Hi,
Salome is slowly driving me insane.
Her appetite is all out of whack - she now ignores her rats (and even mice when I've tried them) but will eat the occasional day old chick. Just not consistently and never more than one at a sitting.
All my girls seem to have developed a fondness for chicks in fact but the others are still eating rodents - though nowhere near as well as before winter it has to be said.
I have been trying to catch her ovulation but am now wondering if I've missed it or it has yet to come - I am still using a night time drop as I didn't start giveing them one till the beginning of january and am only now bringing everything back to normal.
This is the timeline and pics I have so far if it helps anyone tell me where I am in her cycle or if she just isn't going to go this year. ( I will ignore non-eaten food items for simplicity)
My male is called herman.
15/1/08 1 chick
19/1/08 sal x herman
20/1/08 sal x herman
On 25/1/08
26/1/08 sal shed
11/2/08 1chick
17/2/08 sal x herman
18/2/08 sal x herman
On 26/02/08
On 6/3/08
On 14/3/08
22/3/08 sal shed
23/3/08 1 chick
25/3/08 sal x herman
On 1/4/08
5/4/08 1 chick
On 5/4/08
And now on 7/4/08
As you can see she's a bit of a homewrecker.
She has always been a bit of a porker which doesn't help a noob like me spot any changes.
I will try herman back in with her tomorrow night - we're having a low pressure front so he is having a one night stand with the girl he doesn't seem that fond of. (it's working too)
So what do you folks think?
dr del
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