Day 5

Got home late about 20 min till sunset and the hens were in or near the coop and reluctant to leave until I threw out some strawberry pieces.

The Ameracuna came out for a bit and went back into the coop's nesting box.  The breed is very broody and I wonder if she will start laying soon.

The other three came out and I was able to handle two of them once I got them trapped in a corner of the coop.  I wanted to inspect the Wyandotte that had the mucus and the Barred Rock who has progressively gotten more docile.

The Wyandotte from what I could tell just has a little saliva or mucus.  It seemed to be ok otherwise.  Eyes still clear, no runny nose, and I checked her over for mites and didn't see any.  Also been checking the poop in the coop for worms or anything that looked off and no issue.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get home at a more reasonable time and let them out of the coop a little longer.   I also normally work from home once a week which is a good opportunity to sit on the patio to keep half an eye on them while working.

The feed seems to go slowly but the 1 gallon waterer was down to about half.  I think a lot of it is evaporation in the 90+ degree heat.