{"id":30274,"date":"2019-12-13T16:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30274"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:35:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:35:59","slug":"how-the-flock-is-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30274","title":{"rendered":"How the flock is doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it was time to do an update on the flock. They are all fine. Salmon still has a slight wheeze but it&#8217;s not as bad as it has been in the past. I would dearly love for her to stop wheezing altogether but she looks well so I just hope that one day it will completely disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Speckles had a sort of shallow breathing for a while where we could see her feathers going up and down with her breaths. We assumed that this was due to her old age. We then noticed that after I had treated the girls with a course of tylan her breathing has returned to normal. We now wonder if due to her age she was having a slight respiratory problem due to the myco and the tylan has now cleared it.<\/p>\n<p>Speckles is looking good although you can see her age in her eyes. She is also much slower to go to the treats but she seems fine.<\/p>\n<p>Ebony is moulting again. Feathers are drifting from her and are under her roost spot in the mornings. She has lost her confidence with the moult which is something we have noticed often happens. Ebony was always first to the treats but now shows no interest although she did get a few worms when I dug the run over today. She slowly mooches about and has a sort of tilted down stance.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke has laid six eggs in nine days and will probably go broody again before long. It is good to be getting a few eggs. All the other girls are the same as they usually are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30283\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30283\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30283\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30283\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speckles-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speckles-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speckles-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speckles-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30284\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30284\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30284\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30284\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flame-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flame-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flame-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flame-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flame<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30285\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30285\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30285\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30285\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ebony-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ebony-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ebony-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ebony-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony with slightly downward stance<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30286\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30286\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30286\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30286\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/salmon-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/salmon-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/salmon-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/salmon-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salmon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30287\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30287\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30287\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30287\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/spangle-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/spangle-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/spangle-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/spangle-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spangle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30288\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30288\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30288\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30288\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/marmite-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/marmite-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/marmite-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/marmite-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marmite still has pins on her head<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30289\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30289\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30289\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30289\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/smoke-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/smoke-today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/smoke-today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/smoke-today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They are such a lovely flock and I hope we can get them all safely through the winter as it&#8217;s been a tough year for loses. Fingers crossed that we can keep the flock this size for a good while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it was time to do an update on the flock. They are all fine. Salmon still has a slight wheeze but it&#8217;s not as bad as it has been in the past. 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