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They're miserable, poor things, but when I noticed Desdemona showing similar symptoms I immediately pulled her thinking how nice it would be for Ceres to have company.
Perish the thought!
All this guff about chickens being social! They have discerning friendships.
Ceres has never run with Desdemona. My Desi is a quiet accommodating little chicken who is not adverse to being handled & takes her medications with good grace trusting I am trying to help her. Her friend of choice is Portia, my large B&W frizzle Wyandotte. Portia prefers Gloriana, no matter how mean she is to her. Ceres runs with Titania, who shares her feisty, flighty atomic presence & she is peeved no end to find Desdemona sharing her space. She has a nastier case of the pox too & is jolly miserable. We are not on top of the coccidea either & Ceres hates the Baycox. She won't eat bread it's on. She won't drink water it's in. She fights like a demon if I try syringing it. The sooner the Amprolium arrives the better!
Meanwhile I have to fish Ceres off the top of the shower stall each night, where she tries to roost as far away from Desdemona as possible & I am wondering how many more chickens my bathroom will be forced to accomodate before we are done with the pox. So far no~one else is showing symptoms.
Perish the thought!
All this guff about chickens being social! They have discerning friendships.
Ceres has never run with Desdemona. My Desi is a quiet accommodating little chicken who is not adverse to being handled & takes her medications with good grace trusting I am trying to help her. Her friend of choice is Portia, my large B&W frizzle Wyandotte. Portia prefers Gloriana, no matter how mean she is to her. Ceres runs with Titania, who shares her feisty, flighty atomic presence & she is peeved no end to find Desdemona sharing her space. She has a nastier case of the pox too & is jolly miserable. We are not on top of the coccidea either & Ceres hates the Baycox. She won't eat bread it's on. She won't drink water it's in. She fights like a demon if I try syringing it. The sooner the Amprolium arrives the better!
Meanwhile I have to fish Ceres off the top of the shower stall each night, where she tries to roost as far away from Desdemona as possible & I am wondering how many more chickens my bathroom will be forced to accomodate before we are done with the pox. So far no~one else is showing symptoms.
I would prefer they didn't find anything!
I'm away from home today, so I won't be able to join in until tomorrow!
