Monday, January 12, 2009

Still a clucken

My chicken is still haning around. I really hope she makes it but I am afraid she maybe going downhill. Time will tell.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Chickee update

The chicken is still hangin in there. I hope she makes it but wonder if I am just prolonging her suffering. Not really sure what I need to do. Her wing looks bad but I am still hopeful. She is still eating and drinking and pooping so I hope and pray she gets better. I feel bad about not checking as close on them as I usually do. This weekend I plan on letting her walk in the yard for a bit while I clean out her cage.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Chicken delima


A couple of days ago I got a call from Brando and during the call the neighbor rang the door bell and said our dog was attacking one of our chickens. How did this happen? I asked myself. The dog and chickens where put up in there coop and pin. Somehow the dog got out of his pin and the chicken had been out for a couple of days.


Normally when I let the chickens out they will roost back in the house after dark. Some how one didn't go back in the pin and I miss counted when I did a head count that time or it got wedged behind a piece of playground equipment and couldn't get home. Brando went out and put the dog up but the chicken pinned between the equipment and a chain link fence was chewed up pretty bad.


She had stuck there a day or two because she had two eggs in the grass behind her and when I lifted the equipment she walked ever so wobbly toward the rest of the chickens in the pin. While I gathered needed first aid stuff for her injuries, the other chickens came out of their house to inspect the lost chicken and for what they knew a complete stranger. (Chickens are not really smart.)


I caught her and administered first aid to her chewed wing and put her in a pet carrier in the building where it is a bit warmer. Covered the carrier with a warm blanket and gave her fresh food and water. I have been periodically checking on her to see if she is going to pull through and I must say she is eating and drinking which is a very good sign. If I put her in with her fellow bird brains they would probably attack her as a stranger and peck at her open wounds.


This morning she is still hanging on and still seems to be eating and drinking. I think it will be a long road to recovery if she even makes it and then I have to introduce her back to the flock. From reading it is best to introduce a single bird back in the middle of the night. When the others awake they think, Wow she has always been here.


Get well original birdy.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

The Moe The Merrier

I finally relented and added another mouth to the family. Brando and the kids have wanted a inside pet (something other than fish) for a while and I have put my foot down but today I had a weak moment and we got Moe.





So far he had adjusted well. He rode home very quitely and not makeing those cat being ran through a meat grinder meows. He has been very quite and has been mostly relaxed around the house. I heard Yuri ask if he would be more active tomorrow. I hope he stays cool calm and collected. He has a pention to set on the piano but pulling the books off on him may have taught him a lesson.




I must say that he has fit in so far and I think will make a shining new light in this disfunctional family. We needed Moe in the family so we got Moe. HEY MOE! Nuck Nuck Nuck. He he he




Friday, January 02, 2009

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FRIDAY!!!!

I am glad that Friday is here. I have only a few hours left and it will be the weekend. Feels like I have just got back to work. I will have to say that my work attitude has improved and I hope that it will stay a while into the new year. Hopefully a few well placed weeks off and I will not get a case of the grumps. I hope everyone had a Happy New Year and I can't wait to write it incorrectly on my first piece of paperwork I have to type up or fill out so to everyone out there in bloggersfield.

HAPPY 2008!