Seven days into recovery; Nice and cozy. : ) She was tired of the two-inch-tall roost I had given her in her crate, and she did NOT wish to sleep on the floor, so I let her be up where she felt high, but was very safe. : ) Pillows were to make the shot pretty, but for everyday use, there was a vinyl tablecloth to protect the bed with towels on top of it for her to be on.
- Sylver Queen
- May 26, 2015
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Seventeen days into recovery. Back in action! This was her first time having "evening wheat" with her ladies. She was allowed to roam freely with them from this day on, but didn't return to the hen house until almost exactly one month after "the day." That was the first time she was able to fly up on the roost by herself. After the whole recovery, she had more energy than I've ever seen from any of my chickens. Ran everywhere, sang for a long time over every egg, and was just generally vivacious. : )
- Sylver Queen
- May 26, 2015
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Four days into recovery. I trimmed her wing feathers to allow air flow to the injured flesh beneath them. That really helped, and thankfully (so thankfully!) she was most of the way through a late/early molt and nearly all the clipped wing and tail feathers had grown back in by the time she was ready to rejoin the other ladies on the roost at night. I clipped her tail feathers only because they kept brushing the side of her crate, and I didn't want that to irritate her oil gland-area wounds. Poor babe. : )
- Sylver Queen
- May 26, 2015
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