She might be doing better than I am with this whole thing. It seems that I worry about her the way she worries about her nest.
Her activity has been minimal. She sits all day except for a morning drink and bath. Today and yesterday she was up a couple of times (remember her eggs are unfertilized and I took them away) and she drinks and bathes.
Ordinarily I feed her poultry food in addition to her grazing. Plus she gets apple and crackers and various other treats that she likes. But since she started setting, at the beginning of this week, she has not been accepting food and I never see her grazing. She is noticeably weaker and a bit unsteady on her feet.
Since I know nothing about this process, this being my first time as well, I was worried that she might get so weak she might not recover so I have taken various foods and offered them to her where she is nesting. She has had no interest.
Could there be something else going on?
Since panicking earlier today (sorry) she has eaten a little graham cracker and a bit of orange. I think she is doing a bit better. I hope…..and I suppose it is normal for her to be aloof with me during this process. I hope she returns to her engaging self again. I miss her company.
