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I thought I'd tell you a little story of my little Welsummer pullet's amazing recovery from a near-death experience.... so many threads on the health board are tales of woe 
"Wellie" as she has become known (there are two of the same age & size in the "Big Shed" - you cant tell them apart!) was found by my O/H in the nesting box, all limp & eyes closed.
He brought her out & placed her on the wheelie bin/food bin to show me when I got home from work on Monday. However, by the time I got home, he'd then played mid-wife to our goat & there were two gorgeous female kids to surprise me too!!
In the end, little Wellie was still on the bin quite late on.. I said we ought to dispatch her (I hold them & he uses the dispatcher, as he doesnt like the twitching & I dont like to watch!!) but he was reluctant, saying she was virtually gone anyway.
the next day, I went to her & her eyes were half open!
she was able to orientate her head as I moved her body round, but couldnt move independently or fully open her eyes. This meant I could dip her beak in water & she could swallow if I held her up. We isolated her and agreed to see how she went on.
By Wednesday, she could lift her head up & was beginning to flap one wing... after "bedtime" we peeked in and she had shuffled herself all the way around the coop to the other side.
Thursday, Wellie went out in a cage to catch some sun & look at/talk to her friends. I didnt want her to get trodden on by them, so didnt put her in with them.
Today, Friday, she has a limp, as one foot is still very curled up. but she is able to move quite well, and has found her voice again! We are hoping to re-introduce her to the "Big Shed" over the weekend.
We have concluded that she had sustained a head and/or neck injury from flying about in the shed.
The Derbyshire Redcaps fly up & roost on the shelf in the shed, we did use it for storage when the warrens lived there... but of course the Reds make a mess up there. I saw a Welsummer up there for the first time ever a week or so ago. It quite an awkward flight, high but not much "take off" or "run up" space.
So of course, we are thrilled that she is getting fitter day by day, and sooo glad we didnt euthanise her on Monday.
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"Wellie" as she has become known (there are two of the same age & size in the "Big Shed" - you cant tell them apart!) was found by my O/H in the nesting box, all limp & eyes closed.
He brought her out & placed her on the wheelie bin/food bin to show me when I got home from work on Monday. However, by the time I got home, he'd then played mid-wife to our goat & there were two gorgeous female kids to surprise me too!!
In the end, little Wellie was still on the bin quite late on.. I said we ought to dispatch her (I hold them & he uses the dispatcher, as he doesnt like the twitching & I dont like to watch!!) but he was reluctant, saying she was virtually gone anyway.
the next day, I went to her & her eyes were half open!
she was able to orientate her head as I moved her body round, but couldnt move independently or fully open her eyes. This meant I could dip her beak in water & she could swallow if I held her up. We isolated her and agreed to see how she went on.
By Wednesday, she could lift her head up & was beginning to flap one wing... after "bedtime" we peeked in and she had shuffled herself all the way around the coop to the other side.
Thursday, Wellie went out in a cage to catch some sun & look at/talk to her friends.
I didnt want her to get trodden on by them, so didnt put her in with them.Today, Friday, she has a limp, as one foot is still very curled up. but she is able to move quite well, and has found her voice again! We are hoping to re-introduce her to the "Big Shed" over the weekend.
We have concluded that she had sustained a head and/or neck injury from flying about in the shed.
The Derbyshire Redcaps fly up & roost on the shelf in the shed, we did use it for storage when the warrens lived there... but of course the Reds make a mess up there. I saw a Welsummer up there for the first time ever a week or so ago. It quite an awkward flight, high but not much "take off" or "run up" space.
So of course, we are thrilled that she is getting fitter day by day, and sooo glad we didnt euthanise her on Monday.
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