MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Unrelated but your avatar cracks me up, I actually own that hat or mask or whatever you would call it lol

that's amazing! My profile pic used to be my chickens until @BYBob shared a photo of the chicken hat-mask and I switched it to make everyone laugh!

You're saying hi on the basis of the chicken hat adds a whole new chapter!

So, Hi and

 

[MaryJanet]

Good luck at the vet. It all sounds like it is going very well.
if you don’t mind I am curious how Peggy takes the Clav on cheese. Is that mixed in with cottage cheese? Cut into pieces of hard cheese? I assume it is a powder?
I ask because Maggie’s vet suggested giving her some supplements - he said it wasn’t critical and wouldn’t likely change her prognosis but might boost her immune system. Honestly I think it was more to make me feel better! It is just vitamins.
Anyway, the only way I could get Maggie to eat a powder was to take live meal worms and coat them in a tiny amount of peanut butter oil so they were ‘sticky’ and then sprinkle the powder on them as they wriggled.
Quite a palaver!
Your approach sounds easier so I am keen to learn.

Actually it's a liquid. And it's in a tiny bottle with a dropper. So I measure 0.2ml and drop the clavulox onto the cheese. Then she eats it up. A few strands of grated mature cheese works best because if I mix it with cottage cheese, she always leaves some behind.

So I'm wondering if you can add the powders to some pellets then add a little water and stir it all together. You could add some cottage cheese to make it palatable and hope she eats it all up. If you make it a small meal and you offer it first thing when she's hungry, she might eat it all up. Or you could skip the pellets altogether and mix the powders with a spoonful of cottage cheese and give it as a daily treat.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

This is Link.
Much to his horror, I picked him up, told what his name is to be and then fed him some walnut.
Thanks Bob. Sometimes we all need reminding to do the right thing.
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Welcome to BYC, Link!

 

[MaryJanet]

Can you explain (because I missed it I guess) what food the vet put them on, and why it is special?
If you take Peggy off the special food, won’t she get sick again?
I’m a little confused about that?

She's supposed to be on a high protein, low fat diet.

Their old food claims to be 17% protein and 4% fat. But it's not a pellet, so maybe Peggy was cherry picking her favorite bits.

The new pellets are 15% protein and 3% fat.

All the hens love their old food. Only Mary loves the new pellets, the others eat the pellets begrudgingly.

Anyway, I want to talk it over with him to reassure myself they're on the best diet.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

She's supposed to be on a high protein, low fat diet.

Their old food claims to be 17% protein and 4% fat. But it's not a pellet, so maybe Peggy was cherry picking her favorite bits.

The new pellets are 15% protein and 3% fat.

All the hens love their old food. Only Mary loves the new pellets, the others eat the pellets begrudgingly.

Anyway, I want to talk it over with him to reassure myself they're on the best diet.

Okay, I get it!

 

[MaryJanet]

This is Link.
Much to his horror, I picked him up, told what his name is to be and then fed him some walnut.
Thanks Bob. Sometimes we all need reminding to do the right thing.
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Hello Link! I've heard good things about you! Keep calm and carry on is a good motto for you. It'll keep you out of trouble.

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning MJ

 

[RoyalChick]

Actually it's a liquid. And it's in a tiny bottle with a dropper. So I measure 0.2ml and drop the clavulox onto the cheese. Then she eats it up. A few strands of grated mature cheese works best because if I mix it with cottage cheese, she always leaves some behind.

So I'm wondering if you can add the powders to some pellets then add a little water and stir it all together. You could add some cottage cheese to make it palatable and hope she eats it all up. If you make it a small meal and you offer it first thing when she's hungry, she might eat it all up. Or you could skip the pellets altogether and mix the powders with a spoonful of cottage cheese and give it as a daily treat.

Thanks! I will try all of the above.
She is much perkier now her molt is over, it doesn't change the underlying problem of her reproductive system, but I am more than ever convinced that I did the right thing by not euthanizing her back in September. She had a lot of fun in a leaf pile today and came across one of the many mouse bodies left in there and gobbled it up. Now I realize that she likes her mouse-steak dry aged. Of course she does!

 

[MaryJanet]

Thanks! I will try all of the above.
She is much perkier now her molt is over, it doesn't change the underlying problem of her reproductive system, but I am more than ever convinced that I did the right thing by not euthanizing her back in September. She had a lot of fun in a leaf pile today and came across one of the many mouse bodies left in there and gobbled it up. Now I realize that she likes her mouse-steak dry aged. Of course she does!

I hope one of those options works out for her. Also, I'm confident you'd recognise any change in her attitude or body language and would make a wise end of life decision for her when the time is right. For now, she might as well continue enjoying her days and aged steak

 

[MaryJanet]

Good morning MJ

Good morning Bob how are you today?