Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

I had three for a long time, then the two older ones passed away. We just have our little Tobias now.
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What a handsome kitty. I love your white gloves Tobias!

 

[BY Bob]

Scooby decided to get a birds eye view of the chooks.

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And a close up, just because he is adorably chunky in his winter coat and weight.❤

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He surely is quite the cat!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you!! He is such a special guy. ❤ He gets along with everyone human and animal.
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I love that look of disapproval in the last photo! Did someone move when they should not have?

 

[drstratton]

It's my fault. I was late posting. I'll try to be sooner next week.

Yes, don't let it happen again...I'm the one that's usually late...

 

[RoyalChick]

I have had that many. I've been good for few years now and it is just the 2.

Well, you know what that means? Somewhere nearby is a poor abandoned kitty cat looking for a home with chickens. Just saying.

 

[BY Bob]

Well, you know what that means? Somewhere nearby is a poor abandoned kitty cat looking for a home with chickens. Just saying.

I considered taking Josh but I need my eldest to move on before I introduce another. There are many reasons why. I have made special allowances for her that cannot continue once she is gone. Plus she has always hated any other cat. I can't do that to her now at her age.

 

[Shadrach]

It surely is taking a long time to heal in this fashion. Interesting. It seems that for whatever reason the anatomy of the foot does not allow for great blood flow to the region so he can fight off the bacteria. This is probably why @Kris5902 Roostie is having such trouble.

It is taking a long time. There are certain chicken complaints that seem to be very problematic. Crop problems are one and bumble foot is another. The other stuff like egg bound, common diseases, parasites and injuries have for me at least been relativley straight forward.
Injuries, some of which look horrifying and panic inducing have in general been coped with by myself and the chicken fairly well, right down to broken wings as long as the lungs aren't punctured. Crop problems it seems are almost always a symptom of something else so working out what needs treating can be difficult.
Coccida, worms, etc have for me been very easy to deal with as long as I have the right medication on hand and I see the problem before it gets to be a problem so to speak.
Some things like Dandy's and Tarn's paralysis took time but they self healed with the right nutrition and care. Bracket with her wry neck; it looked desperate but again, with the right care and time she sorted herslf out. I fairly convinced with Bracket for example that if I had gone the seperation and so called supportive care route so often advocated she wouldn't have made it.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I love that look of disapproval in the last photo! Did someone move when they should not have?

He was mad because I ran out of soft food for him. They always have dry, but soft is a winter treat.

I told him he was quite "fluffy" and in fact did NOT need any wet food.

 

[Ribh]

Scooby decided to get a birds eye view of the chooks.

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And a close up, just because he is adorably chunky in his winter coat and weight.❤

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Such a lovely cat. My Kirby likes to get on the run roof & make the girls alarm. He thinks it's funny.

 

[Ribh]

It's nice to see the previous batch of newbies hanging out with the older ladies. That clearly went very well.

It has. It has taken a few weeks for everybody to decide they can be one big happy family but now we are there. Not sure how the Vorwerks will go. Gloriana has been honking @ them through the wire & Portia has been doing some chest bumping. Everyone else has looked but not commented.