MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Here's Janet's eye this morning. It's not looking too good, but you have to remember she had her eyelid sliced open about 18 hours ago. I'm pleased she stood still long enough for me to take the photo!

Spoiler: Janet's sore eye

 

[BY Bob]

This morning I can see Janet's face lump has completely gone but there's still something in her eye partially occluding her vision. She's got another week of lincospectin so perhaps it will clear up as the week passes. Her surgical wound was closed with special glue and they cleared out her sinus by running sterile water through her nasal cavity while she was under. Her eyelid is a little swollen (to be expected after being cut open) but the swelling went down by half overnight so I expect it will have cleared up by this evening.

Peggy's poo showed nothing to worry about, but she is not digesting properly. So she's going on enzymes for a few days. He wants to see her again in 10 days. She must've eaten something funny.

Both hens are **DELIGHTED** to be in their own chicken yard with their friends again.

It takes a lot to upset me, so while I was surprised to hear Janet needed surgery I was confident both hens were in good hands.

Sounds like the best possible news. I'm so happy!

I glad everyone is back home. It's a good outcome.

 

[BY Bob]

In the end, she was only pranking me cheeky chooky!

She pulled a Lilly eh? I remember when she started messing with me like that. Now I have learned to expect nothing.

 

[BY Bob]

Are there no avian specialists in your nearest capital city? It seems odd to me when Adelaide is not a huge population and we've got a few to choose from.

It's all about how the animals are viewed. My state, Pennsylvania, is an agricultural state. There is still a ton of farming which occurs. Because of that, chickens are primarily viewed as livestock and cheap livestock at that. It is not cost effective to treat an unwell chicken so you cull it. Why would any vet specialize in something that you just kill when it gets sick? Hence I have not been able to locate one.

 

[BY Bob]

Here's Janet's eye this morning. It's not looking too good, but you have to remember she had her eyelid sliced open about 18 hours ago. I'm pleased she stood still long enough for me to take the photo!

Spoiler: Janet's sore eye

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That looks pretty darn good to me. I expected worse.

Now you must tell me how you made the photo button to make me click to see the picture. I have no idea how to do that.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's all about how the animals are viewed. My state, Pennsylvania, is an agricultural state. There is still a ton of farming which occurs. Because of that, chickens are primarily viewed as livestock and cheap livestock at that. It is not cost effective to treat an unwell chicken so you cull it. Why would any vet specialize in something that you just kill when it gets sick? Hence I have not been able to locate one.

Gosh. That's a big cultural factor you're up against. I get very little judgement for keeping chickens as pets and providing vet care for them when things go wrong. I've only got one old aunty who thinks I'm losing my grip, but she's always viewed life as a series of transactions. She has almost no aesthetic sensibility, no way of appreciating things of no monetary value (like genuine, open-hearted friendship) or immeasurable monetary value (like antiquities). She laughs at me, but literally everyone else says "how's your sick chicken?" with genuine concern in their hearts.

 

[MaryJanet]

That looks pretty darn good to me. I expected worse.

Now you must tell me how you made the photo button to make me click to see the picture. I have no idea how to do that.

Oh I'm so relieved you think it doesn't look too bad given the circumstances!

I use byc in my phone's ddg browser, so it looks like this...

Up top left, there's a thing look like this...

When I click it, I get this...

Then I chose the Spoiler. From thers, I did what it told me.


Edited to be less of a jerk. Sometimes when I'm rushing, words come out jerkish and I worry deep down iI must be a jerk. So I try to de-jerk whenever I can

 

[MaryJanet]

She pulled a Lilly eh? I remember when she started messing with me like that. Now I have learned to expect nothing.

She was ages in there, prepring her nest and sitting in it! Ivy and I were wondering what was taking so long. Turns out, her in-nest meditation session was what took so long

Sitting in the nest and reminiscing

 

[MaryJanet]

My little friend came to say hello*

*in which "hello" translates to "excuse me, do you have more sultanas?"

 

[RoyalChick]

My little friend came to say hello*

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*in which "hello" translates to "excuse me, do you have more sultanas?"

She is just soooo pretty!