Different sized pupils

[bpirockin]

Thanks Miss Lydia, she still seems fine apart from that pupil, so fingers crossed it sorts itself out.

No babies or baby vitamins here, but I could presumably use my parrot multivits and that seems like a good idea.
Don't want to stress her out catching her if I don't have to, so I'll just put it in their water. Am putting more effort into taming her back down as I can see that it could now be difficult if she really does have a problem.
She's gone native here with me not being out among them so much. Lesson learned.

Best wishes,
T

 

[Miss Lydia]

Good to hear she's fine every other way. I have a few that are part american game and they are flighty also. When I go into their coop and catch them they act like I going to eat them... then they make the rest all nervous, hopefully what ever happend will work it self out in a few days.. one of my game was pouring blood night before last where she had somehow cut the end of her toenail off, boy do they bleed... so I had to catch her and work to get the bleeding stopped so I could spray blue kote on it... it's always exciting living with chickens,ducks and a goose.. All the best and keep us updated please..Parrot multivits would be better I would think. By the way what part of the world are you in if you don't mind saying?

 

[bpirockin]

Thanks Miss Lydia, I have experienced the bloody claw/beak thing with the parrots. Sometimes have to trim them and you cannot see the quick. I always keep a styptic pen to hand, or trimmex powder, though I have to say that I got myself a little hobby drill and tend to grind them rather than cut these days - far less of a worry. Just have to get someone else to hold them while I do it - ha ha ha - my boy is a vicious little toerag who hates to be constrained in any way. There are some benefits to my disability!

I am in Kent, the garden of England. Recently moved from a village near Tunbridge Wells to a place called Sandhurst/Cranbrook. It is lovely countryside but there are a lot of sheep and cows here, whereas my home village is orchards and hop gardens. As such, there is not so much freedom for my dog here. There is a huge forest called Bedgebury Forest/Pinetum about 15 minutes' drive from me, but with the cost of fuel going up and up, and myself needing exercise, I prefer to walk out with her if I can. At the moment (while the cows are in) there's a nice walk at the bottom of my lane, but things get difficult once the weather improves and all the stock comes back out.

Apart from that my only 'problem' here is t hat I don't have anyone dropping round, or nearby that I can call in on as my social life (for what it was worth) was back where I came from. I've decided to give this until I've completed my Diploma in Counselling (hopefully a year, maybe 18 months), then I'll see where I am. If I still have not made a life here then I'll head back where I came from, but that could be hard. To get close to what I have here (not much I assure you), I'd need to magic up another £100K or so, and unless I win the premium bonds or lottery that's not very likely. I just got lucky with this being an 'end' house and having a double width garden which gives me space for chickens and veg plots and a great big trampoline! For now i need to get used to living alone, get on with my Diploma hours and basically sort myself out.

Do you know anybody in the UK? I tried to get US penpals some time ago, but it never came off and I gave up, though I did write to a guy in Mexico City for a while until he turned a bit pervy on me:/!! Such is life, eh?

Oh well, nice chatting, bet you got more than you bargained for when asking where I was - sorry, I need to get out more

Take care, and thanks for your guidance.
Tricia

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not at all Tricia, I enjoy hearing about peoples lives and enjoy talking about chickens and such... so anytime you want to Pm me feel free, I don't know anyone personally from England, just those I have talked to on BYC, but it sounds like a beautiful place where you are at, and hopefully you'll begin to make friends and settle in... Good luck on your studies also.. you can just think of me as your Granny across the ocean..

 

[gritsar]

Glad to hear she's doing well in every way but the pupil thing. Perhaps it will sort itself out

 

[bpirockin]

Ah, what a lovely bunch you are - Miss Lydia, I lost my Nan in Australia a year ago, and she was also animal mad, my absolute heroine, into all things organic, permaculture etc, and one feisty little lady. What a lovely thought to have a replacement across the oceans. Thank you.

Are there many UK members on here? I seem to just see ones in the U.S. - a place I never thought I'd like until I actually went there, then I was hooked. If it weren't for my health issues it'd be where I'd like to go, but as things stand I'd never get in - unless maybe I won the lottery

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Gritsar - thanks for your kind thoughts, and I love the finger crossing. Etta's still the same,no change in the eye or anything else, seems perfectly happy even though it's a cold one today.

I was thinking about the age of my chickens, and I think they are closer to 2, considering the 3 big ones were just about POL when I got them.

Glad to make your acquaintance ladies!!

Tricia

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hi Tricia, actually there are quite a few BYCers from UK, you just have to be on at the right time. As for being pecked, I watch my birds alot and I can see how one could get pecked in the eye. They love to peck each other on the head.. I just hope what ever is going on with you sussex that it will pass. Sometimes things just happen and we never have an answer for it.. If she's eating, drinking, and pooping normally, then I wouldn't be to concerned... If she changes at all though I'd try to catch her when she go to roost and bring her in so you can keep an eye on her better.

 

[bpirockin]

Thanks Miss Lydia, I'll do that.

T x

 

[bpirockin]

I don't know if it will work to revive this old topic, but the dodgy eyed hen is still fine in every other way. However, her other eye has now changed.
If I were any good on this thing I'd try and add a picture, and maybe I will try and work it out later. The pupil looks as though it's been slashed across the middle and shrunk and spread.
That's probably a very poor description, but allI can think of. She sees healthy, her eyesight does not seem to be impaired, and she is laying daily.

I am having a problem with other hens getting egg-bound. One who had been an erratic layer since she started had to be put down last week as she had so many adhesions
between the organs upon investigation that the vet assured me she would not survive. Kicking myself for not having been more aware, but as I say, she had never been a
regular layer, and she was affectionately known as "the hormonally challenged one". The latest one has had soft tops to her eggs for a little while but with calcium supplements
grew fine again vey quickly. Then she stopped laying last week, around the time ofthe other one being put to sleep, and I wondered if it was stress. Anyway, a week later she got out a softie
this morning.

I'm wondering if they all have too much freedom - they certainly don't eat many of their good quality pellets, and perhaps they are just eating too much grass etc
and not getting enough nutrients. Perhaps I need to confine them to their house/external run for a while and see if it helps. These birds are under 2 years old and it doesn't seem
right that they would need constant calcium supplements - does it ?? The currently iffy layer hates being confined at all, she escapes from their already generous pen and goes round the garden
regularly - no toxic plants in case you're wondering. She'll be really fed up if I do have to shut them in.

Any ideas/suggestions on either subject wouldbe gratefully received.

Thanks