MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

MJ, thought you might be interested that I have another ‘longshanks’ like Bernie.
She is the same breed as Bernie and about the age when Bernie lost the use of her legs.
So far so good but I am introducing a gentle Vitamin B supplement just in case.
She is clearly more leggy than the others.

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How's your little longshanks and her friends going RC?

 

[RoyalChick]

How's your little longshanks and her friends going RC?

So far so good. I have been giving some vitamin B supplement but not a lot and everything seems OK. They are of course ridiculously cute! Here they are all taking a nap in their dust bath box. They are free to come and go but they still clearly feel safer close to the brooder box.
Meanwhile little Eli after losing her balance for several days has gone broody and I have never experienced that before. She is full on crazy!

 

[MaryJanet]

Awww they look so cute all bundled together

Losing her balance is very odd. Any ideas about what was going on? Maybe the presence of the chicks persuaded her to be broody?

 

[RoyalChick]

Awww they look so cute all bundled together

Losing her balance is very odd. Any ideas about what was going on? Maybe the presence of the chicks persuaded her to be broody?

Well that is a thought.
I moved the chicks out to the Chicken Palace and she went broody at about the same time - so I went back and looked at my 'milestones' notes and she went broody (or more accurately I suspected that it was broodiness rather than illness) about 12 hours before I moved the babies out to the Chicken Palace.
So probably not the babies that inspired her.
Sigh.
One good thing is I like that she is taking a break from laying eggs.
I do worry that when she comes back into lay that she will 'catch up' by laying more of those huge double yolk eggs that gave her so much trouble.

 

[LozzyR]

My bank loves chickens!

 

[MaryJanet]

One good thing is I like that she is taking a break from laying eggs.
I do worry that when she comes back into lay that she will 'catch up' by laying more of those huge double yolk eggs that gave her so much trouble.

Hopefully big eggs are behind her now she's old enough to be broody

When Edie was barely a hen, I saw her lay an egg as she walked across the yard. Walking, walking, pause, egg, walking, walking. It was such a small egg, she mistook it for a poop! Small eggs are her raison detre, and it gives me enormous peace of mind. Hopefully Eli has outgrown her big egg phase. Even if there's only one or two big ones a month, it'll be a huge improvement.

 

[MaryJanet]

My bank loves chickens!

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Nest eggs! Very clever. I wonder if they show different ads to people with different hobbies. I bet they do.

 

[BY Bob]

Well that is a thought.
I moved the chicks out to the Chicken Palace and she went broody at about the same time - so I went back and looked at my 'milestones' notes and she went broody (or more accurately I suspected that it was broodiness rather than illness) about 12 hours before I moved the babies out to the Chicken Palace.
So probably not the babies that inspired her.
Sigh.
One good thing is I like that she is taking a break from laying eggs.
I do worry that when she comes back into lay that she will 'catch up' by laying more of those huge double yolk eggs that gave her so much trouble.

I prefer to look at the positive possibility.

This may actually reset her mechanism to be more normal. This could be just the thing she needs for her reproductive system to finish maturing and become more normal.

 

[BY Bob]

Nest eggs! Very clever. I wonder if they show different ads to people with different hobbies. I bet they do.

It is disturbing that they would know that.

 

[BY Bob]

This evening is Joyce's last clavulox injection and she's having a consult too. From her behaviour, which includes running everywhere and handing out punishments, I believe she's made a full recovery.

However her poops remain liquid which I hope is due to the antibiotics and not to the big lump in her abdomen blocking her gut. I haven't yet formed an opinion on the slowness of her crop but I'll try to do that today because it's a clue in the mystery of the liquid poops.

Either way, I'll commence a week of probiotics tomorrow, both in the water and in the dinner mashes.

I have to say I'm surprised. That is great work on all of your parts. I am vet pleased that she has improved so. She is indeed very lucky to have found her way to your care. Great work!