The Almost Daily Egg Report

I guess this has become the Almost Weekly Egg Report this week. The temperatures and egg production have been slightly warmer and better the last ten days... but not by much. A couple days ago, I noticed that Big Henny Penny was not looking too good. She was listless, her top comb looked anemic, and worst of all she had diarrhea. I brought her into the warm garage to try to revive her a bit. Following the advice in "The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable" by Juliette de Bairacli Levy (a GREAT book), I had her fast with only water for the first 24 hours. I decided to add some Five Flower Essence (a biodynamic Rescue Remedy) to the water, and by evening she had perked up considerably.

Yesterday, we had Sullivan, our handyman woodworker, make a chicken hospital to upgrade Big Henny Penny's accommodations from a makeshift cardboard box to a wooden framed box with mesh netting all around. She has a nice bed of hay, and yesterday she ate some pressed garlic and herb tea. Today I gave her some mustard greens, and good herbs like comfrey, nettles and yarrow. I am also giving her some sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and more garlic. Hopefully , she will be able to return to the flock in a few days. The twelve-sided barn is beginning to grow. Tried to post some photos, but there seemed to be some technological problem with the server. Noah the geek, isn't here to fix that problem, so the photos will have to wait until the glitch is gone.