- Oct 16, 2012
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ok so just quickly i got a bantam about 8 mths ago and when i first got her i noticed she didnt act like the other chickens, she was super docile and barely moved. She seemed to settle in but my Isa brown bullied her relentlessly to the point where she had no feather on her head and it was all scabby, i seperated them and after a mth or so re-introduced them and now while Lilo (isa) still pecks Holly(bantam) they seem to have worked out an understanding and holly's head feathers are almost grown back, but she has her own seperate hutch to sleep in at night away from my other 3 girls as i was worried they would corner her when i wasnt around and do some serious damage (my hutches are small as i have them in my back yard) while out all day in the yard they all seem to just avoid Holly. Now for the help needed i noticed Hollys eyes are all cloudy, when i first got her i thought there was something wrong with her eyesight so took her to the vet, he checked her over generally and said she was in good health but yes her eye sight was not great. Well i know she is def blind in her left eye as i slowly moved my finger towards it and she didnt notice at all, i tried on the right eye and it seems she has some sight in it but not a whole lot. My problem is this her eating, i dont want her to lose too much weight, as it is her crop always seems empty. At night i put her in her hutch with her pellets and water and show them to her and she seems to fill up then and go to bed, when she gets up i don the same thing. My yard ids a mix of concrete and grass but she stays on the concrete unless i put her on the grass, when i do put her on the grass she kind of pecks at the ground foraging but not for long. So basically i would like to know what can i feed her to keep her healthy? can she be happy this way? i dont want to send her to the bridge but i dont want her to be unhappy either, especially as it seems my chickens are always eating i would hate for her to be starving all day : (how would i know if she was depressed?? lol