Ok back to the chickens. Seem to have busted the mite. Cleaning out the nest boxes every day - (i.e. not just poo picking) and dusting with DE. Also I think maybe helped by cold start to the week.
Just when I started to relax ... worms! Round worm I'd say! I won't go into details in case of the faint hearted. Mind you no-one who keeps chickens can possibly fall into that category. Lots more


Tomorrow I will clean down coop again and enclosure. Need to carry on with worming until Tuesday then will repeat again after 7 days to be sure. When I do the repeat may do the grape method - any advice please ??
The new shed arrived today. Flat pack too (but not so many pieces as coop). We couldn't put it up as we had a friend for lunch.


It was a lovely sunny day we even sat out under the pergola for drinks with Bluebell and Ginger noisily making their presence felt in the background. They'd eaten all their pellets and I gave them a touch more - of course what they really wanted was treats. More tough love.
Bluebell still has that bald patch on her breast but you can't see the baldness underneath unless you pick them up and turn them over. Maybe all chickens are like that underneath? - the skin feels warm compared to the feathered areas - good for egg hatching? Still trying to convince myself that it wasn't the mite (and thanks for your reassurance on that front Bob but still feeling a tad guilty).
Thanks for reading my diary. That's all for tonight. LC

