Time to survey the wreckage !!!

[Timmy]

Hi all...the wind seems to have gone for now ( I think) and reading on the forum how other members fared it sounded like my own problems were small compared to others...I feel most humble being lucky enough to have survived without too much hardship.
I have still got all my girls and two cockerels in the lambing shed...Gawd knows what I would get if I hatched any eggs...these black rocks are amazing!! eggs a'plenty..whilst on the subject of thr black rocks ..which so many forum members have helped me with good advice...do they go broody ? or has that been bred out of them?...little surviving peahen has been given a name she is now 'Lady Penelope' the name given to her by the little girl who is my neighbour's grand daughter who has now taken it upon herself to look after it ...and sits for ages with it in our conservetory feeding her all the wrong kinds of stuff..liquorice allsorts?..this is going to be one tame little bird!!
Sorry to sound thick..but if you read this post Karminski could not help reading your note about 'Sourcrop' just what is that ?'
Spent the day helping neighbour re -plastic up his haylage ..a real casualty of the wind ...I hope everyone is getting back to normal I think my chickens think Christmas has been extended as they all live in palatial splendour at the moment..Its old muggins here that had cleaned and disenfected back in Novembrer ready for Spring lambs...now I have to do it all again...but the sight of those rescue hens ..scratching,fighting and squabbling over the grub...it really does make it all so worth while...just to have given them life as the rest of my hens know it...(tear falls onto lap top) really!

Take care all Timmy

 

[chrismahon]

Hi Timmy. Sour crop is when the contents of the crop go bad -rotten. It poisons the rest of the digestive system and it shuts down. Symptoms -sick bird, mushy crop, bad breath,fluid poo or none at all. Caused by eating rotten, or near rotten food. We make sure they eat the feeders clean once a week before refilling them so there is no old food in there. Don't give them food scraps and clear away any fruit or treats uneaten.

Our 4 Black Rocks never ever went broody. Just ran around scavenging constantly.

 

[foxy]

We lost our polytunnel Timmy and the duck run was flooded, the water has run off from the wood directly into their run...creating a new stream which looks like it is starting to dry up. Very happy ducks though!
I heard they had terrible times though up North. I know last winter was hard, but I would have cold frosty mornings anytime compared to all this rain, damp and cloudy days!

 

[Chuck]

We took quie a hammering in the S.E. but escaped any major damage. A goat willow tree hanging by a tread by my drive awaits a visit from the council team to cut it down. I have awarned them that it's a big big danger. Would be nice to get my wagon back in the drive though.
Black Rocks will occasionally go broody but they have been bred to minimise the trait.