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[Shadrach]

Somebody loves her mommy! Today was Maranantha's 3rd day out in the sunshine and fresh air. She's still recuperating from an unknown whatever..Thursday I found her near dead (she was danged cold) and ants having a field day on her. She's still a bit wobbly on the legs, and outright falls over when trying to preen her back feathers when turning to the right.. But hey! She's alive..
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Don't you have any idea what was wrong with her?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Somebody loves her mommy! Today was Maranantha's 3rd day out in the sunshine and fresh air. She's still recuperating from an unknown whatever..Thursday I found her near dead (she was danged cold) and ants having a field day on her. She's still a bit wobbly on the legs, and outright falls over when trying to preen her back feathers when turning to the right.. But hey! She's alive..
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Good job. Seems like a lot of people are having issues like that.

 

[CapricornFarm]

How about "stand up, bend over and touch my fingertips to my ankles??"
Of course I'm 6' 2" so the ground is a lot farther away


OK, not designer (that is why it was in quotes). How about "foofy"? I'm not into foofy chickens, nor ones that need a scarf.

Foofy is ok, but I prefer to look at him as special needs. Frizzle chickens need to be kept warm since the feathers to not lay flat and trap air as normal feathers do.

 

[CapricornFarm]

He's a very unusual looking chicken.

That's what I like about him.

 

[Shadrach]

That's what I like about him.

Will you find him a hen of the same mix?

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I have one bathtub, and it had a spray hose hooked to shower head pipe,
because dog baths is all it's good for. All dogs gone now so holding water for power outages is all it's good for Tho the hot tub was better for that, warm 'birdy baths' during power outages.

Bathtub = storage tank. That works!

I don't have a bathtub here either. The shower is okayish but not very powerfull and getting the temperature just right can be difficult. It's a mixer system run on propane. I did until recently have an overground pipe on the roof but there wasn't enough pipe to ensure there was enough heated water for a proper shower. It was okay for the sink.

The overground pipe, did it freeze in the winter?

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Really pretty. Repotting should help keep them around a good while.

Thanks, Pert. That's my hope. Only two reasons they won't: Me and...me. Forgetting to bring them in when the temp drops and forgetting that blasted watering thing.

 

[Shadrach]

The overground pipe, did it freeze in the winter?

It did.I got caught out and didn't change to the buried pipe supply. It's one of the reasons I don't have it anymore.

 

[pertnear09]

Thanks, Pert. That's my hope. Only two reasons they won't: Me and...me. Forgetting to bring them in when the temp drops and forgetting that blasted watering thing.

yea that could put a damper on things.

 

[CSolis]

Don't you have any idea what was wrong with her?

Other than severely bruised legs and hocks, and ants eating her up, not a clue. Could have fallen off the roost during the night and was so paralyzed from the fall she couldn't move. Why she fell is another unanswered question.. Could be someone was pecking at her and she ran out of perch space. Week before last I had to doctor her right eye as it was swollen shut and the area above the eye was swollen too. Echinacea tea washes and Bag Balm quickly solved that issue. I have a BO baby that loves pecking.