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  1. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    @Mother of Chaos can I please check what size bag of hemp you buy and how many chickens you keep? No rush.
  2. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    That seems like good value to me. I haven't yet looked into the cost of hemp in South Australia, but it's on my list.
  3. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Living the good life.
  4. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I ran the suggestion of changing the nest box bedding past the vet who said, "It's her genetics - her ancestors were selectively bred for egg production and slaughter; not for reproductive health and longevity. Really, it's not your husbandry; don't you have that other old hen who's doing ok?"...
  5. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Thinking about it, there would be all sorts of nasties on straw. Mouse pee, fox poop, who knows what from out in the fields. No doubt wood shavings are cleaner. After all, timber has to be clean enough for people to handle.
  6. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I've always used straw but Mary's lesion is a symptom of uterine infection. Nest box hygiene is a casual factor in uterine infections so of course I'm looking into alternatives to straw.
  7. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    According to an AI, hemp is cleanest as it has some inherent anti microbial properties. I haven't looked into it any further yet, I'm too busy at work, but I will.
  8. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    @RoyalChick do you use hemp in your nest boxes?
  9. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Melissa struck a very elegant pose this evening.
  10. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    There's a chance - she may well make it through!
  11. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Mary stayed at the vet today and had some images taken. Her gut is blocked by gas, so she's on a different antibiotic for a week (noroclav) and it's a daily injection, which is not something I can do. So we're going to have early morning trips to the vet for a few days. If the noroclav doesn't...
  12. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Mary has her follow up appointment tomorrow morning. She's still coughing but nowhere near as much as she was. I suspect there's something going on internally as well. Her poops are too small. As the whole flock had the course of lincospectin in the water, they're now all on probiotics and I'm...
  13. MaryJanet

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Another little ball of fur. Apparently 2 pillows are not enough pillows.
  14. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I'm going back to my earlier comment that I don't think there's a reliable correlation between people and chickens.
  15. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I mentioned it because my uncle's been in the ICU recently with Legionaire's Disease. With respect to survival and recuperation, his age was a negative factor (70). He survived but as a shadow of his former self. No strength left. That said, are humans a good clinical model of chickens? I...
  16. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I suppose an older hen might have taken even longer.
  17. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    That's wonderful!! Any idea what her bacterial infection was?
  18. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    The lincospectin is helping all of them. Not sure if it'll be the full cure for Mary, but she's improving.
  19. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Wordle 1592 was a lucky one for me. I solved it in 2 when the average is 4.5. I had 2 correct letters and 3 completely wrong in guess 1, like this: correct wrong wrong wrong correct. Then a person on a YouTube video that was playing in the background said a word that fit, so I tried it and it...
  20. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    It's 5.23pm and I've just arrived home from work. Mary's crop is fuller than it's been for a while, so I assume she's been nibbling at pellets today. Peggy kindly dropped a poop for inspection and we agreed it was a good one for an old biddy who's done with eggs and who eats only to sustain...
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