothing else. until this morning.
fraggle was sitting on 5 eggs, all due tomorrow. this morning eggies stone cold and fraggle looking right sory for herself.
another major mistake on my part. i didnt do the 3 broody coops.fraggle looked like she'd been eaten alive over night..
ever the optimist, big basket, lined with a towell and microwavable wheat pad and crossed everything. constant checking of thermometer and back and forth to microwave.
fraggle had a bath, big spray of mite spray, and wounds treated. and let her out for a bit of a wander.
then off to feed store, 2 eggies in each boob, not fun when one is still sore.
feed store doesnt stock poultry sheild or diatom :twisted:
so back home, eggies back into the basket, fraggle drenched again and left to dry in the sunshine.
order poultry sheild and diatom online, jopefully be here first thing.
out again with jet washer etc.
miracle happens, one eggy pipped, so basket was placed in a dark cupboard and being the cruel thing that i am, put fraggle in the cupboard too.
so at the minute, fraggle is looking so much better, has eaten and drunk. one eggy has hatched and second now pipped.
absolutely exhausted and feeling really really guilty