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[Budgies]

 

However, we're in Warwickshire, so it doesn't seem very practical!

 

 

Lol, no it does seem a little excessive eh?!

 

I'm glad she's still faring well, she sounds like a little fighter, your girl!

 

Leave the lodger with a small bottle of blue food colouring. If your girl pecks at her wound and threatens to undo all the good you've done so far, smear the food colouring on the red bits, to disguise it. Only costs pennies from the supermarket and won't harm.

[Sarahw12]

Okay, I'll do that.

 

I managed to syringe the Baytril into her this evening- wish I'd done that from the start as it was so much easier than getting it into her by hiding it in food! Whatever I've disguised it in, she refuses to eat now- she won't have sweetcorn, bread or grapes, just in case they might have it in them- it must taste REALLY nasty!

[Budgies]

Well done on getting the Baytril into her, bless her heart!

 

It won't hurt her to do without some of those treats at the moment. If she'll eat her pellets or meal with water mixed to a porridge, at least you know she's getting the right balance of nutrition she needs.

 

I know that quite a few people feed their hens bread. Just a reminder to people, don't EVER feed white bread, and always feed them just very tiny portions soaked thoroughly in water first.

 

Bread can cause impaction in crops, and the yeast doesn't do them much good either!

 

Hope she's doing really well today so you can have your weekend away without worrying about her too much!

[Sarahw12]

They never have treats other than corn normally, and they don't get much of that either! However, I couldn't disguise the Baytril in corn, and mash was one of the things she refused it in.

 

Still, now I know I CAN syringe it in, I just will. If nothing else, this episode has really improved what my husband describes as my "chicken wrangling" skills.

 

This morning's vet was not so chicken-savvy, and she started off rather downbeat, but the more closely she looked at the wound, the more positive she got (I think she was probably shocked at how big it was, but then saw that it's not infected, is dry, and does look as though it is starting to heal. I think the overall message was that she's not going to die directly from that incident now, but if the huge hole in her fails to close up fully, it would be inevitable that it would eventually get infection in it. So we just have to see how the healing process goes.

 

I'm happy with that, to be honest- a vast improvement over what we expected!

[Budgies]

Poor girlie, does sound like a big wound.

 

I guess cautiously optimistic is about as good as you can ask for under the circumstances, so it's great that your chicken wrangling is being rewarded thus far!

 

You're going to have a very tame hen at the end of this process, or alternatively one who so doesn't want another lot of stuff syringed down her that she'll never come near or by!!

 

(Only joking, she'll be following your every move, I'm sure!)