Well the girls all seem fine after last nights fireworks. Cleaned out the coop and showered down the run, they look so funny scratching in the mud. The 2 newbies are still getting picked on but not too bad.
Sowed: broad beans and early peas in propagator.
3.1.11 Whilst drinking my morning coffee I noticed Ginger (the boss) getting chased around, very strange, on closer inspection, she has a huge hole on her right bumb cheek, very deep , poor love, even though she has been a constant bully I do feel sorry for her! Cleaned her up and used purple spray. I have put her in the Green House for the afternoon. Brought her in the kitchen for the night and placed her in the cat carrier with a towel over, think I will have to keep her separated for a couple of days.
The chicken run is really stinky this morning, there has been so much rain and the ground is turning sour so have purchased some hygiene powder.
9.1.11 Today Red has a sore bumb, the other girls have been picking on her but not as bad as ginger, I have sprayed her purple and put her in with Ginger. Need another small coop but cant afford it so going to try and build one, details to follow in Garden Projects later......
11.1.11 Put Ginger and Red back in the coop this morning, Red was fine and Ginger had a couple set toos but quickly established herself as No. 1 again. Rocky started at her would immediately so I removed Rocky instead, shortly followed by Bluebell and Amber, put all 3 naughty girls in the Green House but returned them to the main coop at night.
Whilst all this tooing and froing was going on I noticed Specky kept squatting and straining all day, brought her inside and gave her a warm bath, didn't really help, she started to look really poorly and wouldn't eat or drink, she is almost prolapsing so I decided the break the egg and get it out. Before doing this I tried applying Vaseline around her vent but she couldn't push it through as there was a fleshy film half over the egg and it wouldn't stretch open enough. So, gently broke the half exposed egg with a chop stick then broke the shell, poor little girl was in alot of pain, she kept wincing, I managed to get it all out, immediately after this she started to squat and strain again, surely she doesn't have another egg in there?
To my horror she squirted out an enormous amount of liquid shit which landed all over my hand (stinky), although i was almost sick I was pleased as it flushed her through and any small pieces of shell I may have left behind were washed out! She wouldn't take any food or water but wanted to go back out so I put her back into the coop, where she has now made a full recovery :)
12.1.11 Decided after seeing Rocky starting on Ginger again to put her back into the Green House, on my return from work other half said the girls started to pick on Red again and she now has a bloody bum so he put her back in with Ginger, she feels safe with her and is calm relaxed and eating again.
16.1.11 Discovered Ginger is laying again, wow good girl.
26.1.11 Finished the hospital coop and run today and just in the nick of time as i need the cat carrier back. My poor Henry is not well again and need to take him to the vets.
Put Ginger and Red into their new home (Hennies Hospital), they seem to love it!
27.1.11 Henry is back from the vets, he has bad gums bless him, a course of antibiotics should do the trick.
