yes i thought it might be possibly infected, not sure how or if that tends to happen?

Sorry to hear she's gone, but as has been said she couldn't have had a better 28 months, and a peaceful passing too is a blessing.

Hehe thanks Tania it sounds like they think about as much of carrot as I do!!
I should have guessed about the secret weapon yoghurt - mine loves that too!

Thanks for the info! I did try to take some pics but as you can imagine it wasnt easy! I'm not sure how useful they are but here is a shrunk version of the pic- http://www.darlingrangewildlife.com.au/preenglandwiderview.JPG And here is a closeup of just the preen gland itself (through the feathers -...

oh ok that's good to know.
it's still like it today - ill try and take a photo !

i cant' see any evidence of lice or mites etc....

It's not a dumb question as I dont even know the answer

I better check those out!

omg what a harrowing story!!!!! makes me glad i dont have a dryer and that my cats are all grown up (not that they dont get into mischief but kittens are 'worse') WHY oh WHY did she go in the dryer? WHY do they do these things to us???? It's as much a mystery as WHY did our cat , in the middle of th...

I wasn't sure about that either. There's a neighbourhood cat here that comes to our place to hunt mice in our long grass (but then again I've never seen it catch one) and it seems like a pretty tough thing so I was a bit worried. I have however never seen it paying any attention to our chicken. Our ...

It sounds like she's on the road to recovery but in general I'd recommend Rescue Remedy for shock.
Also again just for general info I know internal injuries from dog attacks can be hard to detect but can be fatal so if she wasn't looking better I would have said a vet visit could be a good idea.

Sorry to hear about that, it must be upsetting to say the least. I dont know if this would make you feel any better, but I saw a documentary some years ago about a man who had been caught and held by a lion - he thought he was going to die and said that after the massive 'flight' adrenalin rush, he ...

hmmm we're not really going into autumn yet. we've had some very cool weather for summer but i dont think that's unusual for here. there's still plenty of warm weather to come (I dont know if chickens know that though!!) she doesnt seem to be losing feathers anywhere else at the moment. she doesn't ...

no chickens allowed on the allotment? that's a crime! yes every garden needs an army of chicken helpers!
(with strategic fencing of course)

I can't vouch for the validity of this but whenever I get a cramp my mum says 'oh you need Calcium and Magnesium'. Now I don't get cramp that often so I haven't been reaching for the tablets just yet but if you get a lot of cramps or severe cramps it might be that?? Probably Google it first, as I ha...

Here in Aus I think they switched to plastic because the brown paper ones were notorious for having the bottom fall out of them.
Broken jars of pasta sauce anyone?

I'm sure several American movies feature the bottoms falling out of people's grocery bags - that's them!

Yum! Here's some more info on the Aussie version: m I think that the biodynamic method would have been one of the first to really realise and use the principle of encouraging soil microbes that help plants to assimilate nutrients. I am not sure if they realised that's what they were doing! Or if the...