Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday was the last day of tylan for the flock. Today I thought I would give them a treat of probiotic yogurt to help restore some of the good bacteria. I have also put some vitamins in the water. I … Continue reading →

Flame seemed to be back to normal for three days and we thought the crisis had passed. It was very upsetting to see the next day that Flame had her eye closed again and was back to sitting with her … Continue reading →

There have been several times when I thought that Gold was going broody and it was a false alarm. This time though she is definitely broody. I felt it was coming as over the past week Gold has gradually spent … Continue reading →

Flame has now had two full days without her eye drops and I haven’t seen her close her right eye at all. She looks back to normal. The last time we missed just one eye drop her eye started closing … Continue reading →

This morning I put Flame back in the run. At first I left the nest boxes closed but when she showed no sign of going towards them I opened them and she took no notice. She is through her broody … Continue reading →

We thought Flame was better and stopped giving her the eye drops on Friday. Yesterday when I lifted her for a break from the chicken shed at the end of the day she had her right eye closed again. I … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen flame close her eye since last Sunday when she went broody. It was an inconvenient time for her to go broody as it’s made it more difficult to watch her. I have tried when possible to spy … Continue reading →

At the same time that Sugar came back into lay Flame went broody. We seem to constantly have five out of eight girls laying! This does make it easy to pick Flame up for her eye drops but then she … Continue reading →

Before I update on chicken progress I just have to put out one photo of the next rose. This rose was already here when we moved in fifteen years ago but was hidden behind shrubs. Since we gave it room … Continue reading →

On Wednesday I thought that there was a slight improvement with Flame. On Thursday she seemed worse. She spent most of the first half of the day with her eyes closed and her head under her wing. I decided that … Continue reading →