Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

Happy Caturday from Blossom

 

[Ribh]

Gosh she is a sweetheart. You are truly blessed.

She is such an odd little chicken. I never wanted lap chickens but how could I refuse such a sweetie? She is truly a one of a kind chicken.

 

[Ribh]

Happy Caturday from Blossom

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That looks very cosy.

 

[Ribh]

RC, how are your girls doing now? I've caught the odd update but not sure on Minnie & Bernadette, I think it was you were having issues with.

 

[MaryJanet]

That looks very cosy.

We are very snug. I'm feeling a little peckish though so she'll have to be dislodged soin.

 

[Ribh]

We are very snug. I'm feeling a little peckish though so she'll have to be dislodged soin.

I was babysitting last night & once the kiddies were in bed all 3 cats came & snuggled with me. They were not best pleased when I went to leave & the little tortie dug her claws in so she was difficult to remove.

 

[MaryJanet]

I was babysitting last night & once the kiddies were in bed all 3 cats came & snuggled with me. They were not best pleased when I went to leave & the little tortie dug her claws in so she was difficult to remove.

Cheeky!

 

[Shadrach]

I don't know this one but I will look it up. It may not be here yet either & I normally don't watch a lot of t.v., so wouldn't really know. The lad goes for lots of violence & gore & as that's not my thing I leave him to it. He has been watching a few historical dramas: The White Queen; Becoming Elizabeth; The Tudors... & I will occasionally joing him for an episode or 2 but as I generally know the historical background I become easily frustrated & abandon the attempt.

Ah, well it's shockingly violent in parts but it's dark humour more than attempts at realism.

 

[Shadrach]

I would really like to grow milk thistle, does it take well in clay areas?

I don't know. I'm going to put some in my veg plot which has a neutral ph and decent soil.

 

[RoyalChick]

RC, how are your girls doing now? I've caught the odd update but not sure on Minnie & Bernadette, I think it was you were having issues with.

Awww thanks for asking! It is quite a roller-coaster. And since you asked I will give you the update!

Bernadette had the leg paralysis which required massive amounts of vitamin B2 and some complicated leg splinting to reverse. Whenever I backed off the vitamin supplement one or other leg would go lame. I nearly gave up a couple of times but was inspired by your experience with Sif (?), and by Bernadette herself who is the commander of the little Hooligans tribe and had no intention of giving up. She is doing fantastically well - she is large and in charge and seems to relish the working of her legs by doing little dances and jumping up to impossible places!

Minnie had diarrhea and was doing the death warmed up stance - all hunched up and miserable. Vet eventually found roundworms and coccidiae - so I treated both. Minnie immediately got an obstructed crop which then got yeast infection (she was burping like a brewery). I treated with miconazole and lots of massage and coconut oil. She too is now doing great (though she still has diarrhea!).

Bella is one of the new Hooligans and is a medical mystery. She is quite poorly and neither the vet nor I can figure it out. She is gaping and coughing/sneezing (but not often) and she has gone off her food. I am considering treatment without a diagnosis which I don't love to do but it is getting a bit dire. I am also considering tube feeding which I vowed never to do but she is young so I don't want her to starve to death. Right now I am giving her liquid with a dropper and she will eat scratch but not anything else.

And because I have typed such a long answer to what was possibly just a casual enquiry, I will share a picture of each so you know who I am talking about.

Minnie (one of the Roadrunners)

Bernadette (leader of the Hooligans)

Bella (one of the Hooligans)