Wow, nice work everyone. Let us know what is needed as far as structure for the temporary area, who knows what we have in our pole barn that might help!
The girls and I will talk to our friend with chickens --I recall one in particular that had a problem with the canibalism, I will get in touch and report back.
We will look in on the girls (and Pete) on Thursday.
Good night,
Amy
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:14 PM, <hildaheron@aol.com> wrote:
Our wounded hen is now in a luxury recovery pen in the garage, complete with nest box, yard, food and water, created by Matt and Wendy this afternoon. She is up and walking around, which gave us a chance to actually see the wound better. It is not a pretty sight. It looks like you can see right inside her, so recovery, if it occurs, could be longer than we hoped. Doesn't look like the Vicks would be a good idea for awhile. Frank brought over a red light bulb, 25 watt, and we put it in the coop and turned off the regular one. Most of them are roosting, with only four wandering around. Hopefully the red light will subdue their canabalistic tendencies. Temp in the coop after about an hour of this was 35, so they should be ok for tonight. The hen in the garage is blessed with a space heater which is on the counter. I'm sure we would be laughed right out of the room by seasoned chicken farmers for all our pampering, but we can't help ourselves. Daffy has been buried by Jeanne. No one seemed to weigh in on any other plan and no one wanted to eat her. She will at least return to the land as compost. May all sleep well tonight. Wendy and Matt will work on making some kind of way to get into the temporary pen tomorrow, as it may not be so temporary. For tonight it is working well. Total egg production today is 17, with a possible few still under the hens, but we didn't want any more drama with them tonight.
from the medical team
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amy daniels moehle
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