This little girl has been sick since last Friday (the day after they arrived). When I got there on Friday, I thought for sure she'd be gone by Saturday morning...but I isolated her and kept her warm.
Saturday - she's still fighting, so I keep up the isolation, moistened food, and electrolytes...but Sunday - she's much worse. Each breath makes her body heave...and the feed store is closed! No antibiotics.
I thought she'd be gone Monday morning - but she's still fighting...her efforts to breath sometimes make her fall. It is heartbreaking to watch...however, I just do not have the ability to cull a chick on my own.
Monday I got her antibiotics, and slowly she seems to be getting better. She's not struggling so much to breath, and the congestion in her eye seems to be clearing up.
Throughout all of this, she has continued to eat and drink...and peep as I approach her cage.
If she pulls through this, she needs a special name...my husband has suggested "Rocky" for fighting the good fight...any other suggestions?
I THINK she is one of my four Columbian Wyandottes...here she is this evening:
Saturday - she's still fighting, so I keep up the isolation, moistened food, and electrolytes...but Sunday - she's much worse. Each breath makes her body heave...and the feed store is closed! No antibiotics.
I thought she'd be gone Monday morning - but she's still fighting...her efforts to breath sometimes make her fall. It is heartbreaking to watch...however, I just do not have the ability to cull a chick on my own.
Monday I got her antibiotics, and slowly she seems to be getting better. She's not struggling so much to breath, and the congestion in her eye seems to be clearing up.
Throughout all of this, she has continued to eat and drink...and peep as I approach her cage.
If she pulls through this, she needs a special name...my husband has suggested "Rocky" for fighting the good fight...any other suggestions?
I THINK she is one of my four Columbian Wyandottes...here she is this evening:
