MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

There are beeping heavy machines in the driveway

Scaffolding is rattling

It's very scary.

 

[RoyalChick]

There are beeping heavy machines in the driveway

Scaffolding is rattling

It's very scary.

Are the chickens interested in the goings on?

 

[MaryJanet]

Are the chickens interested in the goings on?

Not that I can tell. They're in the run, which is by the back fence, and the work is on the front verandah, so they can't see anything from there.

 

[MaryJanet]

If anyone would like to join a DM about the verandah rebuild, say so and I'll add you to it.

 

[LozzyR]

If anyone would like to join a DM about the verandah rebuild, say so and I'll add you to it.

I’m happy to hear about updates, I love builds and refurbishments!

 

[MaryJanet]

Today I saw Janet fleeing from Peggy with a dead mouse in her beak.

Given Janet's lacklustre health and well-being, I assume the mouse was already dead when she found it (or when she stole it from Peggy).

I hope it wasn't dead from poisoning. I don't use poisons at all, but I have no say over the neighbours' mouse control regimes.

Importantly, she appears to be in her usual state this evening, which is half-well (or half-sick ... no wait, half-well). I'll see how she's faring in the morning.

I guess a chicken who ate a poisoned mouse would die quickly? Does anyone know?

 

[ManueB]

Today I saw Janet fleeing from Peggy with a dead mouse in her beak.

Given Janet's lacklustre health and well-being, I assume the mouse was already dead when she found it (or when she stole it from Peggy).

I hope it wasn't dead from poisoning. I don't use poisons at all, but I have no say over the neighbours' mouse control regimes.

Importantly, she appears to be in her usual state this evening, which is half-well (or half-sick ... no wait, half-well). I'll see how she's faring in the morning.

I guess a chicken who ate a poisoned mouse who die quickly? Does anyone know?

No. If it's the same stuff as the poison we have here, anti coagulant, it's slow hemorrhagia. You would notice her being very unwell. The antidote is vitamin K, (K-1 more precisely). Here I found it marketed for babies.

 

[ManueB]

I would also like to hear about the veranda .

 

[MaryJanet]

No. If it's the same stuff as the poison we have here, anti coagulant, it's slow hemorrhagia. You would notice her being very unwell. The antidote is vitamin K, (K-1 more precisely). Here I found it marketed for babies.

Thanks!

Slow hemorrhagia would manifest as blood in the poops, so I'll take a good look at her morning poops tomorrow and see what colour they are. Lately her poops have been a pale eucalyptus green. If the poops turn black, I'll know she's bleeding and will take her to see Dr Mark for correct dosage of K-1.

 

[Lexicon]

If anyone would like to join a DM about the verandah rebuild, say so and I'll add you to it.

I would love to hear about it!