MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Me too!

Lozzy, how are your chooks getting along?

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[LozzyR]

I'm very sorry to hear that you are also not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks Bob. Pretty sure it’s just a cold, but hate to think how even more rubbish I’d feel if it was Covid!

 

[LozzyR]

Lozzy, how are your chooks getting along?

Thanks MJ! Lottie’s still not great; she feels a bit heavier and seemed to be getting more interest in food, but she seems to have lost some strength in her legs. It’s still windy here so I’m trying to keep her from being cold, but it’s a real balancing act trying to keep her warm and allowing her to be a chicken.

 

[MaryJanet]

Thanks MJ! Lottie’s still not great; she feels a bit heavier and seemed to be getting more interest in food, but she seems to have lost some strength in her legs. It’s still windy here so I’m trying to keep her from being cold, but it’s a real balancing act trying to keep her warm and allowing her to be a chicken.

Did you end up providing a heat source in the dog crate for her?

 

[BY Bob]

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Thanks MJ! Lottie’s still not great; she feels a bit heavier and seemed to be getting more interest in food, but she seems to have lost some strength in her legs. It’s still windy here so I’m trying to keep her from being cold, but it’s a real balancing act trying to keep her warm and allowing her to be a chicken.

Choosing to take hold of the positive in that assessment and believe that she is headed around the bend.

 

[MaryJanet]

This would be great for the caption contest. Marvelous photo!

It looks like Mary is wearing a crown I guess it makes sense because she is the only one who shares a name with a queen

 

[LozzyR]

Did you end up providing a heat source in the dog crate for her?

I found the old hot-water bottle today and filled it up. I brought her in when the sun had all but disappeared, popped her in a towel and sat her in my lap with the bottle. She slept in my lap for about an hour (and I had to discourage two cats who think they have absolute lap rights!), then put the bottle in a cloth bag in the cage with some straw on top. She absolutely refused to settle on top of it; twice I put her on it and twice she got off and plopped down next to it. I’ve also been giving her legs a bit of physio as she’s become unsteady on them.

 

[MaryJanet]

I found the old hot-water bottle today and filled it up. I brought her in when the sun had all but disappeared, popped her in a towel and sat her in my lap with the bottle. She slept in my lap for about an hour (and I had to discourage two cats who think they have absolute lap rights!), then put the bottle in a cloth bag in the cage with some straw on top. She absolutely refused to settle on top of it; twice I put her on it and twice she got off and plopped down next to it. I’ve also been giving her legs a bit of physio as she’s become unsteady on them.

Well, it will make her space a little warmer for a while anyway.

I'm sorry it's such an uphill struggle with her

 

[LozzyR]

Well, it will make her space a little warmer for a while anyway.

I'm sorry it's such an uphill struggle with her

Thanks MJ. She did seem a bit more interested in eating some of the scratch mix this evening, especially when Snowy was there.