@azygous @Weeg @Buffy Brahma Mama @Flash2021
Thank you all for your help getting through this! I thought I'd post an update on Cordy for posterity lol... and just to let you know I'm glad for your advice and I think it's helping.
I'm SO thankful I didn't take her to be euthanized yesterday, even though it seemed like her worst day yet. She had been really sleepy and uninterested in walking around outside/scratching about (would just stand there spacing out near her flock). Yet, I could tell she was still savoring being around her flock and always chose to be near them. She also used her little energy to ask for belly scratches. So I kept her around another day.
This morning she seemed perkier. After her first dosing/force-feeding i put her out in the yard with her flock. She ate a good deal of grass/clover and then sunbathed for a long time. While she was lying in the sun, each of my birds came up to her to sunbathe next to her, or stand by her, one after another. I thought they were maybe saying goodbye (though she's clearly not ready to go yet--she scratched around with them a good bit after). Below are some photos of her enjoying her flock today. It warms me to know she's still making good memories with her family each day, even if she's hurting.
I think maybe Cordy would prefer to fade out with her sisters around--she'd always been their center. The first night I had to take her in, they all stayed up past their normal roosting time, walking around the run with agitation, singing an egg song together--it was HAUNTING and something I'd never heard them do at that time of the evening before. I thought maybe it's because they felt confused with out their big boss kicking them off the best roost and telling them where they're allowed to go lol. Even when she's at her worst, she doesn't hide--she sidles up next to one of her buddies for a nap (and sometimes even pecks them just to show she's still in charge).
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