Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

This will be so good for Lottie. Good for her to have some young ones to teach. This is a nice gift you have given her.

It is good for her. : She is contributing & she likes that.

 

[Shadrach]

How is she this morning, Shad?

I'm not sure yet Ribh. She came out with the others and has some breakfast. I'll find her later and spend a bit of time observing and getting some more vitamins down her neck.
AM 21/Feb.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I got Nolia out of the pet carrier about 0700. She drank some vitamin enhanced water and ate a very small amount of commercial feed.
When I returned to my house after letting the rest of the creatures and getting them fed, Nolia standing in the middle of a bare concrete floor all on her own just looked wrong. I had planned to keep her in for the day.
I decided I would spend the day with Nolia outside. I think I've done the right thing but it was touch and go for a while.
I set Nolia down on the terrace close to the water jug about a couple of meters away from her tribe.
Punch came over almost immediately and did round after round of herding shuffles and pecking at the ground around Nolia. The next moment Bracket came steaming out of the bushes and launched a full on attack at Nolia. My heart almost stopped. I was just about to dive in and rescue Nolia when I remembered if this was going to happen I couldn't prevent it and better it happen while I was there. It was hard to do. Nolia saw Bracket off. It was over very quickly. By the time Mag got in there to break it up it was over and Bracket took her chicks to the other end of the rockery. I didn't even notice Hinge moving in. The next thing I know Hinge is attacking Nolia. Nolia saw her off to.
Punch did a bit more herding, mag pecked Nolia (warning peck) on the back of her head and everybody settled down. Nolia kept the couple of meters between her and the rest of the tribe for the next hour or so. I was quite lucky to see this as I was coop cleaning below the rockery. I had come up the steps to get a bag of straw and saw Lock approaching Nolia. No reaction from Nolia at Locks approach. Lock walked right up to Nolia and cleaned off a few small pieces of dead shrubs the had got thrown up in the two fights earlier from Nolias neck and back. Super sweet.
Nolia has started grooming again. Here it's been one of the first signs of recovery. When the hens are feeling ill, or drugged up, they tend not to groom at all.
She also foraged a bit.
It took about three hours but eventually all Tribe 2 settled together under their favorite bush by the steps from the rockery to the veg garden and chicken lawn.
Soooo, I'm thinking to myself there is stuff going on here I need to know about.
When I next checked on Nolia I couldn't find her at first. She had made a nest in the Tribe 3 currently spare coop. Knocks chicks will move in there in some arrangement when and if they grow up. I left her in there.
Because I am a bit concerned about Nolia's lack of solid food intake I've been taking bits to her as treats. She won't eat more than one or two pieces of anything each time I try. I've got a bit of pork down here, a walnut, a small pieces of cheese and some white fish.
The odd part is she keeps dropping it on the floor and make call chicks for food sounds; not every time but often enough to make one think.
This evening all Tribe 2 ate together. You wouldn't have known it had all kicked off a few hours ago. Nolia went to roost first having eaten a bit of supper (still far short of what she should eat)
Back to the reason I think/thought Nolia was ill. I had opened Tribe 2's coop yesterday morning and found Nolia star gazing with a fullish crop.
Her half sister Bracket has done the same when sitting on eggs. The story is here. Bracket is perfectly normal now.....for Bracket anyway.
So, between the star gazing, the nest making, the eating habit and the self imposed separation from the tribe, plus the food dropping and chick calling I think Nolia is having some kind of phantom chick hatching.
You can call the people in white coats now if you like.
Anyway, in case I don't get let out of the asylum here are some picture of Nolia today.

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Sounds plausible to me Shad. You are a good chook psychologist

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Ribh]

Chook Impersonations

She has quite a bit in common with Nolia...

Luckily she's all grown up now but we were worried there for a bit.

 

[Ribh]

I'm not sure yet Ribh. She came out with the others and has some breakfast. I'll find her later and spend a bit of time observing and getting some more vitamins down her neck.
AM 21/Feb.

Fingers crossed for her Shad. Hope she's doing better.

 

[rjohns39]

They grow up way too fast Jeannie

 

[Ribh]

They grow up way too fast Jeannie

Indeed they do. She was always a lot of fun to have around.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[Ribh]

Good evening everyone

Waving...