My little punk rocker Polish

[Dowie]

I hope s/he's going ok. It's so tough nursing them and worrying you'll lose them. With the sinus stuff. I made up very warm salty water, and soaked a paper towel in it to create a warm compress to soothe the sinuses. Sometimes this also heaped drain the gunk from the nostrils.

 

[ChinoChix]

S/he's doing fine, it seems. Only sounds a little rattly at night. During the day s/he's clear, sneezing greatly diminished as is the scratching at the face. Eating really well. I'm keeping the shower enclosure about 90 degrees and turn off the light mid-day and give him/her the whole bathroom to play.
My 5 girls out in the coop finish up their 2 weeks of duramycin today and are all fine-no symptoms at all. I would love to put PomPom back out there with them this weekend but he gets meds 2X a day and I'm afraid if I put him out there I won't be able to catch him/her to medicate! Fast little thing and doesn't love being handled. I'm thinking about puting a temp enclosure inside the shed (I only use half of it for the birds) and integrate him/her back in slowly. He's the smallest of the bunch.

This certainly has been a learning experience. I have a houseful of senior dogs (I run a dog rescue) who require lots of attention and was hoping the chickens would be a diversion from that...but alas, it's not to be. I hope this will be the END of our problems despite what some have mentioned here and elsewhere.
Thanks for asking

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Whatever happened to your little Pompom??

 

[ChinoChix]

PomPom is a happy, healthy hen! No problems at all. she's the funny one, runs for treats and sits on my lap.
My girls have just started laying...it's so much fun.
Thanks for asking

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Good deal! I'm glad it turned out well!

 

[Roosterlover5]

So sorry for what you went through,but glad that PomPoms better!

 

[Roosterlover5]

PomPom is a happy, healthy hen! No problems at all. she's the funny one, runs for treats and sits on my lap.
My girls have just started laying...it's so much fun.
Thanks for asking

So PomPom did turn out to be a hen?

 

[drumstick diva]

what a lovely ending. I had to read along (didn't cheat racing to read the end) you are a great chicken nurse and Pom Pom is a lucky little chicken.