I went to pick up a couple hens yesterday (since we had lost a few of ours a while back) and I get there and the woman tells me that one of them she had for sale got injured earlier in the week. So im thinking she has it seperate from the rest to let it heal. But no that just meant that it had been getting trampled on a daily basis by the rest of them. I mean really trampled chickens aren't nice to the injured as you may already know. So she says to me "if you think you can give her better than I can you can just take her". So I took her. I'm pumping her full of vitamins and electrolytes she is in her own little pen so she can actually heal seems to be eating well. The woman hatched them all from eggs you would think she could care enough to take care of them if need be. People really annoy me sometimes.
Anyway she seems to be warming up to me this morning. I didn't think she was drinking her water yesterday so I actually gave it by syringe with electrolytes since we are in the middle of a heat wave and I knew she wouldn't make the night otherwise. She slept on her own little pile of hay and she seems to be warming up to me this morning. She paniced everytime she saw me yesterday now she just sits and is drinking water on her own. She can't put any weight on her right leg though by what I have observed. It might take a week or two depending on the severity but I have definitely recovered hens much worse off. Now she just needs a name...any suggestions?
Anyway she seems to be warming up to me this morning. I didn't think she was drinking her water yesterday so I actually gave it by syringe with electrolytes since we are in the middle of a heat wave and I knew she wouldn't make the night otherwise. She slept on her own little pile of hay and she seems to be warming up to me this morning. She paniced everytime she saw me yesterday now she just sits and is drinking water on her own. She can't put any weight on her right leg though by what I have observed. It might take a week or two depending on the severity but I have definitely recovered hens much worse off. Now she just needs a name...any suggestions?
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