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We had a very crazy development this weekend.
Nova started walking very oddly, in the past day (now under our care) she can no longer stand. We checked her out Saturday and she has a massive cancerous tumor. It is so very sad. She is on bed rest and we are trying to decide if we should take her in for an amputation of her wing to try and help her, but the cancer has spread beyond her wing and she is having respiratory issues. It is a tough state. We aren't sure if she will make it through the day.
This is really heart breaking for a few reasons. Nova was very very fearful of humans. So we always gave her space. We have been working really hard to build trust with her and she was finally warming up. We didn't catch the cancer sooner, because we weren't picking her up ever. We wanted her to build trust in her own time. Our other chickens are all over us every morning. Starlight will even jump to my shoulder.
Nova hid her illness very well, and we didn't know anything was wrong until her body just simply couldn't keep up the ruse.
I feel like I failed her. Maybe if we were a little more forceful, a little more physical with her we could have caught this earlier.
She wasn't running in fear of us anymore. She still was keeping a good distance from us, but over the days she was getting warmer ever so slowly. Now I wonder if that is only because she was sick
I gave her watermelon and apple yesterday a few favourites, she was very pleased with that. Today I gave her a bowl of all kinds of special nom noms: mango, apple, blueberries, fresh corn. She hasn't touched them She is struggling to hold her body upright. I really don't think an amputation will save her at this point. So at the moment I just want her to feel safe and happy.
Poor little Nova, I am so sorry humans failed you
Nova started walking very oddly, in the past day (now under our care) she can no longer stand. We checked her out Saturday and she has a massive cancerous tumor. It is so very sad. She is on bed rest and we are trying to decide if we should take her in for an amputation of her wing to try and help her, but the cancer has spread beyond her wing and she is having respiratory issues. It is a tough state. We aren't sure if she will make it through the day.
This is really heart breaking for a few reasons. Nova was very very fearful of humans. So we always gave her space. We have been working really hard to build trust with her and she was finally warming up. We didn't catch the cancer sooner, because we weren't picking her up ever. We wanted her to build trust in her own time. Our other chickens are all over us every morning. Starlight will even jump to my shoulder.
Nova hid her illness very well, and we didn't know anything was wrong until her body just simply couldn't keep up the ruse.
I feel like I failed her. Maybe if we were a little more forceful, a little more physical with her we could have caught this earlier.
She wasn't running in fear of us anymore. She still was keeping a good distance from us, but over the days she was getting warmer ever so slowly. Now I wonder if that is only because she was sick I gave her watermelon and apple yesterday a few favourites, she was very pleased with that. Today I gave her a bowl of all kinds of special nom noms: mango, apple, blueberries, fresh corn. She hasn't touched them
She is struggling to hold her body upright. I really don't think an amputation will save her at this point. So at the moment I just want her to feel safe and happy. Poor little Nova, I am so sorry humans failed you
I´m sure she knows how much she is loved, you have not failed her. 
