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

[McGoo]

Gee ... what a string of sad incidences. I am so sorry. They say that bad things come in 3's.... so hope this is number 3 and you are safe for a very long time.

 

[speckledhen]

S. C. they're little ones, but they sure are nasty critters. Yep, I put on my shoes to go to the bsmt in the summer, believe me.
Well I wish my bad string was over, but I'm afraid it isn't. My SLW, Lacy's sister, Lorelei, isn't looking good. She was fat and sassy a couple weeks ago, looking great, then suddenly she was slow to come off the roost in the morning and the first one on it at night. She had a spell at the end of last summer with extreme heat stress, a hard molt, and lost a massive amt of weight. She laid softshelled eggs, the contents of eggs with no membrane or shell, etc. Thought we'd lose her then, but with extra care, she turned the corner. Now, she's doing the same thing, but without the molt and the heat stress. She was very slow walking to the pen when I called the girls in at the end of the day, so I went to pick her up and give her a lift. She's suddenly a bag of bones again. I know she hasn't laid an egg in at least two weeks, and there isn't one "in the pipe", either. I fear that she is going the same path that Lacy just did. Gosh, they are only two and a half years old! That's not old for a chicken! Maybe the fact that they came from the same batch of SLWs from Ideal that year has something to do with it, perhaps a genetic component? Not sure what it is, but it may mean I'm losing another of my special girls now in addition to maybe Zane. This just seems endless. And it's all stuff I am helpless to prevent.

 

[jeaucamom]

Cyn, I am just heartbroken for you!! It sure seems like you are getting a lion's share of distress. All we can do for you is pray and we are doing it every day, for you , Tom and Zane. We will certainly add Lorelie.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. Here is Lorelei, for those who don't know her. She's my only single-combed Wyandotte, a very sweet faced girl who squats when I call her name from across the yard. I hope she doesn't leave us-Violet will be the only SLW left and after losing Lacy, then Lorelei, she wont know what to do. They always hang around together.

 

[CarriBrown]

Oh Lorelei!! I remember when she was feeling ill last summer. No more losses! She and Zane need to feel better NOW!

 

[speckledhen]

Couldnt get the antibiotics down Zane today because he's not wanting to eat his eggs and only a bite or two of yogurt. He's tried to stand a few times and ends up on his face. He just looks upset with himself. I can't take much more of this.

I'm not sure Zane can, either.

 

[Katy]

Sorry to hear he's not improving.

Wish I had a magic wand.

 

[hcammack]

I am really sorry about this offal string of losses.

Henry

 

[speckledhen]

Me, too, Katy. I just wish he'd pass on to the Great Roost in the Sky peacefully on his own if he can't get better. It will break Tom's heart to have to help him along. Mine, too.