Rescue hen up-date

melons · Post by **melons** » 27 Oct 2007, 19:54

Here's a pic of the little hen, Blanche, who I thought was going to die during last weeks rescue, she is a dear little thing & is rallying round nicely, I thought she had truly given up, she has an awful long way to go, but this is her first outing from her heated hen house, she doesn't like the other hens much, so has her own bedroom, she is so frightened of them, but can see them all :D :razz:

She has landed on her feet big time, even though her feet are well out of proportion to the rest of her, she is soo thin :cry:
Her comb looks like a bit of wet lettuce on her head, it has as much life in it as she did last week, but at least it's red now & not white :razz:

Willow · Post by **Willow** » 27 Oct 2007, 20:21

The poor little mite, she's just got to get healthy so she can discover what its like to be a chook... keep us updated please Mel.. )t'

melons · Post by **melons** » 27 Oct 2007, 21:03

She is a dear little thing, it just freaked me out with her lying flat with her head & neck on the cage floor with her eyes shut, the others were all stood on her neck.
Maria is like us & loves something to mother, Blanche is getting everything & more, she is still a bit sad, but now gets excited when it's tea time, as she doesn't have to fight for it any more. She is my official step daughter & i get a phone call every day about her progress :-D

fussymare · Post by **fussymare** » 27 Oct 2007, 22:38

Hi melons. Glad to hear she is rallying round.

From the picture I see she has the same slightly balding head near her comb that a couple of my ex-battery girls have. I posted a thread on the poultry health section, but no-one seemed to know what it was. Any ideas what causes it?

Thanks

Post by **wendy** » 27 Oct 2007, 22:48

Hi Mel,
She is coming on and that is good.

Hi Fusseymare.
It is usually because their head is being pecked.
Wendy

Post by **Richard** » 27 Oct 2007, 23:00

Keep going melons, you're doing grand

Richard x

melons · Post by **melons** » 28 Oct 2007, 08:47

Fm one of mine had a totally bald head & still, she looks like a turkey, I've put it down to being pecked in the cage, she had no ear feathers either, you could see right in her ears :cry:
This little love already had some new feathers coming her, she is just so very thin, it's criminal in my book :cry:

Post by **wendy** » 28 Oct 2007, 10:34

Gladys is the same Mel. Spencer said yesterday he thought she looked like a vulture.
I think her head still gets it 'cos she is such a so & so and pushes in every where. Keeps getting told off for trying to get above her station.
Wendy

fussymare · Post by **fussymare** » 28 Oct 2007, 13:18

But that must mean that mine are getting their heads pecked now - as they had a full head of feathers when they arrived.

But I can't see any feathers lying around, so that seems a bit strange.

melons · Post by **melons** » 28 Oct 2007, 19:44

The head feathers are tiny, & any which Kenny used to pinch, she ate anyway, so there was never any evidence. Fanny's head is still like a turkey, but her ear hair has grown back, I don't think her head will ever be fluffy, if it does, it'll be put on the nine O clock news :-D

fussymare · Post by **fussymare** » 28 Oct 2007, 22:30

Awww, so that means mine will probably always be a baldy too! Not quite like a turkey, but definitely receding! :cry: