. Sorry about Shorty but glad Snowball is ok.Hey, everybody!
My family and I are pretty good, for the most part.
And it was great...I normally work every weekend, but yesterday (Sunday) I was off. And it was a beautiful day, and I let my chickens free range all day yesterday (not the chicks).
My flock is doing pretty well. Except maybe Snowball. Andee, my other lovely adult silkie who came home with Snowball when we got her, 'flew the coop' recently. It was very unexpected, and I don't know why she died like that.
Andee always was the bolder one, and Snowball was more shy and standoffish. Well, Snowball has really come to love us and rely on us with Andee gone, so I now really like my lil' sweetie.
But today she was free ranging this morning, and one of our dogs, Shorty, got a hold of her and tried to kill her.When I heard a small squeak come from outside, I remembered my chickens, and looked out the window and saw Snowball pinned down with Shorty on top of her, ripping out her furry feathers. I hurriedly put my shoes on and ran outside and slapped Shorty really hard on the rump, then grabbed the cable (we don't let our dogs run free in our yard) connected to her collar, and pulled her away from the chicken. To my amazement (and praise God!), Snowball, who I expected to lie still on the ground dead, or dying at least, jumped up and ran off.
We've had Shorty since birth and she's spoiled rotten and nearing ten-years old, but this was the 'last straw'; my mom said she can't be trusted anymore, so we're finally going to put her to sleep. It was so hard on my mom, so she couldn't make the appointment, but had my dad do it. Shorty--and this happened early this afternoon--is gone now. Snowball is still alive, amazingly enough (maybe it looked worse than it hopefully really was), and is in the house in a large tote with clean pine shavings, water, and her All Flock crumbles. She's still eating and drinking a bit, and even is standing a little, too. And I've seen no blood on her. So, so far so good; and she's getting plenty of rest. I just hope she doesn't have serious and secret internal injuries. If no organs were damaged badly (if at all), or anything, then I'm expecting her to live...
That’s interesting. I think I read that silkies are Mareks resistant too.
Glad you found her and that she recovers well. That pearl pattern is beautiful.
I was watching my cousins and little sister today. They had fun playing with DS and making scrambled eggs. Yesterday we went to the lake. I showed them a YouTube video of button quail and one of them loved how they are like chicken chicks. My dad didn’t think they were quail and first. I think he’s used to seeing the coturnix type. I did see some native Gambel’s quail on the way to the lake. Wish I could’ve taken a pic.
