Author Archives: Carol

With all the grown up girls at various stages of their moult Sparkle has been our only girl still laying for the last three weeks. She is starting to lose a few feathers now and her egg laying is slowing. … Continue reading →

  Honey and Amber are now moulting with drifts of feathers flurrying from them with every movement. There are feathers in the coop in the mornings and I am constantly picking up feathers from the run. The good news is … Continue reading →

I just love Peaches and Barley’s opposite flopping combs and love that I can tell them apart at a glance now. They look so funny straight on. Barley is on the left and Peaches on the right. Barley is easier … Continue reading →

A while ago my friend Jackie gave me a bag of leaves for the girls. With my attention focused on Emerald I had forgotten that I had put them in the shed for later. It’s been wet and miserable today … Continue reading →

It’s been very slow but Emerald is beginning to look better. On Wednesday when we saw that her legs were trembling I knew that I had to get her to keep on eating absolutely anything that she would to keep … Continue reading →

I was so worried about Emerald that I went back to the vet today and asked for antibiotics for her. I am afraid to leave it any longer as she is just not getting better and seems more lethargic. The … Continue reading →

Today is day seven of the flubenvet. Emerald is still gaping although not so much. I tried to look inside her beak and it is just pink. What really worries me is that she is so lethargic. She has her … Continue reading →

I am still really worried about Emerald. I talked to the vet on Friday about her. I described her symptoms and he agreed that it sounds like gape worm. He also agreed that Flubenvet was the treatment and that it … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie has just returned from her holiday and I went to pay a visit to her girls so that I could do an update on Blossom. Blossom was Bluebell when she was with me but Jackie already had … Continue reading →

I think Emerald may have gape worm. Yesterday I noticed her shaking her head and gaping. I thought at first she may have something stuck or have scratched her throat. Topaz and Sparkle sometimes vigorously shake their head for a … Continue reading →