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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Update on sick chicken


Chooky is recovering well, she is back at the top of the pecking order it seems.

eating watermelon in the heat

Her noisy breathing persisted till day four on the antibiotics.  She picked up her appetite on day two and started laying again on day three! 


We continue to give her the medication once a day, as instructed, until day 21.  That’s a lot of medication, just as well they get some fresh whey or sour milk every day.  Plus, we give her the tablet mashed up in a bit of water and manuka honey.  Yum!  (pity, she doesn’t think so…)


Her eggs have great shells which she didn’t have prior to becoming sick.  I think I read somewhere that honey contained calcium as well.  I’m not sure if it’s true and I’m too busy at the moment to look it up.


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