Ribh's D'Coopage

[LaFemmeKatia]

I hope everyone enjoys them...

I love mine! Thank you!!

 

[BY Bob]

Yep, the online runaround is really, really bad. It once took 3 of us 4 hours to sort out a mess online. Any time the person on the phone started getting frustrated they handed the phone on to the next person & took a coffee break. Meanwhile the company rep kept having to deal with us because they got no excuse for terminating the conversation. Jerks!

We've dealt with car salesmen the same way. As part of a HS math thing the man got my OD to do the research & buy the car ~ the sort of thing most girls never learn until they have to & so often then get burnt. Any time She got overwhelmed I stepped in but made it clear I didn't have the final say; that would be my husband. When I got lost my MIL stepped in. The poor salesman had no idea who to pitch his spiel to. We got a really good deal, OD learnt heaps of practical math & hubby closed the deal. By then I think the sales rep was relieved to be dealing with a man & only too happy to give him anything he wanted if we would just go away.

That is surely a way to win when negotiating. I just bought Mrs BY Bob a new car on Monday. I negotiate for a living. We were down to the end and I wanted another $200 off. I'm squeezing the last dime out. Mrs BY Bob is telling me to just take the deal. Why fight over $200, she wants the car. I got the extra $200 of and Mrs BY Bob got her car. Merry Christmas to her.

If you don't ask, they won't give it to you. It's not like they are going to get mad and pull the deal on the table.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Me too. I'm not overly confident. They're not avian vets & their advice is sometimes a little shonky. They don't know all that much about chickens.

I found an avian vet, very scarce here. She really didn’t have much experience with chickens. Most of her patients are parrots and birds like that.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Thanks, Bob. No need. After a long consultation it was decided to euthanise her. She had deteriorated a lot over night. The vet has taken a faecal sample & will get back to me on that. No~one else is showing any sort of symptoms but depending on the examination results I may need to treat both flocks for cocci. The monsoonal wet could be responsible despite me keeping the coop area as dry as possible. The vet wasn't sure though & the symptoms listed on~line weren't what I was seeing so it may not be that.

The good news, such as it is, is the vet says I had made all the right calls, including not travelling in the heat & I had done everything right to that point in the way I was treating her & looking after her. It doesn't make it easier but I do feel better about the outcome.

I am sorry to hear this news.

 

[featherhead007]

Short rant: I had left my bag of meally worms out on the porch table this morning.
After some time, I found it laying on the ground (Still sealed) but a few peck marks were noticed. I called all birds for a meeting, and asked who was responsible for pecking at the bag? No one coward away when I held up the bag at them, except Beetov-Hen. She acted like a puppy who just did a bad thing on the floor. (She's usually the culprit anyways for things like this) .. I wouldn't have it any other way! No harm no Fowl! So cute.

bag of worms in question and bird!

 

[BY Bob]

Ok ~ we have worming tablets to do all the girls.
Then the vet is going to give me something to treat the whole flock for coccidiosis. A very mild infection was present in the feacal sample so it sounds like Gonril was pretty unlucky. And none of the symptoms, like bloody poop, were present so I wasn't particularly thinking that way. I had considered it & checked for symptoms ~ but let's face it, I'm not the best with sickness & disease. I got to show of piccies of all my pretty girls & had the satisfaction of the vet ooohing & aaahing. Yep. She was quite taken with them too.

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Well it's nice to have a reason. Now that you know you can clean everyone else up and move forward. That's good.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

We finally got a dry afternoon & I was able to spend some time with the Littlies ! some of whom are no longer so little!
Regan, Portia & Gloriana are all roosting ~ @ least some of the time ~ but even my tiny frizzles are much bigger than they were.

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Gloriana was the hennie who stayed with Gonril until I removed her from the coop.
Everyone seems to be well & happy but they are spending an inordinate amount of time inside the coop rather than in the little run. That seems weird to me but perhaps it reminds them of their brooder & they feel safer.

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They are so pretty, and they ARE growing!

 

[BY Bob]

But I sure had a great time with the chickens today!!

That makes any day great!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

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Yep, she has “guilt” written all over her face!

 

[BY Bob]

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She is doing what any good leghorn does. Helping herself.