{"id":25508,"date":"2018-06-15T11:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25508"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:50:05","slug":"update-on-dandelion-and-the-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25508","title":{"rendered":"Update on Dandelion and the chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night Dandelion put herself to bed early so I brought her indoors and cleaned her up. I put her prolapse back in with honey once more and then returned her to her roost spot. I hoped that if she did little or no poop overnight the prolapse would stay in.<\/p>\n

This morning I was pleased to see one poop under her roost spot, the prolapse still inside and no mucky bottom. She seemed better in herself today too. Later I saw her poop properly and the prolapse did pop out a bit but remained clean. I decided to see if she could pull it back in herself. I checked on her a little later and was really pleased to see that the prolapse was back inside and her vent was clean. This was really good news.<\/p>\n

I hope that she will now take a break from laying and will have a chance to heal. I worry that if she lays another egg she will be back to square one again but I am hoping that the stress of the prolapse will cause her to stop laying for a while and the longer the better.<\/p>\n

The chicks are now using the perches in their part of the run so I am going to start training them to perch at night.<\/p>\n

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The chicks have found the perch<\/p><\/div>\n

I decided that it was now time to remove the dog crate. I have put the water bottle on the gate to their part of the run and have set up a feeding station for them. I put a paving slab in between the metal table and the shelter and put their food dish and water dish there.<\/p>\n

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The chicks new set up<\/p><\/div>\n

It didn’t take the chicks long to find the new position of the dishes and the water bottle. They hardly seem to notice that the dog crate had gone.<\/p>\n

We have had the chicks for a month this weekend so they are about three months old now. I say about three months, because I think that Jasmine may\u00a0be a week or two younger than the other two, as she has always been the smallest.<\/p>\n

They have grown so much in the last month that it is now difficult to imagine them living in the hamster cage.<\/p>\n

The rest of the flock take no notice of the chicks at all. I am hoping that integration should be easier as they main flock are so used to their presence. Time will tell on that one though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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