Zane Made REAL Progress (New Pics Pg 99)!RIP Lorelei...

[speckledhen]

Next week the feedstore is getting both SLWs and GLWs a couple of days before my broody's egg is due to hatch. I think because of Lorelei being down in the mouth right on the heels of losing Lacy, I'll pick up a SLW chick or two in addition to the GLWs I was going to get to put under Olivia. I wasn't going to replace my SLWs when they were gone, but when faced with the real thing, I know I'll miss them. They have their own personality type that adds to the flock dynamic around here. I might change my mind, but right now, it's what I plan to do.
Zane is eating again this morning. It rained last night, so I'm not sure I want to put him out on the damp ground. I may be able to warm a towel in the dryer and lay him on that in the sun, IF the sun will come out like its supposed to today.

 

[SpottedCrow]

That's good to know that she could get off the roost by herself...
I made sure that Penny was nice and warm too...I have a fleece thing that I always wear to work and it was nice and warm for her and it smelled of MOM...so she'd be comfortable...Now I don't want to wash it because it smells like Penny...oy...

The warm towel's a great idea!

I'm hoping and praying and wishing for you and the Birdie Bunch...

 

[megshenhut]

Glad to hear Zane is doing better. If he has nerve damage it will take a while to heal. I've had two that I kept in the house for about 3 weeks each. One hen broke her leg and the other one I wasn't sure what she did, but she couldn't use her leg for a long time. I kept them both in those large tupperware bins where they couldn't move around much and after a couple weeks would take them outside for a little exercise. They were both EE hens and they both fully recovered. The one with the broken leg had a knot on her leg and the leg wasn't quite straight, but she did fine. I'm so sorry to hear that Lorelei isn't improving. It sounds like you may be right about the cancer. I've lost several that way. But if she is still getting on the roost, she is hanging on. Before I lost mine, they wouldn't roost for a while. It is just so sad when there is nothing you can do to fix them. I lost my Hawk, a SLW, a couple years ago and I miss her big time. She had a personality that none of the other breeds seemed to have.

 

[speckledhen]

I held Lorelei today and she went to sleep in my arms while sitting on the hammock. I noticed that her comb and face took on a purple cast to them, a new development. I know she hasn't laid an egg in about three weeks now, to my recollection. She let me hold her without struggling for maybe 30 minutes, something she never let me do before this. She has no meat on her bones left, poor girl, in spite of the fact that she is eating fine. DH balled up some bread with some aspirin crushed into it and she ate the bread balls with enthusiasm. Hopefully, it will help whatever pain she's having right now. She was just the sweetest thing today, allowing me to hold onto her for that long. I hope if she needs to go, she'll go before she's in too much pain. She's just a beautiful, sweet girl and like her sister, Lacy, will be sorely missed by us and her last remaining sister, Violet. This isn't what I wanted, right on the heels of losing my Hawkeye and then Zane's injury, but I dont pick 'em, I just endure 'em.

Michele, I hope it's just that with Zane, a nerve that will get unpinched or swelling that will subside. Glad your girl got well.

 

[justusnak]

Oh Cynthia......I am so sorry to hear about Lorelei not getting better. Its so hard watching them decline. Zane HAS to get better.....he just HAS too! I will definately say a prayer to St Michael....he will help.

 

[speckledhen]

Deb, you've been through so much more than me lately, I hope your family is doing better now. I did read your post, but I need to catch up on your updates.

 

[gumpsgirl]

I'm just now getting a minute to check in on Lorelei and Zane. I'm glad that Lorelei was peaceful enough to let you hold her today. Bless her heart. Where is that magic wand??? I just wish so badly that I could make things better for your brood. I will keep hoping and praying on this end. Sending hugs to those sick chickens and yourself!

Hang in there Cyn. Things are bound to start looking up soon.

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you for keeping our little feathered family in your thoughts, Stacey. It's just going to take time with Zane and at the end of the tunnel, he'll get better or he wont. Lorelei, I fear, needs a miracle to pull through this. When you find that magic wand, let me know!

 

[ozark hen]

Your magic wand just might be all these prayers going out to you and yours.

We won't stop praying for all those in need right now on byc. So many tragic losses and so much pain brings tears to those of us who are at a loss to help you.

 

[speckledhen]

I sure appreciate all of you. All isn't sad at my house. I have all these adorable chicks in the nursery coop and Olivia, my broody, is due to hatch her chick next week and I have seven 18 week old pullets acting rather hormonal right now, so I'll have some new layers very soon, one of them a new wife for Suede. There is alot positive going on here, too, so it isnt all tears. I do miss my Hawkeye terribly. His crow is like a ghost voice in my head-I'll never forget it, no matter how many roosters I have. But, I still have my Suede, the big lug. I walked down the street to take some cookies to a neighbor and when I walked back up the driveway, there stood Suede, waiting for me like a big blue granite statue, and he walked back with me. Wish he could be my flock rooster, but he's just too HUGE, LOL.