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Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark
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Author:  Chicka-Dee [ Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Oh Sassy.....I'm so sorry to hear that mate :cry: [smilie=sorry.gif] [smilie=a_damnit.gif]

My Becky is not doing so well either. Today she was bleeding from her bot bot, so I don't think antibiotics are helping.

Prognosis:Grimm :cry:

The saddest thing about birds is that they don't show they are sick until they are almost on deaths door & then by the time we understand something is happening it almost too late.

Hugs xo
Chicka-Dee

Author:  PoultryDan [ Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

[smilie=sorry.gif] to hear about your chook Sassey Sussex. Fingers crossed you can find another friend for your other chicken soon...

I also hope Becky pulls through Chicka-Dee, symptoms don't sound good at all :(

Author:  Sassy Sussex [ Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Hi Chicka-Dee just checking in to see how Becky was today. :neutral:

I have two friends lined up for Ariana, just trying to convince the lady to let me have them well before the weekend! Weren't too many Sussex available this time of year! [chicken-crow [chicken-crow

Author:  Chicka-Dee [ Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Sassy Sussex wrote:
Hi Chicka-Dee just checking in to see how Becky was today. :neutral:

I have two friends lined up for Ariana, just trying to convince the lady to let me have them well before the weekend! Weren't too many Sussex available this time of year! [chicken-crow [chicken-crow
Hey Sassy wave.gif

Are the new girls younger than Ariana? She deserves to feel like the queen, since she's lost her friend. Introducing two will be good [smilie=a_goodjobson.gif]

Bec Bec (that's what I call her) is hanging in there but still bleeding from her bot bot :( , I feel useless because there is nothing I can do & our local vets have offered to euthanise her but I'm holding hope as she was moving around a lot more yesterday.

PoultryDan wrote:
I also hope Becky pulls through Chicka-Dee, symptoms don't sound good at all :(
No they're not Dan, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her, but like you said, the symptoms aren't good.

I'm on the border of getting her euthanised as I don't want to put her through unnecessary pain, but I can't help but be hopeful.

I will give you another update this arv. :-D

Author:  Chicka-Dee [ Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Well Becky ate some grapes today and looks like she's getting an appetite back. A but if pecking and scratching going on.

This could be a turning point.

But her bot bot is still bleeding, so I could be overly optimistic.

Any new girls yet Sassy?

Author:  Sassy Sussex [ Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Evening!
Becky sounds a bit brighter. Fingers crossed for her.
Still no news on the new girls. They are 6mths old so younger but I think Ari is a bantam so she will be a shorty but hopefully feisty enough to be queen! Will introduce them strategically!! I want her to be boss :) dance1.gif

Author:  Chicka-Dee [ Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Howdy wave.gif

Well my beloved Bec Bec went to chooky heaven on the weekend :(

We ended up having to euthanise her because she was just not getting any better.

It was the most humane thing to do unfortunately.

She was a star layer that laid a total of 632 eggs in her 2.5 years of egg laying life. th_clap.gif

Thanks Bec Bec, you were a good girl and an original flock member. [smilie=loveyou.gif]

Chicka-Dee xx

Author:  Joh [ Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Sorry to read that :cry:

Author:  Sassy Sussex [ Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

I'm very sorry to hear that Chickadee. Poor Becky.
I love that you knew her number of eggs!! She was a good hen!
Leah

Author:  Chicka-Dee [ Wed Jun 18, 2014 9:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Normal behavior in Autumn when it is getting colder and dark

Joh wrote:
Sorry to read that :cry:
Thanks Joh :cry:

Sassy Sussex wrote:
I'm very sorry to hear that Chickadee. Poor Becky.
I love that you knew her number of eggs!! She was a good hen!
Leah
Thanks Sassy (aka Leah) :cry: Yes she was. She was 'only' a little Isa Brown, but those little Isa Brown have an abundance of personality. I keep a diary of all the eggs my girls lay.

I'm so detail oriented (aka Anal :lol: ) that I even know which egg is laid by each chicken by the creases & marking that is created on the eggs by each chicken.

My husband thinks I'm obsessed :lol: , I think he might be right lol.

How's the new girls going with Ari?

Cheers
Chicka-Dee

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