Category Archives: Chickens

It wouldn’t be Christmas in our house without some form of chicken gift. This year I received this gorgeous plate. It’s large and heavy and I can just see it loaded with the cold meat left overs to be served … Continue reading →

The girls are having some yogurt as their Christmas day treat. The girls seem so much better. I didn’t hear any snuffling yesterday or today and the sneezing is much more subtle. They are still sneezing but much quieter, smaller, … Continue reading →

The milder weather seems to be helping the girls. Since the weather has turned milder there have been no eye bubbles. The sneezing has been a lot less but I can still hear the snuffly sound to Dandelion’s breathing. I … Continue reading →

Over the last few days I have tried asking at local pet stores if any of them could get hold of denagard in a manageable amount. Nobody was able to help me. There seems nothing for it but to carry … Continue reading →

The girls have moments of looking brighter and moments of looking down again. In the morning when I let them out they look fine but then I hear the slight wheeze in Freckles and Dandelion’s breathing and hear sneezing from … Continue reading →

I have moments of thinking that the girls are improving and then they seem to slide back again. For three days I didn’t hear wheezing and and didn’t see any bubbles in their eyes. Yesterday afternoon they were perched in … Continue reading →

We don’t like to decorate for Christmas too early and generally do it two weeks before Christmas. This year however, with one thing and another, time somehow got away from us. We suddenly realised that it’s only a week to … Continue reading →

My lovely vet ordered me in some denagard. She looked for the cheapest option as she had already talked to me about the fact that it is in big amounts for farming and there are no small options for backyard … Continue reading →

This morning I made up three little dishes of mash with the tylan water and the ground poultry zest mixed into them. I put one dish by each shelter and one dish on the chicken’s patio. By mid morning the … Continue reading →

Its day twelve of the tylan and the first day of the poultry zest. I had asked for something that didn’t need to be administered to their beaks as getting anything in to all four little girls’ beaks would be … Continue reading →