I found Selma on the coop floor, being pecked at, with wounds mainly on her right wing...needless to say I scooped her right up and brought her inside. She's in a large cat carrier with all the necessities, but I feel bad for her there!
Yesterday morning I heard it...slight wheezing. Lethargic and discharge from her nostrils confirmed it; she's sick. Is this why she's molting? So now I've got her on antibiotics.
This morning, I took her out to stretch and she walked around a lot more than she has in the last 48hrs...so hopefully she's going in the right direction.
Keep your fingers crossed and I will update with a pathetic photo later.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
2011 brings first molt
My poor Selma. A couple of days ago, I thought I might have lost a chicken due to predator....nope, all were accounted for. It was just Selma losing tons of feathers. I read on BYC.com that some can go completely bare and others have had theirs die due to how hard a molt they had and what time of year it was.... I'm not going to let that happen!!!!Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Snow Hens
It's been a while since I updated... sorry!
I took some pics of the girls today, enjoying the sun.
Still getting at least 5 eggs a day, with many 8 egg days (out of 8 girls).
Not bad girls!
Monday, November 2, 2009
FIRST EGG!!!!
We're pretty sure it's from our girl Christina (in first picture), an Americauna. DH found it on the porch of the chicken coop between the feeder and the flock block. Not bad for her first time... it almost measures up the the "large" egg from the grocery store!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Chasing Cardinals
My girl Kathleen chased 2 Cardinals away in the yard today while free-ranging late this afternoon... I will be trying to get video of this tomorrow!!!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Fun Free-Ranging!
| Irie (one of our Rhode Island Reds) is pretty adventurous. She climbed the stairs to our deck to check out our two curious cats, Smokey (left) and Chloe:) |
Monday, October 19, 2009
BackYardChickens Wilczenski Farm Pages
For a great look at Spring 2009 activities, click here!
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