Flame is still dropping loads of feathers. She has lost even more tail feathers and her remaining feathers look loose.
Flame has even less tail feathers
She has lots of loose feathers
Poor Flame
She is heading back to the shelter
Flame has lost her confidence since she lost her tail feathers and she spends a lot of her time in the shelter which is something she has never done before. I guess she feels safe and protected in the shelter.
In other news, since I have been wedging the shed door open in the afternoons, the girls have all managed to get perched every evening so I am going to continue doing this because I think it’s better that they go in themselves rather than have me help them in.
I am treating with five days of tylan once more. I heard Ebony wheezing in the shed a couple of evenings ago and I heard a couple of the amigos wheezing the next morning.
The girls have continued to sneeze although I thought it was diminishing. The amigos wheeze was very slight but I thought it was better to be safe than sorry. Since starting the tylan I haven’t heard any more wheezing. I am frustrated that we can’t seem to kick this completely but all the girls look fine so I am just going to keep treating whenever I hear any sign of this.
Oddly enough Dandelion, who is still looking shabby, isn’t showing any signs. She isn’t sneezing which I am really pleased about. I think I just have to be really watchful and keep treating from time to time and hopefully once we get through winter this will disappear once more.
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Poor Flame, it is sad that she has lost her comfidence. hope her feathers grow back soon.
Also hope the tylan works, and they get better soon.
I have noticed many times that girls in a heavy moult lose their confidence. She will be fine once she gets her new feathers in.
At least none of the girls are looking poorly it’s just sneezing and occasional wheezing but I know that it is important to treat so that they don’t get to the poorly stage. Wheezing has all stopped and I know from past experience it takes longer for sneezing to stop altogether but it is less so I am confident we can get through this okay.
Isn’t this the first time one of the bigger girls have had symptoms of myco? I hope they are all better soon. xx
No, all the girls including the bigger girls were sneezing last year, but only sneezing and it’s the same this year with bigger and little girls all sneezing but it is only now and again. xx
I still have two who are molting hard. It’s mid December girls. You need to get this process started earlier in the year.
It does seem very late to be moulting. I think this may be the latest I have seen a moult like this but it has been very mild for so late in the year. I don’t remember a December as mild as this. I just hope that Dandelion and Flame get feathered up before it turns really cold. It’s funny that you are experiencing the same thing.