Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

very sorry Ribh, I am a big softie also.

Thanks Diva. I know there are a lot of us on here, which is much better than the *it's only a chicken* attitude I'd get round here ~ not from the man but just generally.

 

[MaryJanet]

Awwwww I'm so sorry about Nugget

 

[Ribh]

Awwwww I'm so sorry about Nugget

Thanks, MaryJanet. These things happen. I've kept chickens long enough to know they can keel over @ the drop of a hat for no apparent reason, or not one I've picked up on, & they aren't generally long lived but I will miss her. She kept my flock really stable as head chook. Hepzibah is more of a bully so here's hoping this doesn't upset my apple cart too much.

 

[MaryJanet]

At least she passed snug in a safe place. Can't ask for more if you're a chicken.

 

[Ribh]

At least she passed snug in a safe place. Can't ask for more if you're a chicken.

That's very true & she was warm & loved & had a really good life here with this little flock. I know all that ~ & I know I did the best I could for her

 

[WhoDatChick]

Well Namaste is back in the big coop being feisty & bossy, eating well & generally being chookish. Now it is her sister! *sigh* I have had more trouble & fewer eggs from the Australorps than anyone else when they are supposed to be hardy & great layers. Yesterday I gave Nugget the once over. To the best of my ability [which isn't saying much as no~one round here gets overly concerned about chooks so I've never seen a lot of the stuff I read about done & I'm a visual learner] I checked for lice, mites, worms [though she was wormed beginning of Autumn along with everyone else] & egg binding. Her crop seems fine.However every feather she owns seems about ready to fall out all @ once. She seemed to have a small molt earlier but this is serious. I can see the shaft peeling away on the old feathers & lots of pin feathers poking through so I'm hopeful that's all that's making her lethargic. It is worrying though. I feel like a bad chicken keeper.

@aart had mentioned to me about a certain mite that’ll eat the feathers.. maybe she can tell you.. I don’t remember the details..

 

[WhoDatChick]

Fun? Fun?!

At least Tsuki only does a few pecks then leaves them alone...
Any suggestions on getting them to play nice would be greatly appreciated!
I really want them all up on a perch, it doen't even have to be the same one! Am I asking too much?

I’m having the same problem with.. mainly the flowers.. and some others... they are sleeping in the nests .. I go out there some nights and move them around but I tell you.. CHICKENS BE CRAZY!! It is all out war in there .. and I cannot be a part of it cuz I lose my patience to be sure!! .. so I’m trying to just let things be and hopefully as they get bigger and more assertive they will move to roosts on their own ... but now my nests have poop in them

 

[WhoDatChick]

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She's gone. I went to let the girls out & she was as stiff as a board in a nesting box. Going to clean & disinfect the coop now. *sigh* I know this is a fact of chicken keeping but I don't like it!

Oh, I’m so sorry ... and sad

 

[Ribh]

Oh, I’m so sorry ... and sad

Thank you. I was so devastated this morning [a blubbering mess actually] I wasn't thinking straight. There's no way to know for sure without a necroposy, but when I was checking her over yesterday I noticed a large hard lumpy mass on one side of her spine. She wasn't keen on me investigating & I put it down to the pin feathers bothering her but the more I think about it [& pray about it] the more convinced I am she had some sort of growth. The Australorps aren't my easiest chickens to handle so I can't be absolutely sure but I'm starting to think that way. Sad ~ but even if I'd spotted it earlier not much I could have done.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Thank you. I was so devastated this morning [a blubbering mess actually] I wasn't thinking straight. There's no way to know for sure without a necroposy, but when I was checking her over yesterday I noticed a large hard lumpy mass on one side of her spine. She wasn't keen on me investigating & I put it down to the pin feathers bothering her but the more I think about it [& pray about it] the more convinced I am she had some sort of growth. The Australorps aren't my easiest chickens to handle so I can't be absolutely sure but I'm starting to think that way. Sad ~ but even if I'd spotted it earlier not much I could have done.

Oh okay... so this was a sudden thing? With Nugget? So not the one that has been having issues... how old was she?
It really gets me when I read those words “she’s gone” ... I just read them yesterday from BY Bob.. he just lost Patsy .. it’s truly sad... be blessed and hugs to you