I have moments of thinking that the girls are improving and then they seem to slide back again. For three days I didn’t hear wheezing and and didn’t see any bubbles in their eyes. Yesterday afternoon they were perched in the shelter and I could hear the slight wheeze in Freckles and Dandelion’s breathing and once again they both had bubbles in their eyes.
Today I haven’t seen any bubbles but sometimes it may be a case of which moment I am watching them. The fact that both Freckles and Dandelion are moulting is really not helping matters, especially with it being so cold.
The forecast is for milder weather to come so I hope that will help them. I am resigned to this taking a long time and now wonder if I will need to keep them on tylan through the winter. I am continuing the daily regime of tylan in the water and three dishes of mash made with tylan water and a teaspoon of crushed poultry zest.
Freckles looking a bit tatty
Dandelion
Apricot
Cinnamon with a ridiculously full crop at the end of the day
I have said before that I wonder if Cinnamon is the most well because she eats the most and therefore gets a bigger dose of tylan. She is the smallest girl of all of them but has always been the one constantly feeding and always looks lopsided at bedtime because her crop is so full. Her comb is also the most red. She was also the only one still laying until recently but hasn’t laid for the past week.
I would think Cinnamon had escaped this if it wasn’t for hearing the occasional sneeze. Apricot only sneezes occasionally too but has had the wheeze in her breathing but that seems to have gone now. Freckles and Dandelion have been the worse effected with wheezing, eye bubbles and sneezing and Freckles sneezing the most of all.
The two bigger girls, Emerald and Speckles don’t seem to be effected, thank goodness. I am very up and down with how positive I feel about this but I think that for now there is nothing more I can do but carry on doing what I am doing and just keep hoping they will get better.
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Hopefully, some milder temperatures might help them; you are doing alll you possibly can.
Thank you, I hope milder temperatures will give them a boost.
They all look so good,you would not think they had such a problem.
I know, it depends when I catch them. They have moments of looking perfectly normal but when perched up in the afternoon they look miserable and they wheeze and their eyes fill with bubbles (Freckles and Dandelion) and the sneezing just goes on and on. That’s why I keep thinking they are getting better then they seem to look worse again. I hope better weather will come soon and give them a boost.
I’ve never seen a crop quite so full! She really is lopsided ?
You are so dedicated to them, it’s lovely to see. Really hoping the warmer weather and the medicine brings improvement soon.
Tx
To be honest, I have never seen a more lop sided crop than Cinnamon’s. I am really hoping warmer weather will bring improvement. I keep telling myself that they are not getting any worse so I just to have to hang in there.
They look great in these photos. I want a Dandelion, those feathers!
I know what you mean, in that photo she looks great but then later in the day she has bubbles in her eyes and looks really poorly. She can look great in one photo and sad in the next. That’s what is so heartbreaking.