Author Archives: Carol

It’s only the second day of flubenvet but Sparkle is already looking so much better. I just went up to check on them and for the first time in two weeks Sparkle is having a dust bath. This made my … Continue reading →

I love this time of year when everything in the garden is really lush. The veg plot is really getting going now. The potatoes on the left of the plot are growing really fast. The geraniums are just starting to … Continue reading →

It’s now been two weeks since we first noticed that Sparkle wasn’t well. She finished her course of antibiotics four days ago. Since she was first unwell she hasn’t had a dust bath but spends a lot of time preening … Continue reading →

Today I had arranged to see Jackie and she had told me that there were some turfs which had been dug out of the allotment and were going begging, so we went to collect them for our girls. I filled … Continue reading →

I always think a weed is just a plant that is somewhere you don’t want it to be. I think of weeds as the invasive sort that are difficult to get rid of. Sometimes a weed can be pretty and … Continue reading →

Since Sparkle hasn’t been a hundred percent she hasn’t been joining in flock activities such as dust bathing. I think that when I see her dust bath again I will know she is really feeling better. At the moment she … Continue reading →

The thing that had been worrying me most about Sparkle was that she didn’t appear to be eating during the day but this morning she joined in with the mid morning spinach then she went to the dish of mash. … Continue reading →

I picked up Sparkle this morning and my husband administered her medicine to the side of her beak. This has now become the morning routine until her medicine is finished. She seemed brighter in the morning and did attempt to … Continue reading →

This morning we tried to give Sparkle her medicine on a bit of bread. I held her while my husband offered her the bread but she was having none of it. He touched it against her beak and she clamped … Continue reading →

This morning when I went out to the girls Sparkle was stood under the bush. This is never a good sign. By the time I had done my morning chores Topaz had gone to stand next to her. I soaked … Continue reading →