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<\/a>Has Pepper got a tumour?<\/p><\/div>\n
Pepper on the left now has a huge bulge on her right side. It doesn’t seem to bother her at all but I am alarmed by how quickly it has grown. I am going to seek advice today from our local vet and perhaps from the farm where I got them from. I am so upset that so much has happened so quickly. I waited so long to get my chickens and now in less than three weeks with them, one seems to be a roo and one is not right. I don’t want little Dotty to end up on her own. \u00a0To make matters worse my son pointed out that we can’t yet rule out Dotty possibly being a roo either. My heart went cold, surely not! I really hope she is a hen.<\/p>\n
On a lighter note, here are Poppy and Pepper perching on their branch.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Perching on high<\/p><\/div>\n
They love to perch on the highest part of the branch. I wanted to capture all three perched together but Dotty had jumped down and was scratching about at the base of the branch.<\/p>\n
I would be glad of any advice or any comments on Pepper’s condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I wrote earlier that due to Pepper’s lop sided look, I had thought she may have impacted crop. I treated her for that and felt her crop when empty and full, it was soft as it should be. I then … Continue reading