Hey.... Lets keep Chickens..!

Chickenopolis

pickledtink-I am so sorry to hear your news ((hugs)) to you x

ionahenor2

I'm so sorry she didn't make it pickledtink. It's heartrending when you loose one.

Gigervamp

Oh, I'm so sorry. It was sour crop that caused the death of our silkie. Never having experienced it before, I was too late to save her when I realised what it was.

Sebastian is a bit better this morning. He had a really uncomfortable night as he was so wheezy and rattly, but he was looking better when I came down this morning. The wheezing had stopped, although he was still sneezing.

The vet has given us some Baytril for him and also a powder which I presume is a decongestant as she said it would help to clear his nose. We have to sprinkle a tiny pinch of that on his food.

He seems a bit fed up of being confined to the cat carrier in the kitchen though. He complains to me everytime I go out there.

Chickenopolis

Gigervamp- Glad to hear that Sebastian has perked up .Please keep us posted as to his progress.

RacyRed

Pickledtink, I'm so sorry to hear she didn't make it. Thank you for shareing with us, that information might save others.

Gigervamp, glad to hear the handsome Sebastian is improving. I'll bet he doesn't like the cat carrier, how can he strutt his gorgeous stuff in there

skintbint_2

pickled -sorry to hear about the wee chook, you did your best and a lot more than others would have done.

gigervamp - hope sebastian is holding up

3v3

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that news pickledtink I lost one of my own very recently so I can understand how you must be feeling. Find comfort in knowing you did the very best you could and that you gave her a blessed life.

Chickenopolis

Gigervamp-how is little Sebastian?

Gigervamp

He's still not happy about being confined! But he's crowing a fair bit (and very loud it sounds too in the kitchen!) and chatting.

I've not seen him drink anything, although he's been eating and I was getting worried about the lack of hydration, so I cut a cherry tomato in half this morning. He ate all the insides, then I had a brainwave and scooped up some water into the tomato shell. He started drinking the water in that, so I repeated that several times and he's now had a good drink.
I mght give him his Baytril like that this evening because getting it down him using a syringe is tricky as when you manage to get his beak open and the syringe almost in, he flicks his head and it takes a few goes before you can actually get it down him.

But he's not sneezing as much now and the rattle and wheeze has gone, although he was snoring a bit last night, bless him!

Chickenopolis

Gigervamp - lets hope whatever he had has now passed . Glad to hear that he is crowing and drinking . He may grow quite fond of being in the kitchen...........

We had a hen that was attacked by a fox and had superficial puncture wounds to her chest . Fox had also plucked her:(. She stayed in a cat basket in the kitchen on top of the washing machine, to save her from being knocked about by the other hens in the Eglu and to keep an eye on her. She would cry to get in the kitchen in to the cat basket and when we thought she was well enough to go back outside she was beside herself and jumped into and on top of the washing machine. When we had friends over for a meal , the kitchen became too hot so she stayed in the bath in the cat basket.She eventually decided to rejoin her friends and had to learn to be a chicken again. Strange creatures:)