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- Apr 8, 2013
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Update!
Nyac has been gaining strength since two days into her illness. She's slowly been going back uphill since then, and today I decided she was good enough to go outside with her flock mates for a few minutes supervised. Of course there are a couple skirmishes because she's been gone so long but it was soon settled and everybody kept their place in the pecking order. She foraged for about 20 minutes before she started to get tired and I put her back into her crate inside.
The way I see it is this: for a few days I'll put her outside with the flock to free range supervised for as long as possible. Then if she seems to be okay I'll let her go out all day and bring her in at night (because it still gets kind of chilly at night) then if everything seems ok she can go back outside full-time!
Thank you everyone for your concerns! I'm SUPER happy she's getting better, I've already lost two hens, and I wasn't ready for my favorite to go, but God can do anything! The way I see it is all's well that ends well. She's much friendlier and hand tame since getting sick,and she's even put on some weight (she was always kind of skinny)
Again, thanks for caring, and I will keep you posted!
Nyac has been gaining strength since two days into her illness. She's slowly been going back uphill since then, and today I decided she was good enough to go outside with her flock mates for a few minutes supervised. Of course there are a couple skirmishes because she's been gone so long but it was soon settled and everybody kept their place in the pecking order. She foraged for about 20 minutes before she started to get tired and I put her back into her crate inside.
The way I see it is this: for a few days I'll put her outside with the flock to free range supervised for as long as possible. Then if she seems to be okay I'll let her go out all day and bring her in at night (because it still gets kind of chilly at night) then if everything seems ok she can go back outside full-time!
Thank you everyone for your concerns! I'm SUPER happy she's getting better, I've already lost two hens, and I wasn't ready for my favorite to go, but God can do anything! The way I see it is all's well that ends well. She's much friendlier and hand tame since getting sick,and she's even put on some weight (she was always kind of skinny)
Again, thanks for caring, and I will keep you posted!
