Much to my surprise after one night of steering the little girls towards the pop hole they have got the hang of it.
I now realise that by putting them in I was confusing them because they didn’t know how they had got there. Tonight at half past six Caramel made her way to the pop hole and went in to the chicken shed and settled down in their usual corner.
A few minutes later Pebbles made her way to the pop hole and also settled in their corner.
I have been fretting about Caramel’s eye all day. Yesterday it had looked better but this morning it looked worse again. I decided to give her the eye drops again and once again it seemed better at first then worse. It was dirty around the eye so I think that she has been rubbing it and I worry that it may be infected.
It has been closed most of the day and although open at the end of the day I worried that she wasn’t eating as well as the day before. She is too small not to eat for long and I have cried this evening over the prospect of possibly losing her. I intend to take her to the vet tomorrow. I tried to get her to eat some mash, sunflower hearts and chopped grapes, before bedtime, but she wasn’t interested which is really worrying.
At half past six Caramel made her way to the chicken shed
Her poor eye looked worse again today
Pebbles heads towards the chicken shed
Up the steps
And through the pop hole
They both settled in their usual corner and the rest of the girls went in about fifteen minutes later and perched up as usual.
I had planned to try lifting the little girls on to the low perch but because of Caramel’s eye I didn’t want to disturb them. I don’t want to add any extra stress to them at the moment. I feel we need to try to help Caramel get better before doing any thing else to their routine. I just want to keep them as stress free as I can right now.
I am so worried about her at the moment and we will just have to see what tomorrow brings. I really hope things will improve but I am scared for her and feeling heavy of heart tonight.
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So sorry to hear this, when all was going so well,Please put a blog out today,I want to know how she is getting on, I do hope she gets better.
She is just the same this morning. The worst thing is she won’t eat now and I know enough about chickens to know that’s the worst sign of all. I have held her beak to some mash and corn this morning and it’s as if she has forgotten how to eat. I am in tears as I write this because I know there’s not much hope if she won’t eat. We have only had her two weeks today and already I have grown to love her and I feel so sick this morning. I will take her to the vet today but I am not hopeful. I will call you later.
I’m confident that it will be sorted, Carol – try and take some heart from the fact that it is not something in her internal workings. I look forward to your next post, for an update.
I have just got back from the vet, was going to update later. I am feeling much more hopeful. She has antibiotic drops for outside the eye and baytril to take orally plus a painkiller to take orally. I have just put her back in the run and she went straight to the pellets. Hurrah! I am take her back in the morning for a check up. I am feeling so much happier now.
So pleased to hear she is eating,That is the most important thing,Let us all hope she will be back to normal soon.
While waiting for the vet to open I gave her some sugar water from a pipette into the side of her beak and that seemed to give her a burst of energy. When I got back from the vet she went straight to the pellets but I had to go straight out, I have just checked on her and she and Pebbles are sitting together on the log. I think as long as keeps eating she has a good chance.
Great news!
I will do an update post in the morning. I found a really good vet, locally, and she wants to check on Caramel at 9.00am tomorrow so I will post afterwards.
I’m glad she has antibiotics as I’m pretty sure that’s what she needs. Do you have nutri drops? They’re supposed to be very good if they’re not eating properly. My fingers are crossed for her.
Thank you. I have antibiotics and pain relief for her and I am also giving her sugar water and hand feeding anything she will take. I haven’t heard of nutri drops, I will ask the vet tomorrow morning. I am keeping everything crossed too.