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They seem slightly better today, thanks for asking! I'm using a cool air humidifier with Oxine solution to mist them for short periods throughout the day and it seems to be working-well, that plus them being in the house and us running the A/C to filter out the humidity. We don't usually do...

Sorry, I went to bed and didn't see your post. Actually, at about 11 p.m., after watching our taped "Closer" from Monday, saw I had an email from Ellie out in CA that asked if I was up, that she wanted to call, then another saying, guess not, she'd call me another time, so I called her...

Shadow is worse tonight. Thank goodness at least Sunny seems fine. She hasn't seemed half as affected by this brutal summer as the other three girls. So, Shadow is in a pet carrier for now so she can have a cool night like Reba and Nugget.

Six years may not seem old for breeder stock, but for hatchery production type hens, it's positively ancient. This stupid heat is affecting Nugget, too. She and Reba have been having terrible issues with it and both of them are having breathing problems today so I put Nuggs up in the cage with...

Thanks for the good thoughts for Shadow and Reba. Reba is going on six years old, one of two remaining from the original ten hens. She's a super friendly, bright and smart, a dedicated free ranger, just a wonderful hen. She's been a joy to have all these years.

I hope so, too. Noticed that one of her protectors, Reba, my old RIR girl, who is laying internally, has fluid in her lungs, so she won't be around much longer. I hate when I hear that deep gurgly sound from one and know that the fluid is affecting not only the abdomen but the lungs and heart...

I will never be one to have a chicken live in the house, but I have no problem with bringing one in for a few hours who is in distress in order to save her. Shadow was my only bantam till I hatched the D'Anvers this year. She always had her very own separate "Princess Roost" in every coop she...

Many know Shadow, my lavender banty Cochin, affectionately known as "The Princess". She was three years old this past April. Recently, she was moved into the D'anver coop where she has to contend with actual Shadow-sized roosters, a new thing for her. Before that, the only rooster she'd been...