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[lalaland]

Poor girl...she's probably really sore. I was going to mention that you could try tube feeding her, but if she wasn't tame to begin with and now with these injuries I'm sure she REALLY doesn't want to be handled.... but, if you do want to try it there's a gal here on BYC that has all sorts of advice on it, casportpony I believe is her username. I attempted it once with a sick hen and wasn't ever able to get the tube down, and that was with a very tame bird. Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there in case you want to try. Good luck!

Thanks. I've see casportpony's advice on tubing, I've just not wanted to go that route. There is a point where I think it is best to let them go, personally. I know some folks have followed her advice and been happy they tried it, though.

So, the chickens definitely do not like snow. Picture shows about as far as they got. I kicked my broody hen out of the coop and once she hit the snow, she didn't move for about five minutes. Then, she ran back *sigh* I have the run door open hoping they'll eventually mosey on out.....



I think these will be the only eggs I see consistently this winter. My olive and blue egg layer are my best layers. Still poppin' them out almost every day.

That is one heck of a beautiful olive egg. It is sometimes hard if not impossible to get chickens to walk on snow, but it makes life easier for them and you once they get used to it. Sometimes, stampin gon the snow to make a path helps, sometimes shoveling....I usually will put a feeder out at the end of a little path to encourage them. I got lucky with the 6 new girls, for some reason (possibly their bottom of the pecking order status) has them out in the snow and they are unconcerned. I've had chickens fly into the snow and not move at all, had to retrieve them!

Me? Not often enough, but I am changing the interior layout to make it easier. I

Best answer I've ever seen to the question of how often do you clean. Made me laugh out loud. DItto here.

I think having 35 chickens in one coop makes me want to fully clean out every two weeks. It was easier when they were outside all day. Next year I'm investing in a water line out to the coop.

Yeah, when they are inside all that poop really builds up fast, plus it gets wet, and yuck! A covered run really helps get them out there, and makes for less shoveling.

Dr. Porter from U of M is awesome... He called today just to see how my ButterScotch is doing, he said he is glad she is doing better. I've never even meet him in person. Nice Doc....

 

[Wild Child]

Comet was being picked on to the point where no one allowed her to eat or drink so we built her a coop and put it in our back lawn. She is a very strange little chicken and when all her flock mates were killed by my GSD she spent most of her time with me. She followed me everywhere (neighbors giving me strange looks as I walk through the field behind our house with a fat little chicken running after me).Comet soon decided she didn't like any of the other chickens except for my silkies, orpington trio, and my little hamburg hen. We built a coop for her and the chickens she likes behind the house.Though she gets along with then she much prefers human company but she was always fiercely protective of the little white silkie hen I just lost.

 

[scandiafowl]

@lalaland

My outdoor run is too large to cover although I could create a smaller area for them. Before we got the last snowfall they would sit on grassy spots until the very last minute.


Have I mentioned how calm my flock is since my last rooster cull?

Now I'm brainstorming how to build a covered area on the south side of the coop.

 

[lalaland]

lol, it is always amazing how things quiet down when a rooster, especially a young rooster, goes

Yeah, my run is too big as well, but you can provide a portion, anyway, of covered area - anything to get them out of the coop!

I did get goldie to eat and drink a bit today. I have not moved her from the kennel since Monday night, so I decided I had better pull her out and examine her wounds. I know some recommend a daily cleaning and dressing. I didn't find any new wounds, and the current wounds look ok - very much covered with the nu-stock. I hope I did not over do it. hard to tell.

I decided n ot to bathe her, so I got her back in the kennel. That was awkward because of all of her wounds, and when I got her back in the kennel, she just stood there panting, which is a sign of pain. Poor girl. Can't tell if it is worse not to check but leave her be and potentially miss a problem, or bother her? Getting her out of the kennel did let me replace the soiled towels with clean ones.

I think she will do ok when I am at work tomorrow.

 

[Cluckies]

Quote: Oh no, this is heart breaking. So sorry

lol, it is always amazing how things quiet down when a rooster, especially a young rooster, goes

Yeah, my run is too big as well, but you can provide a portion, anyway, of covered area - anything to get them out of the coop!

I did get goldie to eat and drink a bit today. I have not moved her from the kennel since Monday night, so I decided I had better pull her out and examine her wounds. I know some recommend a daily cleaning and dressing. I didn't find any new wounds, and the current wounds look ok - very much covered with the nu-stock. I hope I did not over do it. hard to tell.

I decided n ot to bathe her, so I got her back in the kennel. That was awkward because of all of her wounds, and when I got her back in the kennel, she just stood there panting, which is a sign of pain. Poor girl. Can't tell if it is worse not to check but leave her be and potentially miss a problem, or bother her? Getting her out of the kennel did let me replace the soiled towels with clean ones.

I think she will do ok when I am at work tomorrow.

Hope she makes it around this bend. Eating and drinking is of course a good sign. praying for a good outcome with her.

 

[KlopKlop]

I've got a dinner date tonight White chicken is molting havily and just struggling so she got a chicken food omelet and will get to spend the night inside tonight. Need to get a chicken hospital built for times like this! that wooden crate will be perfect, just have to get it done.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Great to hear your girl is doing so much better, Coffee!! Great news.

You too Lala. One chicken found and one recovering. Very lucky. Hope all goes well.

I have been crazy busy. But I finally started getting some eggs from an EE! way over due.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

And now off to work. Arrg. I am starting to wonder what my chickens look like. Few more days till solstice and then the days start getting longer again.

 

[scandiafowl]

And now off to work. Arrg. I am starting to wonder what my chickens look like. Few more days till solstice and then the days start getting longer again.

I hear ya, it seems we have a few minutes in the coop together and then it's dark.

 

[KlopKlop]

I hear ya, it seems we have a few minutes in the coop together and then it's dark.

I put a chair in there so I can sit and spend a few minutes each night with the one coop. They are usually getting up to roost by then so they don't mind me handling them a little