Poorly hen, need your help please

[SPARKLESILKIE]

Good luck!!

 

[yolka doodle]

Thank you SPARKLESILKIE, you have been very helpful, Bessie is in a cage in my kitchen with a towel over the cage. she is having tiny bits of food and is drinking, think she likes the attention. I will keep you posted.

 

[SPARKLESILKIE]

I'm so glad she's is better!!

 

[yolka doodle]

I'm so glad she's is better!!

Thank you.

I went to a pet store and got some mite and flee spray just in case, so I am about to completely clean the coop and run and treat the hens. Cant do any harm ay, see if that helps. I have 3 silkies too they are 21 weeks old, they are so cute. ill download some pics later. They are in a different coop and run, I also have 10 Quails they are cool too.

thanks

 

[SPARKLESILKIE]

It will be a good summer cleaning lol the coop will be nice and clean for the end of summer

 

[yolka doodle]

Confession! I did not clean the main cop and run, because I put all new chippings and straw in there the other day so I thought ill leave it a couple of days and just cleaned Bessie's cage and gave her a spray. She went in the garden and helped me while I was digging she was eating worms so I guess she is feeling a tad better. She got tired and went to the back door to come inside, I think she likes living with us bless her. at the moment she is all tucked up in her cage.

 

[SPARKLESILKIE]

Aww... Sounds like a very well loved chicken!!

 

[yolka doodle]

Aww... Sounds like a very well loved chicken!!

I love them to bits. Bessie is my favourite. I let her out today with the others and she seemed better until two of the lower ranks picked a fight with her, she defended her self but is still not strong enough, so she is back in the cage. I was told to put her on a hot water bottle as being egg bound is cramps and it works well. She does not appear egg bound but ill try it tonight. She definitely wont want to g back outside, she came to the back door again tonight as if to say "mum I've had enough today, I want to go to bed" I gave her a tin of sardines in olive oil the other day she loved it. hopefully she will be even stronger tomorrow, we taking it day by day.

 

[SPARKLESILKIE]

The hot water bottle sounds like a good idea has she layer any eggs yet? I have a chicken named faith... Faith is my favorite... She's my best bud, my best friend... She's like a second sister. I know it sounds weird to have a chicken as a buddy, but she's has b

 

[SPARKLESILKIE]

een through alot... She was helped out of our shell and when she was finally out of the shell she was an abnormal chicken, she couldn't stand up for a while. My dad suggested that if she couldn't walk to put her down. But I said to give her a chance and she learned to walk quickly, she got all fuzzy, some blood she preened off, she still has a light red on her neck though from that day. She is a happy completely normal chicken now. She's a miracle