MJ's little flock

[RoyalChick]

833g at her second feed.
I guess it makes sense that her weight is fluctuating according to how recently she ate

Yes weigh before feeding not after otherwise you are weighing the feed you just gave.

 

[MaryJanet]

Like with people you should compare weight at the same stage then (before eating , and at roost time) ?

I don't know, but it makes sense intuitively.

How is she behaving ?

She's subdued but seems to be coping. She's drinking well and I saw her nibbling the pellets earlier.

And how is Christa ?

I'm cautiously optimistic. She's boisterous enough to have intimidated Mary quite thoroughly.

 

[MaryJanet]

Yes weigh before feeding not after otherwise you are weighing the feed you just gave.

I like it when she converts 10ml of food to more than 10g of weight. That's when she gets a gold star.

She was 843g at her afternoon feeding time, and she still has her evening feed to go.

 

[MaryJanet]

Weight before evening feed was a personal best

Spoiler: Lorna's PB

887g!!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks And Merry Christmas

 

[LozzyR]

Like with people you should compare weight at the same stage then (before eating , and at roost time) ?
How is she behaving ?
And how is Christa ?

Can you see new feather quilts coming in under the feathers she's loosing ?
I forgot to mention it yesterday but with my hen Blanche we understood there was a problem because she was loosing feathers and there was none growing back under.

I’ll have to catch her to look. She was trying to sunbathe yesterday but couldn’t on one side and seemed uncomfortable. I don’t know if it was because of pin feathers or something internal.

 

[MaryJanet]

Lorna's gained weight overnight! She's 890g now.

So I didn't feed her. I'll weigh her again before her morning tea and if she's lighter, feed her. But if she keeps gaining weight without being fed, I'll leave her be.

 

[MaryJanet]

By the way, I came in for some light-hearted teasing from the family yesterday. It went something like this, "Mum knows those river chickens are in good hands because you got your other chicken some liposuction!" everyone laughed, including me, but then I said "Hey! That liposuction was medically necessitated, ok? It wasn't cosmetic." That didn't help, because it fell upon ears that had been conveniently deafened for the occasion, "Liposuction, for a chicken!!!"

 

[MaryJanet]

Good evening folks And Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Bob!

 

[BY Bob]

We're back from the vet.

Lorna's infection has harmed her liver, but she'll recover if she's crop fed.

Soooo I've had a lesson and I'm fully equipped with powdered food (Wombaroo), syringes, and a strange needle.

Each meal has to have a milk thistle capsule added to it. 4 meals daily until the 27th, then see how she goes.

She's to be weighed daily until she holds or gains weight without being fed. If her weight drops again, we restart the crop feeding.

She is very lucky to have you. I'm behind and catching up so I hope this goes well for you but I will know for certain soon I imagine.