I knew she was not eating and drinking so I found that little coffee measures filled with food and medicated water filled the need. I would feed her every 2-3 hours during the day. I could get her to stand a little while, but not for long. I tried to exercise and massage her legs gently. I named her Goldie. I made a sling for her to sit in and stretch her legs as well. The next day she would not stand at all. Had I exercised her too much? Was it the illness? I did not know, but I slacked off on the exercises.

I would take out three chicks from the box everyday for visitation and for them to get a change of scenery. Diva Della had more visitations than others because she was the only different one. After I had put the second Orpington back in the box, I would not know who had been out or in of the box.

Just one of the cute pics I have taken and posted on FB because it inspired comments to go with the picture such as , "Just LOOK at those nails!"; "YOU missed one!" "What ARE those?"

It's hard to take pictures and illustrate what you are doing. I gently held her up to where she stretched her toes out and then I would set her down in a standing position. For days i had to help her balance. She would wobble, flap her wings, sit down, curl her toes and try to balance herself on her haunches.

I knew she was not eating and drinking so I found that little coffee measures filled with food and medicated water filled the need. I would feed her every 2-3 hours during the day. I could get her to stand a little while, but not for long. I tried to exercise and massage her legs gently. I named her Goldie. I made a sling for her to sit in and stretch her legs as well. The next day she would not stand at all. Had I exercised her too much? Was it the illness? I did not know, but I slacked off on the exercises.

Then something special happened on April 4. I decided to get her a little piece of bread. The sight of the twist tie excited her so that I was afraid I would drop her, so I put her down. She grabbed the twist tie and RAN! She was playing the Keep Away from my Worm" game. She played with it and flicked it off the table. Thankfully, she didn't try to get it. She is not up to par with her sisters yet, but she is definitely progressing.

After she ate and exercised, she would rest on my chest. Then she started improving. She was standing longer. frequently standing with one foot on top of the other. I started having visitations with her sisters. She did fine so I left her there for them to inspire movement. She tried to walk to me taking only a couple of steps, but she kept stepping on her own feet. I practiced walking her. The next day she took 5-7 steps several times to reach me and try to get on me. She was much improved.

Since we only had one Delaware, it was easy to tell her from the others. She earned the name Diva Della. The others looked just alike so it took some time to pick out names for them and even then I am not sure who is who.

I knew she was not eating and drinking so I found that little coffee measures filled with food and medicated water filled the need. I would feed her every 2-3 hours during the day. I could get her to stand a little while, but not for long. I tried to exercise and massage her legs gently. I named her Goldie. I made a sling for her to sit in and stretch her legs as well. The next day she would not stand at all. Had I exercised her too much? Was it the illness? I did not know, but I slacked off on the exercises.

Cajunfilly
Apr 6, 2015

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