Official Squatch Watchers

[FlyingNunFarm]

She's still alive and took a little water. When I held her and tried for a little more she yelled at me. Poor thing just seems exhausted. So I layed her down and covered her up again.

 

[CapricornFarm]

She's still alive and took a little water. When I held her and tried for a little more she yelled at me. Poor thing just seems exhausted. So I layed her down and covered her up again.

Is she on a heating pad?

 

[drumstick diva]

yelling at you sounds like a good sign

 

[rjohns39]

FNF Best hopes for sugar

Suzie, bowl on a pole is your best option short term. Given your width, you're going to need some sort of center support long term. I would go with poles and a beam and then attach cattle panels from both sides. A cattle panel is 16' long and a little over 4' wide.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning all

 

[staceyj]

Morning all.
I’m behind in my morning chores because I slept in a little. Wow I haven’t done that in months.
Got up in the middle of the night because cooper had to go out to pee, so he didn’t get up at his usual 5am.
AWESOME!

I’m wondering how Sugar is this morning? @FlyingNunFarm

When you say she was covered in mud, how did that happen?
Was it just rainy or did she get stuck somewhere?
Was she attacked?
Have you examined her for injuries?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Morning folks.

FNF,
I am hoping this finds Sugar more lively.


Public service message:
Be careful with heating pads on anything that cannot get away from the heat if they need to.
The elderly are often burned by well meaning folks using heating pads.

 

[Suzi18]

Quite the harrowing evening. Spent the day on the couch trying not to make my head worse. At 5:30 realized I hadn't gone to work yet. Sped off for that and just as I'm settling in again my phone rings. It's the ex and he says I have a deceased bird in the run.
I head over to the house and get ready to deal with the sad job of disposing of a chicken. Poor Sugar is laying in the run covered in mud. I go over to pick her up and she's alive! Beyond weak but alive. I run into the house and give her a warm bath. She wouldn't even open her eyes as I ran warm water over her. I toweled her off and then sat on the floor in front of a heater with her for a good 45 min or more.
I gave her some nutri-drench and just sat with her. She would perk up and eat mouthfuls of food. Preen a little then seemingly fall asleep.
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She's crashed out in a box in the laundry room at the new house. I didn't even leave her with food or water. I'm afraid she'll drown. I'll check her before bed and I'm sure first thing in the morning. Poor sweet girl. I hope she pulls through.

Hoping she pulls tbrough....I know how heartbreaking it is when they are sick or hurt. Hoping she rallies and pulls through

 

[Suzi18]

FNF Best hopes for sugar

Suzie, bowl on a pole is your best option short term. Given your width, you're going to need some sort of center support long term. I would go with poles and a beam and then attach cattle panels from both sides. A cattle panel is 16' long and a little over 4' wide.

I'm thinking maybe I should just bite the bullet and have a peaked or slanted roof added. The originall guy who started the run cemented in the center posts then promptly cut them at 8 feet. I was so tatered when I got home and realized what he had done . I'm thinking maybe alternating metal and clear corrugated roofing panels so it let's light in

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Is she on a heating pad?

Morning all.
I’m behind in my morning chores because I slept in a little. Wow I haven’t done that in months.
Got up in the middle of the night because cooper had to go out to pee, so he didn’t get up at his usual 5am.
AWESOME!

I’m wondering how Sugar is this morning? @FlyingNunFarm

When you say she was covered in mud, how did that happen?
Was it just rainy or did she get stuck somewhere?
Was she attacked?
Have you examined her for injuries?

First-- she's alive!
No heating pad. She's so taterin weak. She did move herself a bit in the night.

I don't see any injuries. She can move everything. When I say covered I mean covered. Ex called and said there is a dead chicken in the run. So I drove over and when I looked in she was laying there in a awkward position. (It reminded me of a bloated deer on the side of the road if I'm honest. One leg in the air, head bent back.) I went to pick her up and she kicked her legs and tried to move her head around. Pretty sure "JC she's alive!" came out of my mouth and I yelled to the ex, "get the door". I brought her down to the basement and ran warm water over her. We've had rain and thunderstorms this weekend so their run is a mud pit. I'm not sure if she got stuck then it rained and she got splashed with more. That's my best guess.

She drank on her own this morning. I put some nutir-drench in it. Then added a little of the Kaytee baby bird powder. Very loose slurry consistency so she can drink it. She lists to one side or the other if I don't hold her upright. She does this weird movement with her head I don't like. It reminds me of the ticking CC did before she died. But with Sugar it isn't as rhythmic. It's more like a kid trying to fight sleep. Got her propped up and resting. I plan on offering slurry every few hours.