No mass murder or die-off, just a communal dust-bath by the current crop of chicks. They're almost eight weeks old, and will be integrated with the main flock next week.
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No mass murder or die-off, just a communal dust-bath by the current crop of chicks. They're almost eight weeks old, and will be integrated with the main flock next week.
As mentioned in the previous post, our region is experiencing a near-Biblical plague of mice. "It's due to all the moisture we had...
I recognize the death throws of the group dust bath... hilarious!
ReplyDelete@natalie, the first time I saw one of those communal lay-ins I freaked, thinking maybe their food had gone bad or something! :-)
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