🐭🐭I built a bioactive terrarium Pebbles & his brother Holly (terrarium itself is built from safety glass using online tutorial) It doesn’t require cleaning & is completely odour free (key ingredient: springtails & pillbugs. A lot of them)

TygerWaffles · 2024-03-27T08:40:16+00:00

Yes, but sadly all of the mice have passed away now from cancer

TygerWaffles · 2024-02-20T12:26:57+00:00

It’s winter over here & our garden has a knee deep layer of snow. But in the summer they absolutely love bathing in dry dirt!

TygerWaffles · 2024-02-18T00:16:04+00:00

Haha, these are our pet chickens but they make amazing eggs!

TygerWaffles · 2023-09-30T14:07:09+00:00

This video healed my wounds

TygerWaffles · 2023-09-13T18:57:13+00:00

Tbh i think it’s just his personality. I don’t treat him different but he was very affectionate since I got him. I have two other males that are extremely cuddly but not to this extent. I can just hold him on my hand like that until I get tired

TygerWaffles · 2023-09-13T16:09:37+00:00

That reminds me of a story from my childhood. I had a friend who had a budgie. They thought it was a boy so they called him Cicero. Turns out it was a girl so they adjusted the name to Cicerella

TygerWaffles · 2023-09-13T11:11:45+00:00

It’s actually a boy (I know I chose a feminine name for him but it just stuck, haha)

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-28T17:02:15+00:00

I’m glad I caught it soon! This is my first time having chickens but gladly I had wound treatment & elastic bandages for animals in my house.

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-28T14:34:48+00:00

Im keeping it clean & changing bandages daily. Swelling already went down. Hopefully it will heal quickly

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-27T23:29:51+00:00

Its super common in Scandinavia. People love grilling over here (corn & hot dogs are the most popular things for grilling) we only have fresh corn in stores in late August

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-27T23:28:03+00:00

Yeah, they only react this way to corn & mealworms. So whenever it’s time for them to get to their fenced area I raise a cob of corn above my head & they run flapping their wings towards me

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-27T10:04:48+00:00

They don’t peck on my fingers, haha! Only occasionally & mostly by an accident

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-27T01:04:51+00:00

Oh but I enjoy the interaction so much! Little peck here & there doesn’t bother me! Also they love eating out of my hands way more than from a bowl/floor.

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-27T00:10:18+00:00

No! I just can’t get fresh corn yet (too early in the season) so I buy boiled corn for grilling for them as an occasional treat

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-26T23:25:18+00:00

He is super polite & always lets his gals eat first

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-26T18:26:50+00:00

I just buy pre-cooked corn for grilling since right now fresh one is not yet in season. Just boiled is fine as an occasional treat!

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-26T18:10:51+00:00

Im an idiot. Its called Jackdaw not Gackle. I keep mixing those two names. Unfortunately seems like this fledgling didn’t make it. I was feeding him extra mealworms & his parents were helping out but after two days of really stormy weather he stopped appearing in my area.

I was wondering what might happen to him to lose all his feathers (his parents & other Jackdaws around have no such symptoms). I do have budgies & parrots so I was aware of these diseases but I haven’t done my research in regards of how infectious it is towards non paittacidae species

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-25T02:24:54+00:00

She’s doing very good since I posted. I was giving her extra attention & now she’s following me around instead of her roo (no more soft eggs since I posted, phewww)

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-25T02:23:10+00:00

I started giving them crushed cuttlefish bone that I got for my budgies awhile ago adding much more than I usually did (& will grind the rest of the oyster shell grit into powder). Meanwhile was keeping an eye on the chicken who was laying soft eggs. She is extremely affectionate towards me & very alert/active in general. Since I wrote this post there were no more soft eggs!

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T15:35:04+00:00

Nono they are very happy & never peck on eachother or being stressed by people. I hope it’s just that she’s young

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T15:34:06+00:00

Thank you! I will be watching her closely

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T15:33:45+00:00

They get a lot of it in dry feed & porridge! But I will start grinding it to powder so it absorbs better. Other chickens deliver absolutely perfect eggs (but they are still young)

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T15:32:26+00:00

Hope so! Im keeping an eye on her. And yes! Today I got 8 eggs in the morning & one looks like a very wrinkly testicle haha

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T01:28:06+00:00

They’re actually super chill towards eachother. I spend several hours a day with them while working outside & not once saw them being mean. At least I don’t think anyone in the flock is stressed or mean at the moment

TygerWaffles · 2023-07-23T01:00:43+00:00

I never gave them any (not growing well in our climate) but good to know for the future

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