The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[aoxa]

Whoever said maybe her eye is still there, bingo. I was totally wrong! It is unscathed, but she definitely caught the muscle around it on something. She has a big black eye and it's bruised with a scratch. I was so relived to see her iris when I got home today! We decided to call her Woneyera (one-eye-ra). She deserves a name...

 

[aaggjg]

Whoever said maybe her eye is still there, bingo. I was totally wrong! It is unscathed, but she definitely caught the muscle around it on something. She has a big black eye and it's bruised with a scratch. I was so relived to see her iris when I got home today! We decided to call her Woneyera (one-eye-ra). She deserves a name...

That is such good news!!!!! Guess you'll have to stop calling her patch...

 

[Eggcessive]

Whoever said maybe her eye is still there, bingo. I was totally wrong! It is unscathed, but she definitely caught the muscle around it on something. She has a big black eye and it's bruised with a scratch. I was so relived to see her iris when I got home today! We decided to call her Woneyera (one-eye-ra). She deserves a name...

Yippee!

 

[delisha]

good news..
like the name too

 

[Highcotton]

good news..
like the name too

I second the good news and the name. We have a cat named one eye. She has one clouded eye.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote:
I had a cat that we called one eye. She was an indoor cat but when my parents were pet sitting for her, they forgot and let her out she came back with a sore eye that then never looked the same.

 

[lalaland]

Books

Go to Gutenberg.org and search for "Poultry by Hugh Piper". There are a lot of good old books free on that web site.

thank you! I would not have thought of looking there, and I spend so much time hunting up different university and extension sites and looking at their old items.

 

[lalaland]

Whoever said maybe her eye is still there, bingo. I was totally wrong! It is unscathed, but she definitely caught the muscle around it on something. She has a big black eye and it's bruised with a scratch. I was so relived to see her iris when I got home today! We decided to call her Woneyera (one-eye-ra). She deserves a name...

thats great!

I have a icelandic pullet who suddenly appeared one morning looking scalped - no comb and weird raw skin at the top of one eye. Not bloody, not oozing, .....just....almost like white scar tissue. I think she lost her vision in that eye because she always has her head turned one way to see out of the other. Nothing looks wrong with the eye....and I have no idea what happened to her. She is skittish but has always been skittish, think it is an icelandic thing.

 

[armorfirelady]

Delisha any suggestion on how often to feed meat protein to help in molting? They get fish meal daily with their grains but I think more than that is needed.

 

[delisha]

Delisha any suggestion on how often to feed meat protein to help in molting? They get fish meal daily with their grains but I think more than that is needed.

I honestly do not boost for moult..I personally feel moulting is normal and natural and I do not want to interfere with nature. I want the chickens to stop laying and rest and take the time they need. I too worry about pathetic looking chickens and how miserable they look all hunched up in the blowing snow. I also want strong healthy chickens that recover fully after a moult with out my manipulations. I feed a lot of meat regardless of moult at this time of year..and that is only because they are not out as much as they were and because of the Hawks i have not let them free range as much as i would like. They are out of the compound if i am outside for any length of time. On coop day the fence is opened for most of the birds. I have yet to let my gold laced orps or my dotties free range..I am too chicken. I am just fortunate I have a large fenced in compound.