Bella
02-01-2007, 07:40 AM
As most of you will know, Cassy has agreed to take on my flock. Thank you Cassy!
I have a month to prepare them for their journey. They will be travelling in the back of a van for about 4 hours.
When we moved house they were in a van for about the same length of time (though the actual travel was only about half an hour and the rest was hanging around waiting for the legal stuff to be finalised) and they were absolutely fine.
However they will obviously be going into a totally new environment, with a totally new person, at the other end. So it is bound to be quite stressful for them.
I have obtained some bird tonic (what breeders would use if showing, or what you might use to improve their condition after moulting) and am giving them that every other day. In the intermediate days I am giving them vitamins in their water.
My theory is that the tonic and vitamins will help get them in tip top condition (not that they are in bad condition now, but all the girls laid eggs in Oct and that will have taken it out of them) so that the effects of the journey are lessened.
Any thoughts?
I have a month to prepare them for their journey. They will be travelling in the back of a van for about 4 hours.
When we moved house they were in a van for about the same length of time (though the actual travel was only about half an hour and the rest was hanging around waiting for the legal stuff to be finalised) and they were absolutely fine.
However they will obviously be going into a totally new environment, with a totally new person, at the other end. So it is bound to be quite stressful for them.
I have obtained some bird tonic (what breeders would use if showing, or what you might use to improve their condition after moulting) and am giving them that every other day. In the intermediate days I am giving them vitamins in their water.
My theory is that the tonic and vitamins will help get them in tip top condition (not that they are in bad condition now, but all the girls laid eggs in Oct and that will have taken it out of them) so that the effects of the journey are lessened.
Any thoughts?