Category: Pets

I clean out their box’s every morning when Holly and I go down to let them out and change their bedding every couple of weeks.

Been doing chooks for about 10 years and have become paranoid about bird mites so I dust the bottom of the cleaned out box’s before putting in fresh hay.

 

 

 

Continue reading “Chook shed – bedding change.”

Egg yolk peritonitis (EYP) is basically internal laying. We had to take her back to the vet last week for some more treatment and to have a implant injected into her chest – OMG

The implant releases hormone signals which prevent any more (soft) eggs from being laid, it is the secreting egg material which leads to egg peritonitis. Apparently the implant which costs $99 lasts about four months, Ruby had the same thing but she recovered with one course of antibiotics and did not need the implant. To add to all the stress and worry Speckles is moulting as well!

I don’t think I posted that she’s been sick for the last few days and spent 2 nights at the The Melbourne Bird Veterinary Clinic in Scoresby. She’s got a little packet of pink pills and we have to watch her closely over the next 48 hours with food and water – and hope the antibiotics does the job.

Continue reading “Speckles – back from bird vet!”

Hot day so cleaned out and pressure washed the chook shed this morning – including the curtains!

That’s a GMC pressure cleaner and yes – still works well!

Continue reading “Chicken coop clean-up”