Hello Readers, Well anybody that has meet me knows that my daughter Talina started my chicken madness about four years ago w/two beautiful Silkies from flagstaff.
Since then I have become the chicken lady of New River, I have 25 now. I have incubated and hatched maybe 30 a year twice a year. I sell my chicks and I also sell the beautiful eggs.
Cookie who is one of my leghorn’s that I got in Flag (pictured above). I’ve had her two years maybe, Yes I name all my chickens. Anyways She and Elpoyo (my original rooster) and a couple of the older girls come down from the coop every morning since the 4th of july when my pen around my coop completely blew away. Not compleatly away but to the next property above us.
Cookie has so much personality she purrs that’s how she talks, she loves to wander and is a investigator. She first started exploring on her own then started getting all the others to go with her. Well, to my sadness it got her in trouble Sunday morning. Let me back track, Last weekend my other half started putting the pen back up, it was so HOT we didn’t get to the roof yet…
Cookie started flying over to get out, “that little shit” there was no stopping her she loved exploring. So Sunday morning I went out to feed my gang and Cookie was out again but she wasn’t wandering instead she was just sitting on a rock.
I walked up and she looked awful, her head was all swollen her eyes were full of blood, her little gobbles and her mouth were also full of blood. I took her back into the coop put her in the rooster hut for some quietness and started thinking.
Well the dental assistant in me knew I needed to get antibiotics in her. I had Terramycin soluble powder from Pfizer, It’s for chickens/ poultry. So I started giving her that with a liquid syringe.
I needed Jerry putting that damn roof back on so I barked about that, it that gave me more time to think what can I do to help her. We all talked it over and decided she probably got bit by a snake or scorpion. OK! so what does she need now?
An anti-venom would counter act the reaction she’s getting with her head swelling… uh, don’t have that! Well what would be close? How about Benadryl? Yea, that might work!
So I quarnered her that evening and started giving her the benadryl and the antibiotic every 3 hours. Well bless her heart she made it though the day and that night with me coming out and administering every 3 hours.
She’s a fighter! Now I see she wants to live. Next I need to think of something to clear up the dried blood that was in her eyes so she can open them. They were crusted closed and I didn’t want her to go blind cause how will she find food & water? Another light bulb went off!
Neosporin would moisten her eyes, maybe. Yes that will work! Now I was doing all of the above every three hours. After the ointment I went out and her eyes were open, yay! So far this is all working, ha ha.
She’s walking around a little still not eating or drinking, now I know she needs energy so that would mean sugar water like you would give a baby chik. She is not very healthy or strong at all. Yogurt is so beneficial in all ways. It’s an antibiotic, has amino acids and an anti-depressant. I’m sure she could use extra protein also. So I add that to my my routine over the course of two days. She is chirping and purring a little, she wants me to stop now cause she is feeling better.
I think and hope she will make it. I have taken photos below of Cookie and the Flock. Oh and I also have photos of my chicken coop that Jerry “He so sweet” has put back together . My family jokes and says if anybody can help Cookie it would be Dr. McDougalhopper. I will be tickled if she does survive and I will keep you informed. THANKS ALL for reading. K
I think that since she survived the last few days she is in the clear. I can’t believe the silly benadryl worked, I hope her eyes get better!