MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Antibiotics also appear to have saved my Niamh. She came back to life around 5 pm today. She went from this....View attachment 4240668

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To this....

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In 3 hours!

That's wonderful!!

Any idea what her bacterial infection was?

 

[BY Bob]

That's wonderful!!

Any idea what her bacterial infection was?

I do not know. It was likely GI related as that's the symptoms I saw.

She came back to us on day 3 of the antibiotics after 48 hours of syringe feeding Nutridrench and water into her to keep her going as she was mostly just limp.

I held her in my lap for hours talking to her. I had some light jazz playing on my phone and we hung out together. Don't know why light jazz other than it seemed soothing.

 

[MaryJanet]

I do not know. It was likely GI related as that's the symptoms I saw.

She came back to us on day 3 of the antibiotics after 48 hours of syringe feeding Nutridrench and water into her to keep her going as she was mostly just limp.

I held her in my lap for hours talking to her. I had some light jazz playing on my phone and we hung out together. Don't know why light jazz other than it seemed soothing.

I suppose an older hen might have taken even longer.

 

[BY Bob]

I suppose an older hen might have taken even longer.

I wonder.

 

[MaryJanet]

I wonder.

I mentioned it because my uncle's been in the ICU recently with Legionaire's Disease. With respect to survival and recuperation, his age was a negative factor (70).

He survived but as a shadow of his former self. No strength left.

That said, are humans a good clinical model of chickens? I don't imagine they are.

 

[BDutch]

, are humans a good clinical model of chickens? I don't imagine they are.

I’m sure an old chicken needs more time to recover than a young chicken. But not many chicken owners have chickens old enough to compare them with people of older/old age. Many people think a 5 yo hen is old. But knowing they exceptional can get 20 years old (like 105 in human age) and they can lay eggs until 10 yo (fertility of woman stops at 40 - 55) put a 5 yo hen in another perspective.

Following such a scale, the 5 yo chickens are still quite young and my 10 yo chickens are about middle aged.

Looking at their early development you get another picture. Mature at about 6 months old is normal for a hen. Humans are still children at 2.5-3 years old. Or should we count the embryo phase too?

No sense scale:
-
1=5.2
5=26
10= 52
20 = 104

 

[BY Bob]

I mentioned it because my uncle's been in the ICU recently with Legionaire's Disease. With respect to survival and recuperation, his age was a negative factor (70).

He survived but as a shadow of his former self. No strength left.

That said, are humans a good clinical model of chickens? I don't imagine they are.

I think age is a negative factor with any disease, along with the will to live. Would Hattie for example have just given in? She's had a long life for a chicken and is dealing with arthritis every day. Would she have fought as hard as a 6 month old chicken? If she did recover, would there be long lasting effects?

Who can say? It is worth pondering.

 

[BY Bob]

I’m sure an old chicken needs more time to recover than a young chicken. But not many chicken owners have chickens old enough to compare them with people of older/old age. Many people think a 5 yo hen is old. But knowing they exceptional can get 20 years old (like 105 in human age) and they can lay eggs until 10 yo (fertility of woman stops at 40 - 55) put a 5 yo hen in another perspective.

Following such a scale, the 5 yo chickens are still quite young and my 10 yo chickens are about middle aged.

Looking at their early development you get another picture. Mature at about 6 months old is normal for a hen. Humans are still children at 2.5-3 years old. Or should we count the embryo phase too?

No sense scale:
-
1=5.2
5=26
10= 52
20 = 104

So my Hattie got arthritis in her 20s!

For today's genetic stock from breeders I seem to find that 10 human years for every one chicken year is a better ratio.