Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

I do hope she is OK.

Thank you, RC. I hope so too.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm a bit worried about Beatha @ present. The flock has been pretty stable since I got here & healthy. They have plenty of space. Their coop is well ventilated & there is plenty of daytime cover.

Beatha has always been something of an oddity.
She's a loner. She almost never hangs with the rest of the girls.
She & Luna have always sounded raspy & wheezy when breathing.
She's never been super active.

So when I noticed she was slow coming to roost, always off by herself & really wheezing I didn't think much of it @ first. When I checked her over she did have lice so I treated her for that. I also noticed she had a big hard lump either side of her nostrils. One has disappeared but you can still see the other. Her comb is red but she's not laying.

So I grabbed her last night for treatment: lice free, good; Vitamins to help boost her immunity; Baycox to treat any infection. She seemed exhausted when I was done with her & I was worried I'd find her cold & stiff this morning but, no. There she was @ the door with the other 3 non~broodies ~ & not @ the back either but right in front.

I do think she's not herself but how sick she actually is I have no idea. I will check her over again tonight & do what I can. I miss my blue eggs but she's valuable to the tribe for other reasons. Amongst a plethora of nut jobs she is now my lone stable hen. She's predator savvy & good with the bantams. Portia is a bully & Ha'Penny too flighty to be good with the smaller birds. Beatha is calm & pretty unflappable & up until this point she has been really hardy, surviving things that have taken out other birds.

The good news is she's still upright & pursuing her daily routine.​

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I can see why you are worried. Hopefully she can work her way through whatever is bothering her.

 

[Ribh]

I can see why you are worried. Hopefully she can work her way through whatever is bothering her.

I do hope so, Bob. I have been debating getting a sitting of eggs but cockerels are a problem & it is still so early in our season I could have trouble getting the eggs I want. Plus I don't want to get my neighbours off side with too many screaming birds & we do remember what young Campines are like!

 

[BY Bob]

I do hope so, Bob. I have been debating getting a sitting of eggs but cockerels are a problem & it is still so early in our season I could have trouble getting the eggs I want. Plus I don't want to get my neighbours off side with too many screaming birds & we do remember what young Campines are like!

Screaming campines would be an issue. Glynda likes to tell my neighbors it's time to get moving in the AM. Then Aurora crows. It's a little noisy here in the AM. 3 or 4 campines could make quite a racket.

 

[BDutch]

I do hope so, Bob. I have been debating getting a sitting of eggs but cockerels are a problem & it is still so early in our season I could have trouble getting the eggs I want. Plus I don't want to get my neighbours off side with too many screaming birds & we do remember what young Campines are like!

I hope Beatha will be ok too.

Maybe you can buy a few Easter Egger or Auracana hatching eggs somewhere? Its not too early to let a broody sit on eggs is it?. It’s Spring Down Under now.

I can’t have cockerels either, but I managed to give them to people who can have them until now. Sometimes is takes a week, sometimes a few months but they all went to a new home were they were welcome as company, alarm buddy or for breeding purposes.

 

[Ribh]

I hope Beatha will be ok too.

Maybe you can buy a few Easter Egger or Auracana hatching eggs somewhere? Its not too early to let a broody sit on eggs is it?. It’s Spring Down Under now.

I can’t have cockerels either, but I managed to give them to people who can have them until now. Sometimes is takes a week, sometimes a few months but they all went to a new home were they were welcome as company, alarm buddy or for breeding purposes.

Yes, it is spring here but I want Aracauna & Campine eggs [& perhaps seabrights] & they are rare here. My supplier checks for fertility in Spring & isn't usually ready to sell eggs before summer. Knowing this I haven't contacted her yet. I would really like to have a rooster & close my tribe but I need my own place & to be rural. I have been holding off in hopes my situation will resolve itself shortly.

 

[LozzyR]

I'm a bit worried about Beatha @ present. The flock has been pretty stable since I got here & healthy. They have plenty of space. Their coop is well ventilated & there is plenty of daytime cover.

Beatha has always been something of an oddity.
She's a loner. She almost never hangs with the rest of the girls.
She & Luna have always sounded raspy & wheezy when breathing.
She's never been super active.

So when I noticed she was slow coming to roost, always off by herself & really wheezing I didn't think much of it @ first. When I checked her over she did have lice so I treated her for that. I also noticed she had a big hard lump either side of her nostrils. One has disappeared but you can still see the other. Her comb is red but she's not laying.

So I grabbed her last night for treatment: lice free, good; Vitamins to help boost her immunity; Baycox to treat any infection. She seemed exhausted when I was done with her & I was worried I'd find her cold & stiff this morning but, no. There she was @ the door with the other 3 non~broodies ~ & not @ the back either but right in front.

I do think she's not herself but how sick she actually is I have no idea. I will check her over again tonight & do what I can. I miss my blue eggs but she's valuable to the tribe for other reasons. Amongst a plethora of nut jobs she is now my lone stable hen. She's predator savvy & good with the bantams. Portia is a bully & Ha'Penny too flighty to be good with the smaller birds. Beatha is calm & pretty unflappable & up until this point she has been really hardy, surviving things that have taken out other birds.

The good news is she's still upright & pursuing her daily routine.​

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Get better soon Beatha.

 

[MaryJanet]

How's Beatha today?

 

[Ribh]

How's Beatha today?

She seems a bit better & is out & about with the other non~broodies. I will keep an eye on her today & dose her again tonight.

 

[Ribh]

CATURDAY AGAIN.
The sloth @ work.

His brother is no better.