Well, Merry, the chicken I received on Christmas Day - is still alive, and seems to be doing better each day. She is starting to fuss a little bit when I pick her up - so, I'm assuming that's an improvement over total passivity. She is eating and drinking well. And the pecking has let up from...
So, for Christmas - I received "Merry". She is a beautiful buff orpington who had to watch the rest of her flock be decapitated by a weasel over the course of several days. How she survived was either resourcefulness - or pure luck. Her previous owner asked if I could bring her into my flock...