Brooding hen has chicks in nesting box

[Dharma chick]

 

Hi everyone, i know some of you have been following Myrtle. She has become very unwell since monday, diarrhoea, lose of apetite and generally poorly. we have been up the vets everyday and due to go back tomorrow for some results. I am not sure that she will make it this time as she does not seem to be reasponding to different antibotics and really does not want to eat. At the moment shes asleep next to us and we are keeping are fingers crossed as she has been such a frighter.

 

Also, this is my first time of using flubenvet. So i have followed the instructions- the kitchen and i are covered in mash!!! At the moments the girls are eating it, because we took their grubs away to refill and then popped them back to their pen they thought they were having a treat.!

 

However if they change their minds i have noticed that some people give it to them via grapes. My question is do you put the grapes in the mixed up flubenvet or just in the neat stuff?

 

I would be grateful for any advice and thoughts for Myrtle.

[mostin]

Cut the grapes in half and dip the flat wet half in the neat powder. Half a grape to each chook per day gives correct dose.

[Groovychook]

Keeping my fingers crossed for Myrtle

 

Hope she perks up soon...xxx