Happy Harvest Blog

08/06/2019 08/06/2019

Well they're gone

I had a hive swarm yesterday (What is that roaring sound? Oh.) They went up in a big pine tree, and while they landed on a nice 3″ branch that could be sawed off, they were 40’+ up, and very much out of my reach this time. I quickly prepared a bait box (inviting new home, move-in ready), with that new hive smell (lemongrass, honey, and old comb). They ignored it. I prepared a second one, too, in another location.

House chicken 2018

Cheeks is in "intensive" box care in the house. At the end of October, she somehow got the end of one of her toes torn or bitten off, pretty cleanly. I was horrified but it can't be reattached, so what can you do? She's been spending her days in a chickery safe from harassment but still with the other hens in the GH. I figured she needed safe time to heal and the wound would close and she'd make a recovery. Appetite, check, using the foot, check, lots of time resting but normal behaviour.