I was out snapping pics, saw Tiger sunbathing... she's so beautiful with her wings spread, so I went over... and saw something in/on her eye. it's bubbly and wiped right off, her eye is clear and no one else has any bubbly buildup... what is it??? anyone???
just zoomed up close to gross y'all out...
so reading some threads makes me think that she is developing a respiratory problem. the bubbles did not return before roosting, but I will be closing my flock for now and treating for respiratory troubles. no coughing, no sneezing and no rubbing her eye at all... and no one else is showing any symptoms. hopefully I've caught it in it's earliest stage and can treat successfully!
W4W I bet he is exhausted. Glad to hear he is home. Will try to get pics of my marans at 12 weeks. no doubt 2 roo, 3 hen. So glad your Dad is OK! He sounds like mine, I sure can understand the worry but they are so tough too. I am always lurking/stalking him like a nutcase watching him! Cheeka I am so sorry for your friend. Same thing happened with both my grandparents. One went, the other followed soon after. I was really young, maybe 15. My last gramma passed away. but the few times I was able to visit burned in my heart. Gram Hornbaker was 93 when she passed. Papaw left us a 2 months before her at 90, he was a coal miner when he was young. He was eat up with cancer but HATED doctors. By time they found it he had passed. Gram just wasted away when he was gone, gave up. Mom moved her here a month and she missed Maryland so much, we took her back home. I really wish I had more time to know all of them better. Gramma miller loved every animal so much. Only time she ever fussed at me is when I caught one of her anole lizards in her aviary, it was so frightened.. My surviving aunts swear I am so much like my Gramma miller and it really makes me feel closer to her. I got 1 guinea egg, 2 duck egg todaySo sorry about your friend's parents. That's really rough. I spent most of today ferrying my dad to doctor visits (remember he took a swan dive off the porch steps). Amazingly he did not break anything. Doing better and started physical therapy. Dr said he was very lucky. Dr does not know that dad is a part time lumberjack and much stronger than he looks! Hubs got back from China today. Yay! We talked to him over Skype yesterday at 4pm our time and he hasn't slept since. Trying to stay up a bit longer to get adjusted back to our time more quickly. He's closing in on 28 hours without sleep, and going to crash soon. Work tomorrow! We got 5 eggs today. Some serious molting going on around here. It was drizzling most of the day, but still warm. We don't get these tropical storms all that much and aren't used to the humidity. My hair gets super curly- it's huge!crazy day, half great, half sad... phone was ringing early, my friend called to tell me her Dad passed last night, she lost her Mom only 45 days ago. I think he died of a broken heart. she's at a total loss, only finding comfort at the moment in her flock of chickens. phone rang again, egg order, trade for cartons if I want... okay, sure... they asked for 2 dozen. when I was on my route, a lady had bagged up 2 large bags of good buggy leaves for my flock - how nice is that?? then I get to the egg carton lady's house - she has 88 clean egg cartons! all she wants is 2 dozen eggs??? she also had all this day old bread on her porch - free - I got a loaf of whole wheat, 2 loaves of cinnamon raisin, 2 loaves of french bread, and 2 large flats of focaccia - I insisted she take some $$... but all I could get her to take was $4! so much to unload when I got home that I almost didn't notice the parcel on my step - my egg basket is here!![COLOR=0000CD]Serious egg basket envy over here! Very cool.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000CD]Sillie Silkie is so photogenic and expressive. Must be the dark eyes.[/COLOR] did I hear you say focaccia bread?
We laid 3. UGH. Processing 7 roos and 2 turkey jakes tomorrow.
