So I went out tonight to lock up and all of the roosters found their way to their coop while next door, the bantam pullets and two juvenile cockerels were wandering around outside crying their little hearts out unable to figure out where they were supposed to bed down for the night even though all the standard hens and 4 of the bantams were on the roosts. After spending 15 minutes chasing them around the run (like trying to herd cats in a lightening storm) I got the brilliant idea to turn on the light inside the coop. 5 immediately hopped inside leaving two idiot children (sometimes I swear that if these little creatures were children they would be sitting in the driveway eating dirt and chewing on rocks) trying to stick their heads through the chicken wire and now screaming their heads off trying to get into the rooster pen.I managed to catch them and stuff them through the pop door before slamming it closed and hoping nobody was trying to get back out at the same time.
I threw a few yards of black satin cloth I had on hand over Doc. Hopefully he will hold off till a more decent hour before he starts crowing at the top of his lungs in the morning. His face and eye continue to improve. DH had me flush his eye out with REFRESH eye moisturizer tonight and coat it with antibiotic salve but he was actually able to open it a tad tonight. Hopefully I can start reducing the Terramycin boluses I've been shooting down his throat to once a day tomorrow and get him back with the boys if the swelling continues to decrease. Primo, my cyanotic rooster continues to be well, cyanotic but looks pretty happy or as happy as he can be in a bachelor pad.
Have I mentioned that I really really REALLY hate Marek's disease?
Love the pics, Alaskan. I'm looking at them and thinking, whow, they are wearing winter gear while we are hanging out in summer shorts and tank tops. Then it dawns on me, spring in Alaska! What a concept!