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Ribh said:
@RoyalChick : How is Bernadette doing? I've only just seen you are tubing her.:( I'm so sorry you are having such a time with her. She is a lovely little hen & this should have been such a joyous time for you. :hugs
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No no.
Bernadette is the one whose leg became paralyzed and who I put into a boot and gave physical therapy and lots of vitamin B2. She is doing great on her long giraffe legs. She seems to take joy that her legs now work to her command and so do I. She is turning into quite a pretty chicken with her gold neck feathers.
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Bella is the one I am tube feeding. She got a viral throat infection (confirmed from a swab I sent to a diagnostic lab). It has quite a high fatality rate but if the hen survives the virus goes dormant and only returns under stress. On the basis of that and her continued interest in life (even though she couldn’t breathe or eat or drink), I decided to tube feed.
I am not able to keep up with her needs so she is losing weight but I am hoping she will pull through. She is very weak but has just in the last couple of days shown an interest in eating frozen corn kernels. She is a complete poppet and I am so hoping she will conquer this.
Here she is after I fed her by tube last night.
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RoyalChick said:
No no.
Bernadette is the one whose leg became paralyzed and who I put into a boot and gave physical therapy and lots of vitamin B2. She is doing great on her long giraffe legs. She seems to take joy that her legs now work to her command and so do I. She is turning into quite a pretty chicken with her gold neck feathers.
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Bella is the one I am tube feeding. She got a viral throat infection (confirmed from a swab I sent to a diagnostic lab). It has quite a high fatality rate but if the hen survives the virus goes dormant and only returns under stress. On the basis of that and her continued interest in life (even though she couldn’t breathe or eat or drink), I decided to tube feed.
I am not able to keep up with her needs so she is losing weight but I am hoping she will pull through. She is very weak but has just in the last couple of days shown an interest in eating frozen corn kernels. She is a complete poppet and I am so hoping she will conquer this.
Here she is after I fed her by tube last night.
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Oops. Sorry I got mixed up. I am glad both birds are doing better. I know how you love black chickens so I hope Bella pulls through for you. :hugs
 

CATURDAY. 😃
Marlow likes to park his considerable butt here & watch for the neighbour's cat ~ a not very friendly tuxedo who likes to sunbathe on their shed roof & watch the chickens. I've been trying for a picture as he's rather a handsome lad but he sees me coming & scoots.​
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Ribh said:

CATURDAY. 😃
Marlow likes to park his considerable butt here & watch for the neighbour's cat ~ a not very friendly tuxedo who likes to sunbathe on their shed roof & watch the chickens. I've been trying for a picture as he's rather a handsome lad but he sees me coming & scoots.​
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I like that picture of him.
 

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